OTOH you might get less performance. Wipeout on the FAT was spotless, framerate-wise. On the SLIM, there are points in the game where you get framerate drops now. Nothing gameplay hindering, but noticeable nonetheless.

Justin Bieber got lots of awards, too. That doesn't mean anything.

I am on the "not so good" side of it, too. HL got its praise mainly for the presentation and storyline/ambiente. But compared to other shooters of the time, many gameplay aspects were not good.
The weapon selector was atrocious, the mouse handling managed to feel jittery in spite of high framerates, enemies that pop up like in a shooting gallery via "teleporting" in... and so on.

"man, imagine the billions of dollars and manhours saved..."

aggressive lobbying against automated cars activated by mechanics, car makers, hospitals, oil magnates

I read a few articles on the new shiny, but there seems to be no information on how the thermal and related noise situation is. How does the smaller design and needed computing power to drive that screen impact the temperature (under stress)?
My old MBP already gets annoyingly hot and loud when i am doing stuff on it.

http://www.bing.com/maps/Help/VE3DInstall/

i mean, they used the aerial photography to model the terrain and texture them.

somehow i cannot find the setting anymore for reference....

for selected citys, Bing hast 3d textured models for a long time. Using the same tech, 45 degree aerial photography using airplane mounted hires cams.

For a change, MS was first.

Like not being able to use a second screen while fullscreening an app?

Sorry, but "usability" for me means to be able to do stuff. Ans not having everything smooth around for up to 3 seconds until i can work with it again.

I dont like the idea of head tracking - the head and the screen are sort of a fixed construct. Using headtracking would just make you roll your eyes ALOT.

Sometimes i swear at it.

--- I, too, rolled my eyes at Apple making a common-use word like "Jailbreak" an "unword", ----

It was an unword from the beginning. It's not a "jailbreak" it's a goddamn security hole.

I want the same drugs you are taking, dude. Just not that much :-)

With Beta test i meant that MS tries this in parallel to the conventional method to get some stats, and if "A-OK" switch over to the subscription model completely.

This might be a test run to enroll the next generation of consoles solely on that concept....

This brings two advantages to MS: They obviously get more money, and they hamper the used device market. If you HAVE to pay for two years, you are inclined to keep the device for at least as long.

I know that devices are sold at loss, but i think some manager figured some math about A) that the higher income maybe evens out the console and B) they get two potential game sales instead of one...