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Comment: Re:Everyone ignores Commodore (Score 2) 301

The C-64 was NOT better than anything. It was more economic than its competitors but not exactly bleeding edge.

Only two months after the C64 the Sinclair QL was released: For the same price you got 128k, an 68008/7Mhz, 512x200 graphics and two tape drives.

About power, the old Ataris and Apples were all a bit better, faster, more nifty. But they did cost a fortune in comparison to the C-64.

Honestly I didn't see much improvements in the first C-64 against my first PET2001/CBM3032. The C-64 had a slower CPU, a slower floppy, was less expandable and not much cheaper. Hell, the C-64 CPU was only half as fast as an Atari-800 and 50% slower than an VIC-20.

But you could get a complete System with floppy and printer for 1000 Euros in 1984. Noone could beat THAT.

Comment: They had the right to ban lunix!!!!11! (Score 0) 186

by Crass Spektakel (#36093370) Attached to: Sony Could Face Developer Exodus On PSN

And whatever you say, they had the right to ban communist limux from their system, really!

Every god loving america^W^W^Wmoney loving japanese company has to enforce protection of their control over their customers.

Only problem: by banning linux the shit really hit the fan. No matter if Sony is right or wrong, in the end they are simply fucking stupid for provoking the shit-fan.

Comment: Steam Wallet is different (Score 1) 190

by Crass Spektakel (#36083048) Attached to: The Psychology of Steam Wallet & Microsoft Points

Steam Wallet is different. You can load it with variable amounts of money while the competitors only accept some values like â5, â10, â20 and so on. So you rarelly end up with money left on the steam wallet.

Also the wallet has another benefit: You can fill it BEFORE buying. Too often I couldn't buy a steam deal because my credit card wasn't accepted for some hours or because I tried to pay british pounds from a euro country and got blocked...

Comment: borked infrastructure (Score 1) 757

by Crass Spektakel (#34980034) Attached to: America Losing Its Edge In Innovation

When I visited the US last year I was SHOCKED about the totally broken infrastructure. Telefones, streets, public security, schools, this is all at a level I would have expected in a third world country. A poor one. Greed, corruption and indifference everywhere. Yes, there are some active people trying to make things better. But those few do it on their own, without help and backing and are not even a drip on a hot stone.

The OSCE estimates that the US would have to pay 130 billion dollars every year for 40 years to get the same infrastructure most euopean and asians countries have.

Or like a friend from russia said: The streets in the US look pretty much like in the sowjet union a year before collaps of the system.

Comment: The 200 Notebook (Score 1) 204

by Crass Spektakel (#32058614) Attached to: Blurring Lines — Dual Core Atom To Lift Netbooks

I remember when the "netbook" was an attempt to create a minimalistic, cheap, long running notebook computer. 200 and you were ready to rock.

Nowadays the only real innovation is "more expensive", "more gadgets", "bigger"... not exactly what I expect from a "netbook"... well, after all the wintel cartel got the netbook totally under control again...

Where is the 150, 500g ARM netbook with an optimized OS running 12 hours without recharge???

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