------ Original Message ------ Received: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:44:21 AM EDT From: "Jean-Sebastien Perron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Window vista is so CPU hungry. > The user interface is ugly and not of a functional desing. Have you seen the betas? > There will be so many different version of Vista, exactly like Linux. Not nearly as bad as Linux in that regard... at least they all share exactly the same base, which isn't the case in the Linux world, where you even have multiple kernel implementations to pick from. > The user interface is more anoying like MacOSX. I'd wait to see the final product before making that decision. There's still a chance that they'll get it right if they get enough complaints from the users. :) > IT's gonna cost me $$$$ just to update my computer hardware. Well, that will happen sooner or later anyway :) > There is no tech support from Microsoft even if you paid for it. There's only one good way to get decent support from MS, and that isn't feasible for individuals. Definitely not a feature. :) > Vista is not compatible with my Idea of a computer. That makes me curious about what your idea of a "computer" is. > It's MicroSoft, they killed the Xbox without warning. Without warning? > DirectX10 is gonna force hadware rendering to dominate even more. That's a good thing, especially given the direction that hardware rendering is going. > HardwareRendering is not the solution, Software renderer is better, even for > videogames. In 10 years, there will be no more 3D videocards. Software rendering is much, much too slow for games. I suspect that in the future, 3D video cards will be sufficiently general-purpose to replace current processors :) > Software rendering for videogames : > -It's easier to code Maybe for the driver developers... but for the application programmer, OpenGL is OpenGL whether it's using hardware or software rendering. > -The same game will look the same on every computer That's not actually a feature, though it sounds nice in theory. When a person gets a faster machine, they want their games to look better. > Do you think one day there will be an emulator for a complex machine like > PS3 or a PC with windows. Probably, if the market for the "classic" games is large enough. > I believe the future of pc is: > -A single processor with many RISC (reduce instruction set) cores with 3 gig > of ram inside the processor. I think we're headed in that general direction already. :) > -Video and sound will be replaced only by 2 DAC (digital analog convertor). > I don't think that will happen; they'll probably have DSP support, and live mixing surround sound will probably be more popular, leveraging the aforementioned DSP. > -These processor will support java or c++ directly instead of machine code. > I doubt that as well. It runs counter to the trend you and I both alluded to above, because it puts MORE complexity in the processor, which would make a many-cored processors much less feasible to implement. > -There will be only one processor and on computer standard desing for > everything earth. I hope not. > -Then the only innovation possible will be speed of the processor and adding > more core. And that's why. > It's sad this industry is going nowhere. There has not been any innovations > since the apple2. Been living under a rock lately?
Rakesh Malik http://www.usefilm.com/donor/tamerlin/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] PRECEPTS OF OKINAWAN GOJU RYU It should be known that secret principles of Goju Ryu exist in the kata. Goju Ryu karatedo is the manifestation within one's own self of the harmonious accord of the universe. The way of Goju Ryu karatedo is to seek the way of virtue. - Chojun Miyagi.
