Posted 09/06/2008 at 04:01:46pm

Do I detect some family resemblence to you in those pics Mark?

Posted 09/06/2008 at 01:14:16pm

I just looked closer at that diagram...very interesting.  They have it spec'd for DDR3 (2 channel)...but the memory controller is on the GPU side of the die...??

Posted 09/06/2008 at 01:12:08pm

LOL yeah I think the "customer feedback" they got was mostly along the lines of what Keith said below, "Intel IGP sucks in it's current form!!"

Posted 09/06/2008 at 01:06:10pm

It'll do more than just save them the $350Mil, it will gain them everything that every OTHER company pays SanDisk right now for licensing/royalties.

Posted 09/05/2008 at 09:04:57pm

Now I'm no "researcher," but I've already "discovered" that under the hood of Chrome is webkit, the same core code found in Safari...and therefore I'd already deduced it would have some of the same native vulnerabilities (e.g. carpet bombing).  

I've been waiting all week for the apple fanboys to get a hold of this little tidbit and start working themselves up into a lather about it. 

Posted 09/05/2008 at 04:32:11pm

Yeah I just tried it too in Chrome...searching "CNN" in the address bar, and I also tried going to CNN.com and doing a search with the site's search function, and both worked properly for me (no redirects).

I'd start looking for no-no-ware on your machine 

Posted 09/05/2008 at 02:53:20pm

Thanks Marc, I kinda thought/hoped that would be the answer.  I understand optimizing the interaction between the two (from BIOS or O/S side), I just though M$ was claiming to directly alter BIOS settings/behavior.

Posted 09/05/2008 at 12:11:54am

nec mora nec requies!

Posted 09/05/2008 at 12:08:01am

It's like my great grandfather used to say, "you can't write perfect code for all of the people all of the time."

I think what gramps was trying to get across is that no matter what path development takes, from just status quo all the way up to "WAAAAAY the hell outside the box.  Miles", you're never going to produce something that pleases everybody.

Personally, I'm happy when different games/developers take a stab at the same theme/plot/story...I think this is when the truly innovative ideas come out*...when they tackle something stalwart with a whole new perspective or approach. 

*the entire star wars gaming franchise nothwithstanding 

Posted 09/04/2008 at 11:53:43pm

In what ways can an OS "optimize" a BIOS?