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From: Ben Shimmin on 13 Nov 2009 17:58 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid>: > Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: >> Consoles, you put a game in and you play. Well, that's the Wii. The >> PS3 can spend up to an hour installing a new game to the internal hard >> drive. The Xbox, amazingly, only takes a few minutes to do the same >> process for the same game. > > Xbox seems to exist in a strange little eddy of competence and coolness > at Microsoft. Their games are cool, their ads are cool, and generally > they seem to have avoided the klunky mediocrity that is the rest of MS. <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_technical_problems> b. --[happy PS3 owner; never had to wait an hour to install a game, but I only own three; also like being able to watch Blu-Ray films...] -- <bas(a)bas.me.uk> <URL:http://bas.me.uk/> `Property, marriage, the law; as the bed to the river, so rule and convention to the instinct; and woe to him who tampers with the banks while the flood is flowing.' -- Samuel Butler, _Erewhon_
From: zoara on 13 Nov 2009 18:18 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > > > Consoles, you put a game in and you play. Well, that's the Wii. The > > PS3 can spend up to an hour installing a new game to the internal > > hard > > drive. The Xbox, amazingly, only takes a few minutes to do the same > > process for the same game. > > Xbox seems to exist in a strange little eddy of competence and > coolness > at Microsoft. Their games are cool, their ads are cool, and generally > they seem to have avoided the klunky mediocrity that is the rest of > MS. RROD? -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Pd on 14 Nov 2009 02:31 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > Xbox seems to exist in a strange little eddy of competence and > > coolness at Microsoft. Their games are cool, their ads are cool, and > > generally they seem to have avoided the klunky mediocrity that is the > > rest of MS. > > RROD? Hey, I didn't say anything about reliability. -- Pd
From: zoara on 14 Nov 2009 05:56 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > > Xbox seems to exist in a strange little eddy of competence and > > > coolness at Microsoft. Their games are cool, their ads are cool, > > > and > > > generally they seem to have avoided the klunky mediocrity that is > > > the > > > rest of MS. > > > > RROD? > > Hey, I didn't say anything about reliability. Cool but broken? (actually, I agree, but am amazed they have remained the "cool choice" despite some terrible reliability issues) -zoara- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Ben Shimmin on 14 Nov 2009 07:52
zoara <me18(a)privacy.net>: > Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: >> zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: >> > > Xbox seems to exist in a strange little eddy of competence and >> > > coolness at Microsoft. Their games are cool, their ads are cool, >> > > and generally they seem to have avoided the klunky mediocrity that >> > > is the rest of MS. >> > >> > RROD? >> >> Hey, I didn't say anything about reliability. > > Cool but broken? > > (actually, I agree, but am amazed they have remained the "cool choice" > despite some terrible reliability issues) Terrible reliability and also this: <URL:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8356621.stm> Really, the PS3 seems like the thinking man's choice. b. -- <bas(a)bas.me.uk> <URL:http://bas.me.uk/> `Property, marriage, the law; as the bed to the river, so rule and convention to the instinct; and woe to him who tampers with the banks while the flood is flowing.' -- Samuel Butler, _Erewhon_ |