Comments on: Technology Flops of 2007 http://www.pcmech.com/article/technology-flops-of-2007/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Warner Picks Blu-Ray. Is HD-DVD Dead? » PC Mechanichttp://www.pcmech.com/article/technology-flops-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-6776 Warner Picks Blu-Ray. Is HD-DVD Dead? » PC Mechanic Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:56:25 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/technology-flops-of-2007/#comment-6776 [...] I ended off my article on the tech flops of 2007, I discussed the ongoing battle between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. I said: Until something happens here, [...] [...] I ended off my article on the tech flops of 2007, I discussed the ongoing battle between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. I said: Until something happens here, [...]

]]> By: Jumanhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/technology-flops-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-5399 Juman Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:49:31 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/technology-flops-of-2007/#comment-5399 Vista Home Premium is actually pretty bloody good now SP1 RC is out and the Nvida beta drivers are out for my 8800GT. It was shit before that (slow network, bad problems with 64bit software), but now I'm very happy. Plus.. Crysis DX10 is awesome... and once more games follow the DX10 route, then XP will fade out like win98SE did. So I think saying it was a flop is a bit premature (excuse the pun). Maybe for 2007.. but it won't be for 2008.I completely agree about Blu Ray and HD-DVD though. I won't touch either. Oddly Sony's profit removing addition of the Blu Ray drive to the PS3 actually seemed to work better than I expected, so blu ray might with this war. I'm hoping 4.5gig downloadable 720p HD movies will happen soon instead. I hate having discs when hard drives are so cheap :P Vista Home Premium is actually pretty bloody good now SP1 RC is out and the Nvida beta drivers are out for my 8800GT. It was shit before that (slow network, bad problems with 64bit software), but now I’m very happy. Plus.. Crysis DX10 is awesome… and once more games follow the DX10 route, then XP will fade out like win98SE did. So I think saying it was a flop is a bit premature (excuse the pun). Maybe for 2007.. but it won’t be for 2008.

I completely agree about Blu Ray and HD-DVD though. I won’t touch either. Oddly Sony’s profit removing addition of the Blu Ray drive to the PS3 actually seemed to work better than I expected, so blu ray might with this war. I’m hoping 4.5gig downloadable 720p HD movies will happen soon instead. I hate having discs when hard drives are so cheap :P

]]> By: powerhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/technology-flops-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-5380 power Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:53:56 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/technology-flops-of-2007/#comment-5380 WinVista has been great for me and in general better than all the problems we had with XP on launch sure it's not perfect but it's far from the worst tech product of the year. When people compain about memory usage they have to remember Vista is USING the memory not letting it all sit there idle, idle RAM does nothing for you - think about that!!iphone - totally over rated!facebook - i really really don't care!Blu-Ray and HD-DVD - well no-one is winning here especially the consumer! WinVista has been great for me and in general better than all the problems we had with XP on launch sure it’s not perfect but it’s far from the worst tech product of the year. When people compain about memory usage they have to remember Vista is USING the memory not letting it all sit there idle, idle RAM does nothing for you – think about that!!

iphone – totally over rated!

facebook – i really really don’t care!

Blu-Ray and HD-DVD – well no-one is winning here especially the consumer!

]]> By: Jahhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/technology-flops-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-5365 Jah Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:32:15 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/technology-flops-of-2007/#comment-5365 Thanks for that, David, I learned something new today... That's pretty sweet but a bit on the expensive side... You do have a good point there but I wonder how much it costs to actually make one. Eventually(a few years... maybe) the price will go down to an actually reasonable price. Ahhh I just read that article in your first link - Steve Wilson believes price will drop dramatically. "That $1200 price would seem to be more about matching Blu-ray player prices than about reflecting the cost of producing a universal player," says Wilson. "There's no reason universal players should cost significantly more than HD or Blu-ray players." The article was written in january and the price is now <$900(just did a quick google search). So yeah... not sure How much cheaper it is going to get(I am guessing it will go down to around $600 or so) but you are right, once more companies start making them, there will actually be some competition. Thanks for that, David, I learned something new today… That’s pretty sweet but a bit on the expensive side… You do have a good point there but I wonder how much it costs to actually make one. Eventually(a few years… maybe) the price will go down to an actually reasonable price. Ahhh I just read that article in your first link – Steve Wilson believes price will drop dramatically. “That $1200 price would seem to be more about matching Blu-ray player prices than about reflecting the cost of producing a universal player,” says Wilson. “There’s no reason universal players should cost significantly more than HD or Blu-ray players.”
The article was written in january and the price is now <$900(just did a quick google search). So yeah… not sure How much cheaper it is going to get(I am guessing it will go down to around $600 or so) but you are right, once more companies start making them, there will actually be some competition.

]]> By: Nickhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/technology-flops-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-5359 Nick Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:19:51 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/technology-flops-of-2007/#comment-5359 I have high-end spec computer with 4GB RAM, Twin video cards, new CPU, motherboard etc.. and it takes 2-3 minutes for the computer to boot with Vista. There is a 10-20 second delay when I select a function on the start bar. In all, Vista is shit. XP was much quicker. I have high-end spec computer with 4GB RAM, Twin video cards, new CPU, motherboard etc.. and it takes 2-3 minutes for the computer to boot with Vista. There is a 10-20 second delay when I select a function on the start bar. In all, Vista is shit. XP was much quicker.

]]> By: David Mhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/technology-flops-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-5349 David M Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:52:39 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/technology-flops-of-2007/#comment-5349 From Jah: "I agree(about the HD-DVD and Bluray), Dan, as soon as there is something that reads both, all our problems will be solved, lol."It already exists. It's just a matter of time before more manufacturers are making a dual format players forcing the prices to come down. Bottom line, there won't be a format war given some players now and many players in the future will run on both formats.Samsung and LG are already making such players.http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070125-8702.htmlhttp://www.amazon.com/Samsung-BD-UP5000-HD-DVD-Blu-Ray-Player/dp/B000VDG0UKhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/ From Jah: “I agree(about the HD-DVD and Bluray), Dan, as soon as there is something that reads both, all our problems will be solved, lol.”

It already exists. It’s just a matter of time before more manufacturers are making a dual format players forcing the prices to come down. Bottom line, there won’t be a format war given some players now and many players in the future will run on both formats.

Samsung and LG are already making such players.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070125-8702.html

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-BD-UP5000-HD-DVD-Blu-Ray-Player/dp/B000VDG0UK

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/lgs-bh100-hybrid-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-player-1-199/

]]> By: Moohttp://www.pcmech.com/article/technology-flops-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-5306 Moo Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:23:06 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/technology-flops-of-2007/#comment-5306 Problems with vista, I don't have a "terribad" computer, and I just got it a month ago -Bizzare Vista/Nvidia driver issues with my monitor. -Occasional Crashes with video on start up.. back to drivers.. -Causes many programs to freeze, from anti virus software to games. -Incompatibility issues all over my face -38% ram usage by vista on 2 gigs..Whats more, is its features. Aero.. completely useless as I don't see the point in going to the rotating screen shit + transparent bars. Plus, it turns off half the time for programs that don't support it.The only thing I actually like, the search functions including the start bar.These problems lessened (although still there) after about half a month of trying to find fixes for everything, but all in all Vista is fugly. Problems with vista, I don’t have a “terribad” computer, and I just got it a month ago
-Bizzare Vista/Nvidia driver issues with my monitor.
-Occasional Crashes with video on start up.. back to drivers..
-Causes many programs to freeze, from anti virus software to games.
-Incompatibility issues all over my face
-38% ram usage by vista on 2 gigs..

Whats more, is its features. Aero.. completely useless as I don’t see the point in going to the rotating screen shit + transparent bars. Plus, it turns off half the time for programs that don’t support it.

The only thing I actually like, the search functions including the start bar.

These problems lessened (although still there) after about half a month of trying to find fixes for everything, but all in all Vista is fugly.

]]> By: David Mhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/technology-flops-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-5276 David M Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:43:48 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/technology-flops-of-2007/#comment-5276 From asdf: "On that note, 64bit processing is very popular and in the loop."Where? When did 64 bit processing become more popular than 32 bit?I don't see it other than a few examples here and there.I'm just disappointed it has not happened yet with the advent of 64 bit CPU's a few years ago now. From asdf: “On that note, 64bit processing is very popular and in the loop.”

Where? When did 64 bit processing become more popular than 32 bit?

I don’t see it other than a few examples here and there.

I’m just disappointed it has not happened yet with the advent of 64 bit CPU’s a few years ago now.

]]> By: Jahhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/technology-flops-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-5272 Jah Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:48:28 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/technology-flops-of-2007/#comment-5272 I agree(about the HD-DVD and Bluray), Dan, as soon as there is something that reads both, all our problems will be solved, lol. I agree(about the HD-DVD and Bluray), Dan, as soon as there is something that reads both, all our problems will be solved, lol.

]]> By: Jahhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/technology-flops-of-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-5271 Jah Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:45:20 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/technology-flops-of-2007/#comment-5271 But computers shouldn't freeze. Not unless there are software problems(by this, I mean non OS related software that is buggy), or if there is malware or something on the computer that is causing OS related problems.I can say that vista looks pretty sweet though. Although I hate to say that it isn't enough to get me to actually use it... Anyway, hopefully most of the problems will be fixed with SP1...All in all, vista is nice but there are some core problems and just consumes way too much resources for me. But computers shouldn’t freeze. Not unless there are software problems(by this, I mean non OS related software that is buggy), or if there is malware or something on the computer that is causing OS related problems.

I can say that vista looks pretty sweet though. Although I hate to say that it isn’t enough to get me to actually use it… Anyway, hopefully most of the problems will be fixed with SP1…

All in all, vista is nice but there are some core problems and just consumes way too much resources for me.

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