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I'm not going to argue through everything again... 1,439 Views / 39 Replies  
I'm not going to argue through everything again since I'll just be repeating myself. But just remember when you're doing these one sided feature matches to keep in mind the features that you're not...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Oct 22, 2003 at 08:01 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Right, and that makes no sense. The empty slot... 1,439 Views / 39 Replies  
Right, and that makes no sense. The empty slot on the Dell would be any of the PCI slots, which can hold any old Wireless NIC w/ antennae (many much cheaper than an Airport card).OK, let's compare...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Oct 22, 2003 at 05:11 PM, in MacNN Lounge
If you have access to PC try GameHippo... 1,131 Views / 8 Replies  
If you have access to PC try GameHippo (http://www.gamehippo.com/) for thousands of free games. Also try Retro Remakes (http://www.remakes.org/website/index.php[/url) for tons of remakes of cool...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Oct 22, 2003 at 04:19 PM, in Gaming
One way feature matching can be pretty... 1,439 Views / 39 Replies  
One way feature matching can be pretty misleading...

First, the AiO formfactor is only an advantage to a limited set of consumers. Most prefer the tower formfactor for its upgradability,...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Oct 22, 2003 at 03:13 PM, in MacNN Lounge
The Lossless moniker has nothing to do with... 1,193 Views / 28 Replies  
The Lossless moniker has nothing to do with information lost when the initial recording was made and then eventually moved to Redbook audio on the CD... it refers to not losing any information from...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Oct 21, 2003 at 11:48 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Take a look at the Ars thread I linked to above. ... 823 Views / 19 Replies  
Take a look at the Ars thread I linked to above. c't magazine did a Mathamatica benchmark amoung many others:
Mathematica 5 (less = faster)
2x 2 GHz G5: 1021 s
1x 1 GHz G4: 2023 s
2x Xeon 3.06...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Oct 15, 2003 at 01:43 PM, in MacNN Lounge
There's a thread on this over at Ars... 823 Views / 19 Replies  
There's a thread on this over at Ars (http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?q=Y&a=tpc&s=50009562&f=48409524&m=6500922095&p=1) that actually has a bunch of G5 vs Athlon64FX benchmark results...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Oct 15, 2003 at 10:03 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Since when did "think different" mean do... 1,751 Views / 24 Replies  
Since when did "think different" mean do everything the same or what SJ think's best? Everyone is different... if a multibutton mouse best suits his workflow it doesn't make him a drone. He would...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Oct 14, 2003 at 04:57 PM, in Mac Desktops
People shouldn't be particularly suprised that a... 1,955 Views / 68 Replies  
People shouldn't be particularly suprised that a brand new feature in an OS that hasn't even shipped yet is superior to one that's been in Windows since version 3.x...

BTW, many MDI apps like...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Oct 12, 2003 at 01:46 PM, in MacNN Lounge
From a few days ago... 936 Views / 28 Replies  
From a few days ago http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?type=technologyNews&storyID=3519985 :
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Oct 3, 2003 at 05:06 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Yup, "Friends don't let friends buy... 1,084 Views / 8 Replies  
Yup, "Friends don't let friends buy non-Centrino/Pentium-M based x86 notebooks."

P4M based systems are a bad idea these days and desktop P4s in notebooks are ridiculous unless you're after a...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Sep 21, 2003 at 02:08 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Actually, his second statement isn't so... 2,091 Views / 41 Replies  
Actually, his second statement isn't so unbelievable. The Mac version of RTCW has had a rocky history when it comes to compatibility with the Windows version, usually because the Mac patches lag...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Sep 21, 2003 at 01:54 PM, in Gaming
Careful, bare feats used a 1.3GHz Pentium-M with... 2,978 Views / 48 Replies  
Careful, bare feats used a 1.3GHz Pentium-M with integrated intel graphics. With even just a Radeon 9000 mobility (like the Dell 600m) it would pull over ~120FPS Q3A timedemo1 High Quality. See the...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Sep 19, 2003 at 08:15 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Actually, they're used in both high end... 2,978 Views / 48 Replies  
Actually, they're used in both high end notenooks, mid-range notebooks and ultra low power versions are even used in Tablet PCs. For example you can get a Dell 600m spec'd just like the entry level...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Sep 18, 2003 at 03:34 PM, in Mac Notebooks
There's a new demo video out that shows off some... 2,969 Views / 42 Replies  
There's a new demo video out that shows off some of the DX9 effects that Source (the 3D engine that Half-life 2 and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines use). It's not the same one from E3.
...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Sep 11, 2003 at 10:04 PM, in Gaming
The XBox is actually an incredible steal if you... 753 Views / 6 Replies  
The XBox is actually an incredible steal if you need the equivalent of a Media Center PC. Just grab a modchip and then install XBox Media Player. Then you can ftp movies/photos/music to the HDD and...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Sep 11, 2003 at 06:18 PM, in Gaming
Heh, that's kind of revisionist history there :).... 3,067 Views / 33 Replies  
Heh, that's kind of revisionist history there :). The opposite actually occurred in that nearly everyone agreed that the early P4's were inferior to the P3's they were replacing and warned buyers...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Sep 6, 2003 at 02:15 PM, in Mac Desktops
PS7Bench 50meg ver needs at least 512MB of RAM so... 5,007 Views / 61 Replies  
PS7Bench 50meg ver needs at least 512MB of RAM so it doesn't become mostly a HDD benchmark.

I'm guessing the dual 2.0 will end up being very competitive w/ top of the line dual Xeon systems with...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Aug 25, 2003 at 11:35 PM, in Mac Desktops
I'm not sure that that's really a rating. It... 2,531 Views / 20 Replies  
I'm not sure that that's really a rating. It seems more like a unique identifier, and the new G5 models have the last 3 numbers because they're were just appended to the top of the list. We'll have...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Aug 25, 2003 at 08:46 PM, in Mac Desktops
Just use the 50MB version of the PS7Bench script... 5,007 Views / 61 Replies  
Just use the 50MB version of the PS7Bench script (http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Cafe/4363/download.html).

Be sure to set History States to 1 though or your results won't be comparable to results...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Aug 25, 2003 at 08:41 PM, in Mac Desktops
Woah, you're right! They ripped off their own... 13,255 Views / 63 Replies  
Woah, you're right! They ripped off their own free ActiveSync application (which predates iSync by years)... damn them.
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Aug 22, 2003 at 05:43 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Dell and Apple actually spend about the same... 1,183 Views / 34 Replies  
Dell and Apple actually spend about the same amount on R&D (depending on the quarter each takes the lead in spending at times). Of course that's actual dollar amounts -- if you look at it as a...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Aug 21, 2003 at 08:26 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Alex Denton, the other clone from Area 51. ... 1,318 Views / 12 Replies  
Alex Denton, the other clone from Area 51.

You can also download some gameplay footage here (it was released in July):
http://www.gamershell.com/download_2634.shtml
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Aug 20, 2003 at 11:15 AM, in Gaming
The botmatch score may be telling though. That's... 4,974 Views / 24 Replies  
The botmatch score may be telling though. That's almost completely CPU bound.
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Aug 20, 2003 at 07:57 AM, in Mac Desktops
Deus Ex 2 Intro 1,318 Views / 12 Replies  
It looks like someone leaked a really badly encoded version of the Deus Ex 2 Intro Cinematic:
http://www.3dgamers.com/dl/games/deusex2/dx_intro640x480_final.zip.html

Sounds like Walton Simon's...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Aug 20, 2003 at 06:34 AM, in Gaming
If she's hellbent on getting a Dell, whatever you... 1,002 Views / 26 Replies  
If she's hellbent on getting a Dell, whatever you do, don't let her buy that notebook. It will be heavy, hot and have terrible battery life (that's a desktop P4 in a laptop :thumbsdow).

Have her...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Aug 19, 2003 at 09:03 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Make sure you watch traptown, it makes for a good... 2,969 Views / 42 Replies  
Make sure you watch traptown, it makes for a good display of some of the interesting things the HAVOC physics engine does. Bugbait is pretty cool too.

Two of the best clips should be out any day...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Aug 19, 2003 at 07:32 AM, in Gaming
Download OS X Bink video player: ... 2,969 Views / 42 Replies  
Download OS X Bink video player:
http://www.radgametools.com/down/bink/BinkMachOPlayer.sit.bin

Download some of the movies:
http://www.filemirrors.com/search.src?file=hl2-g-man.exe...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Aug 18, 2003 at 03:46 AM, in Gaming
You've got to love that -- somehow the Dell... 3,224 Views / 70 Replies  
You've got to love that -- somehow the Dell system in Apple's benchmark scores ~45% slower (the Dell should be getting around 396 FPS) than every site that has benched systems configured exactly the...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Jul 28, 2003 at 06:00 PM, in Gaming
Re: Re: Re: Mac General Questions 697 Views / 6 Replies  
I didn't say it was perfect, I said it was probably the best web browsing OS usage stats available. I can understand spoofing your user agent string to get some non-standards complaint bank site to...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Jul 9, 2003 at 04:17 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Re: Mac General Questions 697 Views / 6 Replies  
Probably the best web browsing stats can be had from the zeitgeist:
http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html
http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist/may03_pie.gif

So, by not getting you a Mac...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Jul 7, 2003 at 02:00 AM, in MacNN Lounge
You can convert from WMV to uncompressed AVI or... 1,148 Views / 10 Replies  
You can convert from WMV to uncompressed AVI or ISO Standard MPEG4 using Microsoft's Windows Media Encoder (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx) (you can also...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Jun 1, 2003 at 07:13 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
It actually runs fine on most systems until your... 976 Views / 11 Replies  
It actually runs fine on most systems until your city gets to a medium size... then it quickly deteriorates to choppy hell unless you have a very hefty CPU. I'd imagine it will be the same w/ the...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on May 25, 2003 at 02:15 PM, in Gaming
Blanket statements about the quality of MP3 vs... 1,614 Views / 25 Replies  
Blanket statements about the quality of MP3 vs AAC are misleading since the encoder used effects quality to such an enormous extent. For example, iTunes uses Fraunhofer for encoding its MP3s and...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on May 24, 2003 at 09:02 PM, in MacNN Lounge
gaming sites are starting to do their E3 Wrap-ups... 3,453 Views / 57 Replies  
gaming sites are starting to do their E3 Wrap-ups (awards/best of show):

http://games.ign.com/bestofe3_2003.html
http://www.gamespy.com/e32003/awards/

I have a feeling Doom III would have been...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on May 24, 2003 at 10:24 AM, in Gaming
The original version of HL's single player... 3,453 Views / 57 Replies  
The original version of HL's single player experience was a revelation. While the original netcode was very laggity, I don't think that single issue which was eventually corrected warrants it being...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on May 23, 2003 at 01:26 PM, in Gaming
Hopefully the 970's motherboard will finally have... 1,248 Views / 22 Replies  
Hopefully the 970's motherboard will finally have an AGP Pro slot. Otherwise discussing bringing over a lot of the highest end cards is kind of moot.
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on May 23, 2003 at 01:15 PM, in Mac Desktops
Also try the Russian AllOfMP3.com... 1,614 Views / 25 Replies  
Also try the Russian AllOfMP3.com (http://www.allofmp3.com/index2.shtml). They allow online encoding of music into all kinds of formats (MP3, OGG, AAC, MPC and WMA) at lots of different...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on May 23, 2003 at 09:33 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Does anyone know if any of the good AAC encoders... 7,678 Views / 17 Replies  
Does anyone know if any of the good AAC encoders like PsyTEL and Nero are available for the Mac? I'm pretty sure PsyTEL is open source...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on May 20, 2003 at 10:30 PM, in Applications
The full E3 Demo... 3,453 Views / 57 Replies  
The full E3 Demo (http://www.filemirrors.com/search.src?file=half_life_2_full_gsi.zip&size=530955447) (518MB)
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on May 19, 2003 at 07:34 PM, in Gaming
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/winhec/g... 2,674 Views / 65 Replies  
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/winhec/gallery.asp

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134689749_winhec06.html
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on May 8, 2003 at 06:27 PM, in MacNN Lounge
[QUOTE]Originally posted by boots: Every last... 1,293 Views / 23 Replies  
[QUOTE]Originally posted by boots:
Every last piece of software you listed runs fine directly under Windows. People often seem to be unaware of how much �nix software has been...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Apr 9, 2003 at 04:36 AM, in MacNN Lounge
If video fidelity is a concern then unfortunately... 1,148 Views / 10 Replies  
If video fidelity is a concern then unfortunately QT6 MPEG4 doesn't fare so well:
QT6MPvsWM9.png (http://casperghost.port5.com/QT6MP4vsWM9.png)

The above link is a frame comparison someone posted...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Mar 29, 2003 at 01:12 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
If you use virtualdub to do time-shifting,... 1,325 Views / 21 Replies  
If you use virtualdub to do time-shifting, capping, filtering and encoding you're going to be in for a big disappointment concerning both encoding performance and available freeware tools when you...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Mar 24, 2003 at 09:31 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Thousands? Yup. A whole lot of open... 2,174 Views / 31 Replies  
Thousands? Yup.

A whole lot of open source software gets cross developed for Win32 and even more is available through cygwin and uwin. Then there's all the Win32 only opensource and freeware...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Mar 23, 2003 at 01:41 AM, in macOS
I think what people are talking about is that... 3,051 Views / 61 Replies  
I think what people are talking about is that Apple has been luring a lot of switchers with the combination of excellent battery life, relatively lightweight designs, full featured internals and...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Mar 12, 2003 at 07:14 PM, in Mac Notebooks
You left out the linkage: ... 3,051 Views / 61 Replies  
You left out the linkage:

http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.html?i=1800
http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.html?i=1801&p=1
...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Mar 12, 2003 at 06:38 PM, in Mac Notebooks
The new Pentium M based laptops that were just... 982 Views / 20 Replies  
The new Pentium M based laptops that were just released today perform very differently from the older P4M laptops.

For instance at 1.6GHz a notebook Pentium M laptop is faster or about the same...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Mar 12, 2003 at 05:19 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Use Y's Dock... 829 Views / 8 Replies  
Use Y's Dock (http://yz.designtechnika.com/software/yzdock/index_en.html) or Moby Dock (http://www.mobydock.tk/) for excellent OS X Dock clones.

Check out:
http://www.aquaxp.com/ (take a look at...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Mar 12, 2003 at 04:59 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Re: And the bottom line is..? 6,516 Views / 50 Replies  
tcwickla, can you post PSBench7 scores for your new system? You can find instructions here (http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=48409524&m=7760969205) and if you don't...
Posted by sleepyrenderer, on Mar 5, 2003 at 12:55 AM, in Mac Desktops
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