Posted 11/06/2009 at 04:07:14pm

Remember the ATI XGP? Or how about the Asus XG Station? Both had MPC articles dedicated to them. In fact, one (the XGP) was shown prominently in the ad section of this website. I'm sure there have been other attempts at external graphics by other prominent manufacturers.

Quite simply, I'll believe it when I see it, and I am not expecting to see it.

 
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Posted 11/01/2009 at 06:49:29pm

I found ATI's (#### x2) nameing scheme to be much more, ahem, honest, than nvidia (#9#). Why the change? 
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Posted 10/30/2009 at 12:42:42pm

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Posted 10/29/2009 at 11:14:21am

Microsoft has the absolutely free SQL Sever 2008 Express. Sure it is pretty limited, but then again so is MySQL.
I wonder if Oracle has an equivalent product.
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Posted 10/28/2009 at 05:15:28pm

 Hush A Phone Part Duex
 
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Posted 10/27/2009 at 08:04:02am

How long has it been since id released Doom 3?
How successful was Doom 3 in comparison to Half-Life 2 and Counterstrike back in 2005?
How many more first party games has id released since Doom 3?
(Hint: RoE was developed by Nerve Software)
You see what I am getting at? Valve is not desperate for cash.
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Posted 10/26/2009 at 07:53:09pm

Will it support non-"free" formats out of the box? 
The MP3 codec, for example, doesn't require a paid license for individual (non-commercial) use.
Will it have non-"free" drivers builtin? 
Just about every Linux distro has Compiz preinstalled with no way to use it (no hardware opengl) with the default install or from the liveCD. Even worse, installation of such non-"free" drivers can be downright painful. I had a kernel recompile required for an nVidia kernel patch/driver brick an install because it invalidated the info in GRUB.
I just don't understand the attitude of those behind the GNU project. If the end user doesn't have to pay a dime for something commonly used, like hardware video or MP3s, then there should be no problem including it on disc. Just because it isn't "open source" or it doesn't give the end user "full freedom" doesn't mean it should be avoided like the plague. 
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Posted 10/23/2009 at 06:00:15pm

44 million in a quarter. I doubt that even one out of every 3 went to embeded applications and servers.

The total number of xBoxs 360's sold to date is around 32 million. This just shows the stregnth of the PC platform. 

 
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Posted 10/21/2009 at 12:22:14pm

These trolls that make stupidly long posts...
There should be a length limit for comments. This is a comment section, not a blog. No one should make themselves an equal to the writers and editors at Maximum PC.
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Posted 10/21/2009 at 12:15:36pm

Back when Microsoft started, the idea of selling software separate from hardware was new and radical.
Linus and Stallman are both full time employees. Their income obviously doesn't come from royalties, and GNU can't run on donations alone. Guess where the money comes from.
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