Recent content by Maintank

And these players will be released next week right? The featureset in 1.1 should have been released on day one.

I live in the Twin Cities as well, have a friend's fiance who works for Target Corp downtown. And yes to think Target going exclusive BluRay is worth mentioning is amusing. You ever walk the aisles at a Target? 1 BluRay player on an end cap. Maybe 20 movies. They arent an electronics store plain...

They can still try a pronged attack. One way would be to point out how BluRay players are shipping within the full 2.0 profile spec. People are buying an incomplete product, some with a huge downside. I have heard Samsung has a 1.0 player that is failing to run the latest 1.1 movies. ooops...

Target sold HD-DVD? News to me, hell if you go into a Target it would be news to see more than an end cap with a single BluRay player. Target sells houseware and clothing. They arent a big electronics store even worth mentioning in the format war.

349-699, glad that format war ending lowered prices for consumers :D What is the hold on on 2.0 players? They going to try and drag this out as long and painful as possible on the end users or something?

Very interesting, I have the same board and my WD drive constantly does the same thing. What sucks is it will happen in games and cause the game to hang while the drive fires up. I set the power settings to never turn off the drive and havent noticed if it is still doing the same. So I...

My understanding is Via's x86 license is non-transferable in the case of a sale?

Yuck In 2000 you should have been able to pickup a linksys router for pretty cheap.

Been running Vista 32 Business since last May. Installed VIsta 64 Business lastnight. This is probably the second best OS upgrade I have been through. The first being 98->Win2K. XP imo was a nice OS, but its day has come. Time to put a fork in her.

What does Via bring to the table that is worth 600 million?

It was ok, not as good as 28 days. Personally thought they should had done the first 28 days. The only thing is the whole premise is silly. A massive infection decimates England and they are repopulating the island within 6 months? Any major disaster like that would have had the entire island...

This guys research and basis of argument is solid /sarcasm Think this article can be summed up as "I think Vista sucks because it does. Dont argue with me because you are wrong, I just proved it". Doesnt appear to have any real issues with Vista just tosses out vague theories. I love...

I am surprised MS hasnt incorporated a physics API in DixrectX. That can give the industry a more focused and steady future to work with.

If they were to invest. I'd think it would be in a company specializing in wireless broadband to the home or mobile devices. Hasnt PC growth been pretty stagnant the last 4-8 quarters? The growth is in laptops at the expense of desktops?

Interesting development and imo will have lasting effects provided HD-DVD players keep dropping in price. If Transformers makes it out on HD-DVD by the holiday season I can see the end caps right now. Transformers HD-DVD with a 199 HD-DVD player at Walmart. If HD-DVD can continue its lead in...