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Re: Morning Tech Bits |
Aug 23, 2012, 17:22 |
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I would assume that the controls might be geared more for touch than mouse and keyboard for some games, maybe not for something like Plants vs Zombies though. In some cases the desktop version of a game would have more options and perhaps better graphics.
The games for Surface are mostly going to be ports of games from ipad and android, nothing in that library interests me much. They're fun, casual time wasters for when your fiddling with a tablet but not something I need on my PC, metro or otherwise.
Has microsoft embraced the idea of free games & apps that have mini advertisements in them? My nieces have android tablets chock full of games that didn't cost a dime. |
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| News Comments > Morning Metaverse |
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Re: Morning Metaverse |
Aug 23, 2012, 17:06 |
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^Drag0n^ wrote on Aug 23, 2012, 13:40: This is ridiculous.
Seriously? All they are doing is putting his work on one page for people that woke up to the news and said, "Damn, what movies did he do other than Top Gun?"
I could only name three. I was surprised to see how many good films were there that I would not have known about otherwise.
The one that pisses me off is seeing how FDA "Agent" Novitsky gets away with wasting millions of taxpayer dollars pursuing doping in Pro Sports. So far, he got Barry Bonds 30 days of house arrest for purgery. Oooo.
You might want to check out IMDb.com
Lots of great info about your favorite actor, director, producer with 90% less shilling. |
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Re: Morning Tech Bits |
Aug 23, 2012, 16:56 |
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Beamer wrote on Aug 23, 2012, 16:52: So if you buy Plants vs. Zombies for your phone/tablet you wouldn't like to also be able to play it on your PC? Not the metro version, no.
Beamer wrote on Aug 23, 2012, 16:52:
Do Apple? customers think they can run Mac software on their iPad? I doubt it since Apple doesn't sell a version of the iPad that can run the "desktop" app. Some may thought they could though.
I'm sure some will promptly return their "Surface" when they find out that the WinRT version doesn't let them run x86 programs.
This comment was edited on Aug 23, 2012, 17:01. |
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Re: Morning Tech Bits |
Aug 23, 2012, 15:50 |
DangerDog |
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RailWizard wrote on Aug 23, 2012, 15:38: Maybe I'm mistaken, but it seems like the only reason microsoft is pushing Metro so hard is because of the app store. Is that right?
It's like they've figured out how to make windows into a F2P type deal where they plan to microtransact the ever loving shit out of all us peons.
It all seems pretty ridiculous given that almost nobody has a touch screen monitor(does anyone even sell those?) and Metro is obviously designed for exactly that.
It's really hard to believe that after all these years MS can be this arrogantly stupid. I guess some lessons need to be learned more than once for some people.
It will take a lot to get me off win7. This I know. They have a whole generation of peons that have become accustomed to paying MS a monthly fee (Xbox Live Gold) and doing all their transactions in MS fake currency (Xbox points). It only seems logical that they would want to cater to this demographic by putting up an app store and force people into buying programs exclusively from them. They would probably love to do the same for desktop apps but it seems that rather than do that they're going to try to kill the desktop altogether - in baby steps.
Next stage in the master plan, why would you need the desktop anyway when you can do everything on "the cloud"? |
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Re: Morning Tech Bits |
Aug 23, 2012, 15:41 |
DangerDog |
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Beamer wrote on Aug 23, 2012, 15:23:
DangerDog wrote on Aug 23, 2012, 15:20:
avianflu wrote on Aug 23, 2012, 15:04: Note further that the "Metro RT tablets" are different from "Metro tablets" and can only run metro apps. RT tablets cannot run regular windows apps. Consumers will be very confused by all of this. And if you're going to start over from scratch with all your programs then you're much better off with buying an ipad or android based tablet. The 7" form factor is what seems most popular, compact enough for travel yet big enough to still be usable as an e-reader and watch movies on.
I wouldn't pay more than $100 for a Metro RT tablet. Well, it depends. If you have iOS or Androids apps you can use them on your iOS or Android device. If you have Windows RT you can use those apps on your desktop/laptop.
That's a pretty large advantage. With reduced functionality of any app made for a tablet I wouldn't be using it on my desktop computer as there are always going to be better alternatives, many of them free.
Being able to buy solitaire for a WinRT based Surface and allowing a user to download the x86 version for their desktop isn't that big of a bonus.
Microsoft will lock their Surface down so that only programs acquired from their app store will work on the device, Android is much more open in terms of being able to create programs for your tablet or "side load" apps that aren't on/from the google play store. Microsoft is blundering that aspect because it was the openness of DOS and Windows that made them what they are today.
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Re: Morning Tech Bits |
Aug 23, 2012, 15:28 |
DangerDog |
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Beamer wrote on Aug 23, 2012, 15:22:
avianflu wrote on Aug 23, 2012, 15:04: Note further that the "Metro RT tablets" are different from "Metro tablets" and can only run metro apps. RT tablets cannot run regular windows apps. Consumers will be very confused by all of this. I don't see how this should be too complicated.
Windows RT = iOS or Android. Windows 8 tablets = laptop in a desktop form.
Consumers likely won't be too confused because almost all of them will be funneled into RT. The other tablets are for power users and business types. If you're confused in any way, shape or form you get RT. It's the exact same thing as every other tablet on the market. Except for the fact that lots of people will assume they can run PC Desktop apps on the "Surface". They hide the Windows RT spec from the marketing of the device, only the price difference between a "Surface" that only runs metro or one that can run desktop apps would give it away. I doubt most big box retailers will even carry the desktop capable version.
Clueless Customer: "Oh, so this is that new Microsoft Tablet for Windows?"
Generic Sales Idiot: "Yep" |
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Re: Morning Tech Bits |
Aug 23, 2012, 15:20 |
DangerDog |
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avianflu wrote on Aug 23, 2012, 15:04: Note further that the "Metro RT tablets" are different from "Metro tablets" and can only run metro apps. RT tablets cannot run regular windows apps. Consumers will be very confused by all of this. And if you're going to start over from scratch with all your programs then you're much better off with buying an ipad or android based tablet. The 7" form factor is what seems most popular, compact enough for travel yet big enough to still be usable as an e-reader and watch movies on.
I wouldn't pay more than $100 for a Metro RT tablet. |
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Re: Morning Tech Bits |
Aug 23, 2012, 15:12 |
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Maybe when Microsoft fails at the Tablet market, yet again, they'll come back to the desktop users begging for forgiveness.
I'll wait for Windows 9 when they'll add in a super new "power user" feature to disable metro completely.
Till then, Windows 7 will be my new XP. |
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| News Comments > Sony Liverpool Closing |
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Re: Sony Liverpool Closing |
Aug 22, 2012, 19:16 |
DangerDog |
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Verno wrote on Aug 22, 2012, 10:51: These guys published the original Lemmings
To be fair all they really do these days is Wipeout & F1 but hey, they do it well! Lots of old games that deserve an HD remake, especially Lemmings. |
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Re: Windows 8′s new licenses- simpler, saner, better. |
Aug 22, 2012, 15:06 |
DangerDog |
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Except for that last part at the end...
Thou shall not bypass Metro Interface in Windows 8 under any circumstances! Failure to comply will result in a jail term of 25 years and or a $250,000 fine.
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Re: Into the Black |
Aug 20, 2012, 22:42 |
DangerDog |
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The Half Elf wrote on Aug 20, 2012, 21:34: Top Gun/Man on Fire, Phyllis, dear lord what's next?!? New rule just handed down, they go in twos not threes. |
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| News Comments > OnLive Layoffs Follow-up |
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Re: OnLive Layoffs Follow-up |
Aug 18, 2012, 16:37 |
DangerDog |
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Fantaz wrote on Aug 18, 2012, 14:24: Even if they continue their image is completely torn. What a PR mess... Nobody will want to use a "dead" service anymore. I would have very little interest in this service even if it were free to play demos off of.
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| News Comments > Ubisoft Uplay PC Launches |
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Re: Ubisoft Uplay PC Launches |
Aug 16, 2012, 19:07 |
DangerDog |
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KilrathiAce wrote on Aug 16, 2012, 18:56: UBI does not care for customer often not supporting their titles as proven with silent hunter series, many of their games are either not supported or in horrible state and literally suck nowdays. So no suprise I have no desire to even care about Uplay, may as well call it Toilet as far as I am concerned. this is why it's appropriate to hate on ubisoft, not for them wanting to push out their own content delivery system.
they pump and dump worse than EA and Activision combined. |
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