Comment Re:Top 10 failed reviews? (Score 1) 313
Hey, it's Engadget, give them a break. They only used four Apple products on that list, it could have been MUCH worse.
Completely agree with your last statement. The console majority has kept the game graphic specs low lately since they are running on 3+ year old tech (nVidia 7900 equivalent). So you can buy a card for $100, throw it in a cheap $400 HP or Gateway with a dual core CPU and a ton of RAM, and play any modern game at fairly high settings.
People need to ditch the misconception that they need a $1500 rig with an annual $300-$400 graphics upgrade. Simply not the case AT ALL.
That's technically correct...however Windows Mobile allows for many of the same security options (strong PW, disable camera), but not all. Generally you can lock them down to about the same extent, but you have more granular control over the BB security options. So it depends on what the specific security needs are. I support both a BES and WM devices on Exchange, and managing the WM devices (server side, at least) is a much more pleasant experiences. Working with a BES can be frustrating at times, to say the least. WebOS, iPhone OS, and Android will also adopt some of the security restrictions in the EAS policy.
And I have recommended BB's for people who just want to e-mail. Out of the smartphones available, they are probably the simplest to learn option to just accomplish basic e-mail and text messaging, especially for older non-computer types...they seem to fumble with touch screens a bit. But overall as smartphones, they are definitely lacking.
It's the fact they cut out a major party member with very strong ties to one of the major plot areas, and pretty major base feature set: storage chest, and character skills. Yes, the game has tons of content and good value, but it's like a fancy seven course meal where everything is exceptional, but you just feel the entree is lacking somehow. I will gladly pay for quality *EXTRA* content, but intentional neutering of fairly central elements is something I will not stand for.
Now, the party member is free DLC, but if you buy the game used, you have to pay $15 for it because it's tied to the previous owner's EA account. That's the kind of crap I really disagree with. Then there is the whole issue of being able to use the content down the road after reinstalls, new computers, etc. You have to rely on the publisher's servers to still be up hosting the content. I frequently play 10 year old games (Total Annihilation, Red Alert, Tribes 2, etc.) and if I had to be reliant on those publishers/developers still being around, I would be SOL.
If they throw all this stuff into a boxed $30 expansion pack, like with the upcoming Return to Ostagar, and some future DLC, I'll be one of the first to buy it. I have no problems with them getting paid for extra content. I do have problems with them crippling the base game and trying to inhibit the used game market.
So that's why I pirated the DLC. Protesting in my own little way. When you break it down, the only thing I actually stole (I have valid Shale and Blood Armor codes, but I didn't consume them) was the Soldier's Peak DLC. The one with storage chest and extra character abilities. Had the chest and those abilities been in the main game, I wouldn't have bothered with it, and just waited to see if they released it in a boxed bundle, or even a game of the year edition down the road. Which I'm hoping for...did the exact same thing with Oblivion...bought Knights of the Nine and Shivering Isles when they came out, they included all the DLC up to that point. I'd much rather have a nice box on my shelf than some cracked downloaded files that may not work with future patches.
And you may disagree with my reasoning, but it's my own and I'm not likely to change. I'm not the only one around here with a stubborn view of things...*cough*irrational MS-hating Linux fanboys*cough*.
It's that kind of stupid thinking that made me pirate the DLC for Dragon Age. I paid the full $50 and change for the game, then I pirated all the DLC, even the free DLC (Which, IMO, was much better than paid...Soldier's Peak kinda sucked), because to hell if I am going to phone home to EA every time I play the game.
I do this because I think DLC has turned into nothing but greed. I was always a big fan of expansion packs....$20-30 for a nice lump of additional story or content. Then a few DLC-ish things started popping up here and there, which wasn't bad either. A nice string of extra content, priced reasonably. Apparently it was quite popular, as it evolved into the monster system we have now, where DLC is oftentimes content that should have been present from launch.
Also I think DLC is targeted at used much more than pirated...this is just smoke and mirrors to hide their true ambition, in that they want to get paid for every person who uses a copy...and not paid for a single copy that changes hands a few times. Otherwise they wouldn't give out 'free' DLC with every copy of the game...a pirate will just pirate it, but a used buyer may not.
It can do it, but it sucks in XP.
However, the higher DPI settings in Vista and 7 work GREAT. I have my mother and grandmother, as well as a few people at work, using it.
Ditto here, I use it in Aion. Took a few days to adjust to it, but now that I did it is like second nature. They did a GREAT job of the curvature on the buttons...makes it easy to find the one you need to press...I was worried about that but not anymore. I'm using it in Dragon Age: Origins too, works great. Very glad I got this mouse...still hate the cord, but the Razer cords are quite nice and much more manageable than others.
It is a little bit smaller than other mice I use (Razer Mamba, Logitech MX Revolution), but I think that may be due to the need to angle your hand a bit to make pressing the buttons easier.
That would probably work best. Or he could have had half a brain, not bought an overprice piece of aluminum, and picked up something like this with the digitizer built in:
"And remember: Evil will always prevail, because Good is dumb." -- Spaceballs
