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That's right, Mr. Meader- don't look here for thoze rum0rz...

Simon's Avatar Picture Simon – December 19, 2007 11:49PM Reply Quote
Yet Another Transplant Thread (credit to Brian Miller for the original) (and Robert Taylor for the 2nd edition)

So, when do you expect to see the next 21-slot G5 subnotebook with built-in antigravity? Or do you have other things to complain about regarding the Mac rum0rz press?
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John Willoughby – April 13, 2012 08:40AM Reply Quote
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This could be big. There have been rumors about Valve's recent hiring of hardware engineering talent, and of an upcoming Valve console of some sort.

In the last few years Valve has ported a number of its games to Mac OS X, and made Steam available on the Mac.


Of course, this could all turn out to be nothing. BUT IT HAD BETTER NOT!
El Jeffe – April 16, 2012 12:32AM Reply Quote
What a journey.
Apple has enough $$$ to buy Red?
http://tinyurl.com/8xexsx8

That would be cool.
John Willoughby – April 16, 2012 07:56AM Reply Quote
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John Willoughby – May 01, 2012 08:57AM Reply Quote
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Can you hear me now?
El Jeffe – May 01, 2012 09:11AM Reply Quote
What a journey.
I would love to think that Apple could do something at a price I would be willing to pay. But I doubt it.
John Willoughby – May 01, 2012 12:28PM Reply Quote
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I'd just be happy with unfettered access to all of the features that my phone could offer if only the carrier wasn't running interference between me and Apple.
El Jeffe – May 01, 2012 02:47PM Reply Quote
What a journey.
Agreed. I can see your point.
Apple runs the risk of anti-trust if they vertically-integrate too much, imo. But allowing Samsung/HTC etc to have a good chunk of the cell phone pie, helps fend some of this off.
Tony Leggett (Moderator) – May 01, 2012 03:06PM Reply Quote
Well, usually I'd say more competition is good. And it strikes me as something Steve would do (were he here).

All the telcos are effectively "CompUSA's" (in terms of shitty customer service) - and that's what inspired the Apple stores.
John Willoughby – May 12, 2012 10:32AM Reply Quote
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Apple to purchase German HDTV manufacturer?

Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Button!

(Sorry, everybody.)
ddt – May 12, 2012 03:41PM Reply Quote
Have you seen German variety TV shows? No need to go back in history to evoke a horror.

ddt
Cloudscout – May 12, 2012 06:39PM Reply Quote
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It will show nothing but Baywatch reruns.
John Willoughby – May 13, 2012 11:12AM Reply Quote
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Nice look. Of course, in my house, this would just reveal a whole lot of wires and some wood panelling.
John Willoughby – May 13, 2012 09:48PM Reply Quote
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Pre-release info on new MBP and iMac processors.
John Willoughby – May 14, 2012 09:02PM Reply Quote
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Well, this sounds legit. I'm a little concerned. A graphics card with, say, 20% more power that has to push twice as many pixels? I'm sure Apple wouldn't release anything that didn't have decent performance with normal apps but, as always, I worry about games. Oh, well, if it has a discrete video card, I'll buy it anyway.
Tony Leggett (Moderator) – May 15, 2012 02:21AM Reply Quote
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John Willoughby
Well, this sounds legit. I'm a little concerned. A graphics card with, say, 20% more power that has to push twice as many pixels? I'm sure Apple wouldn't release anything that didn't have decent performance with normal apps but, as always, I worry about games. Oh, well, if it has a discrete video card, I'll buy it anyway.

I think for games they'll assume you're happy to play it at 1080p resolution to get decent fps. How realistic does it have to be?
John Willoughby – May 15, 2012 07:34AM Reply Quote
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Setting LCD's to anything other than their native resolution introduces a lot of fuzziness automatically. Maybe the retina's won't be that way, but I doubt it.


>How realistic does it have to be?

More pixels than maximum possible human optical resolution. And then some more, in case I become superhuman. At 600 fps.
Tony Leggett (Moderator) – May 15, 2012 10:04PM Reply Quote
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Maybe the retina's won't be that way, but I doubt it.

I've found games that are at "standard" iPad2 resolution seem fine on the iPad3 - you don't really notice the fuzziness. But it is a matter of expectations I guess.
John Willoughby – May 16, 2012 07:27AM Reply Quote
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Try it with your iMac. I think you'll see quite a difference. Perhaps it's just me.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/16/2012 07:27AM by John Willoughby.
James DeBenedetti – May 16, 2012 09:27AM Reply Quote
1. Rescaling generally looks better with video/games than text.
2. Pixels on the iPad 3 are 1/4 the size of those on the iPad 2, so "pixel doubled" items on the iPad 3 should have the same visual clarity as native items on the iPad 2.
John Willoughby – May 31, 2012 12:25PM Reply Quote
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