Comments on: A new beginning http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/01/10/a-new-beginning/ Melting down disparate elements to form a new reality. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:26:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Josh http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/01/10/a-new-beginning/#comment-441 Josh Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:21:02 +0000 http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/01/10/a-new-beginning/#comment-441 <p>Hey Justin, a good friend of mine and former coworker was the Technical Architect behind the Vongo player. </p> <p>The Vongo part is just where you get your content, you can use a lot of different players, your laptop, any of the MS Plays for Sure type video players, etc.</p> <p>-Josh </p> Hey Justin, a good friend of mine and former coworker was the Technical Architect behind the Vongo player.

The Vongo part is just where you get your content, you can use a lot of different players, your laptop, any of the MS Plays for Sure type video players, etc.

-Josh

]]> By: justin http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/01/10/a-new-beginning/#comment-437 justin Tue, 17 Jan 2006 02:42:35 +0000 http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/01/10/a-new-beginning/#comment-437 This is mostly for movies but this little guy costs about as much as an ipod, but for 9.95 a month it has unlimited downloads as long as you keep up your subscription. Looks cool and I might get one just because I now refuse to buy an ipod. http://www.vongo.com/ This is mostly for movies but this little guy costs about as much as an ipod, but for 9.95 a month it has unlimited downloads as long as you keep up your subscription. Looks cool and I might get one just because I now refuse to buy an ipod.
http://www.vongo.com/

]]> By: Kyle http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/01/10/a-new-beginning/#comment-426 Kyle Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:08:07 +0000 http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/01/10/a-new-beginning/#comment-426 From <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10794396/from/RS.3/" rel="nofollow">MSNBC</a>: "Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, said in an interview Tuesday that the company won't sell or support Windows itself, but also hasn't done anything to preclude people from loading Windows onto the machines themselves." From MSNBC: “Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, said in an interview Tuesday that the company won’t sell or support Windows itself, but also hasn’t done anything to preclude people from loading Windows onto the machines themselves.”

]]> By: justin http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/01/10/a-new-beginning/#comment-423 justin Wed, 11 Jan 2006 23:46:04 +0000 http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/01/10/a-new-beginning/#comment-423 porn is under the 60% internet. I am not sure what poster is talking about but I run battlefield 2 (which is a beast of a game) and have no problems. PC games are responsible for most of the advancements in graphics for computers, so they help with the computing experience. porn is under the 60% internet.

I am not sure what poster is talking about but I run battlefield 2 (which is a beast of a game) and have no problems.

PC games are responsible for most of the advancements in graphics for computers, so they help with the computing experience.

]]> By: Kyle http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/01/10/a-new-beginning/#comment-422 Kyle Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:51:42 +0000 http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/01/10/a-new-beginning/#comment-422 I don't know how this became a conversation about gaming. I was hoping to have some conversation about what would make for a better computing experience. I don’t know how this became a conversation about gaming. I was hoping to have some conversation about what would make for a better computing experience.

]]> By: Josh http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/01/10/a-new-beginning/#comment-421 Josh Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:44:20 +0000 http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/01/10/a-new-beginning/#comment-421 Hey Poster, How can you have a gaming rig that doesn't run Windows? Am I missing something, aren't all the games developed for Windows OS? Help me out here. And Justin, where does the Porn fit into your percentages, hmmm? Hey Poster,

How can you have a gaming rig that doesn’t run Windows?
Am I missing something, aren’t all the games developed for Windows OS?

Help me out here.

And Justin, where does the Porn fit into your percentages, hmmm?

]]> By: justin http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/01/10/a-new-beginning/#comment-420 justin Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:21:59 +0000 http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/01/10/a-new-beginning/#comment-420 I would agree with you if I was running some lower end machine that crashed during gameplay, but it doesn't crash even with windows installed. Also who asked for sympathy? Using my computer 38% of the time does not make me a "hardcore gamer" but it is enough for me not to buy a mac. The last people I need sympathy from is a mac user or a hardcore gamer. I would agree with you if I was running some lower end machine that crashed during gameplay, but it doesn’t crash even with windows installed.
Also who asked for sympathy? Using my computer 38% of the time does not make me a “hardcore gamer” but it is enough for me not to buy a mac.

The last people I need sympathy from is a mac user or a hardcore gamer.

]]> By: Poster http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/01/10/a-new-beginning/#comment-419 Poster Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:13:31 +0000 http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/01/10/a-new-beginning/#comment-419 If you want maximum performance, you don't cripple your gaming rig by making it do anything else besides playing games. If you have decided to cripple your gaming rig by making it run Windows, what kind of sympathy do you expect from either hard-core gamers or Mac users? Honestly. As for the article, should Apple deliver on its promises uncoerced? Yes. Will it? As Apple becomes more successful, sadly, I doubt that it will. We can choose to vote with our wallets, though, and I think that will have some effect. If you want maximum performance, you don’t cripple your gaming rig by making it do anything else besides playing games. If you have decided to cripple your gaming rig by making it run Windows, what kind of sympathy do you expect from either hard-core gamers or Mac users? Honestly.

As for the article, should Apple deliver on its promises uncoerced? Yes. Will it? As Apple becomes more successful, sadly, I doubt that it will. We can choose to vote with our wallets, though, and I think that will have some effect.

]]> By: justin http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/01/10/a-new-beginning/#comment-418 justin Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:19:38 +0000 http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/01/10/a-new-beginning/#comment-418 I use my computer 60% internet 38% games 2% other. Consoles are the best for everything except first person shooters. I use my computer 60% internet 38% games 2% other. Consoles are the best for everything except first person shooters.

]]> By: Kyle http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/01/10/a-new-beginning/#comment-417 Kyle Wed, 11 Jan 2006 02:39:44 +0000 http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2006/01/10/a-new-beginning/#comment-417 Who said anything about "new?" As long as it's the coolest version of whatever is being offered, new doesn't matter. And yeah, the Mac gaming market sucks. If the game you want even comes out on a Mac, it's usually hobbled in some way (no online play, for example) and it usually comes out about 12 months after the PC version, and by then, you no longer want to buy that game but the latest coolest game that just came out for your buddy's PC. There's a reason I used to come to your house to play computer games and you didn't come to mine. But now that Macs are using Intel processors, I wonder if any of that will change. Probably not -- and mostly because the Mac gaming audience is too small -- but I wonder. Then again, I don't really care. My gaming happens on the console, not on the computer. Who said anything about “new?” As long as it’s the coolest version of whatever is being offered, new doesn’t matter.

And yeah, the Mac gaming market sucks. If the game you want even comes out on a Mac, it’s usually hobbled in some way (no online play, for example) and it usually comes out about 12 months after the PC version, and by then, you no longer want to buy that game but the latest coolest game that just came out for your buddy’s PC.

There’s a reason I used to come to your house to play computer games and you didn’t come to mine.

But now that Macs are using Intel processors, I wonder if any of that will change. Probably not — and mostly because the Mac gaming audience is too small — but I wonder.

Then again, I don’t really care. My gaming happens on the console, not on the computer.

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