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the expensive video card you've got that'll give you 100 fps in Doom3 at 1600x1200 (or something even a fraction of that power) is basically being wasted outside of games.. that is, there are interesting, useful things that can be done with that hardware that aren't.
Posted by: d_jedi   Posted on: 11/20/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Please help  rkadowns | 11/19/04
They want to scare you into getting Lockhorn..  Jeff Spicoli | 11/19/04
Ahh  rkadowns | 11/19/04
Have you seen what it can do?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/04
Please, educate us  Linux User 147560 | 11/19/04
Hey, if your happy with the limitations, kewl.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/04
The irony is that  Linux User 147560 | 11/19/04
Really, I guess that's why people hate GUI's huh?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/04
I seem to recall...  PA-ITGuy | 11/19/04
And how is "Avalon" supposed to help us gamers?  DigitalKid | 11/22/04
Gee I'm looking forward to it;-)  Richard Flude | 11/19/04
He doesn't need to.  chiwawa | 11/19/04
Aw the voive of experiance and reason.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/04
And the unmistakeble noise of utter cluelessness.  chiwawa | 11/19/04
But I try not to judge you for it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/04
Message has been deleted.  chiwawa | 11/20/04
Hmm, you may be right and no one listens to you.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/20/04
Can't win on merit? Start insulting. Usual bitty FUD  Troll-Catcher | 11/21/04
Stated? Gee, you don't know how threads work?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/04
Can you describe some things for us that it can do?  Jeff Spicoli | 11/19/04
I can do better than that.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/20/04
better looking windows and a possibly improved API  hipparchus2000 | 11/20/04
And the answer is, legacy...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/04
apart from all the win98 kids games I had for my kids that didn't work  hipparchus2000 | 11/21/04
And I think overuse of C++  hipparchus2000 | 11/21/04
This is pure hogwash, bitty  Troll-Catcher | 11/21/04
Here's what I got.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 11/21/04
Sucks to be you I guess.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/04
Works for me too  rapson | 11/22/04
Have you?  Cardinal_Bill | 11/19/04
Let's consider that.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/20/04
you did not answer the question  JasonL31 | 11/21/04
Sorry, I didn't think you were serious,  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/04
You're still dancing.  Troll-Catcher | 11/21/04
Try again Troll...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/04
Just what we need. MORE BLOAT!!  jjon2121 | 11/19/04
Complete revamp of windowing subsystem on Longhorn  PB_z | 11/19/04
Microsucks can have a glimpse at THIS...  realitycheck101 | 11/19/04
Oops, I thought you were gong to show us a brain.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/04
He was going to...  Troll-Catcher | 11/21/04
I hope when Microsoft is done with Avalon  chiwawa | 11/19/04
Sigh, and I had hoped...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/04
Its a Firefox plug-in  chiwawa | 11/20/04
An apology to a liar. Don't hold your breath.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/20/04
Not like you planned on buying any MS prods  FilledOut | 11/19/04
The sceptic in me says stay away.  jheine | 11/19/04
Only really for developers.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/04
Actually, he wasn't commenting on the hardware.  Zogg | 11/19/04
Demands placed on the hardware gone up?  swoopee | 11/20/04
Basically..  d_jedi | 11/20/04
more vapourware. How about a mock up concept video  hipparchus2000 | 11/19/04
Avalon vVideos from over a year ago...  PB_z | 11/19/04
in that case poor journalism why not link to the website from the article.  hipparchus2000 | 11/20/04
Poor journalism goes without saying  PB_z | 11/20/04
Microsoft now copies Mozilla XUL.  B.O.F.H. | 11/19/04
They wanted to lock consumers out of older OSes?  CobraA1 | 11/19/04
Huh? Your old apps wprk just fine.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/20/04
we know your are not that dumb  JasonL31 | 11/20/04
Yes you are...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/04
Try reading my post next time - I wasn't talking about old apps!  CobraA1 | 11/21/04
I see, you want everything for nothing.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/04
Nah, I just want new apps to work  CobraA1 | 11/22/04
What a crock.  Cardinal_Bill | 11/19/04
they're planning on not giving the OEM's enough info to write drivers  Squawkbox | 11/20/04
Not at all.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/20/04
wow, did you get a inside look  JasonL31 | 11/20/04
Unlike you, I can read.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/04
Ahhh...I love to test Avalon...  Grayson Peddie | 11/19/04
How many more "its vaporware" idiots do we need to listen to?  jimk_z | 11/19/04
OK, it's not vaporware.  Cardinal_Bill | 11/19/04
So?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/20/04
That's because he was being humorous..  Patrick Jones | 11/22/04
Don't a number of companies have that too  FilledOut | 11/21/04
They, as usual  pj-xmesh | 11/20/04
They, as usual  CodeBubba | 11/26/04
Why upgrade?  mikeybrass | 11/20/04
Waiting for 'The Killer App'  Zogg | 11/20/04
Killer database  mikeybrass | 11/20/04
No, I doubt any such 'Killer App' would be a database either wink  Zogg | 11/21/04
No, but...  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 11/21/04
Why upgrade?  CodeBubba | 11/26/04
More MS T&A  Len Rooney | 11/20/04
I'm buying a new Sony PS/2 this christmas, with network connection  hipparchus2000 | 11/20/04
If this is important to you,  rkadowns | 11/20/04
guess win2k is dead as far as ms is concerned  JasonL31 | 11/20/04
Win2k will be 6 years old...  PB_z | 11/20/04
XP is win2k with DRM added in  JasonL31 | 11/21/04
How long do you expect MS to support older OSes?  d_jedi | 11/21/04
win2k is not a old OS  JasonL31 | 11/21/04
by 2006, it will be..  d_jedi | 11/21/04
Until they come up with something new?  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 11/21/04
Yes..  d_jedi | 11/21/04
Until they come up with something new?  CodeBubba | 11/26/04
(NT) .WOW !!! . Reminds me of the Spinning Logos of the early Java days ;-(  Plain Logic | 11/20/04
cpu power has not been doubling as fast as needed  JasonL31 | 11/21/04
If this is anything like Sun's Looking Glass project...  Zogg | 11/21/04
Yet another  michael-t | 11/22/04
Oh boy...  Fairlane | 02/08/05

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