I want the new Razer LaptopFollow

And if he's alluding to the idea that the human eye can't perceive greater than 30 FPS in games, he's incorrect. That appears to be nothing more than a very pervasive myth.

I <3 60 FPS in shooters.

RE: Blu-Ray:

Perhaps that's why it didn't look any different, perhaps the TV itself wasn't 1080p. If that's true, then the person was an idiot for wasting his money on an expensive player that his TV couldn't even take the full advantage of, lol.

*shrug*

All I know, is that for all the hype, it sure didn't look all that much different, if different at all.

But maybe someday when they're a little cheaper, I'll give it a try on something larger, or my monitor whichever.

Maybe when the movies themselves aren't no $25 a pop.

As for me needing glasses, I do have mild myopia (I can do day-to-day tasks fine, but I'm required to wear glasses while driving a car), but I wasn't standing that far away from the TV... like... 5 feet?

Edited, Sep 15th 2011 5:08pm by Lyrailis

It ultimately depends on the refresh rate of your monitor. As refresh rates get higher, you can see a difference. But it doesn't really matter if your PC can deliver 120 fps is your monitor can only deliver 50.

AFAIK, the cutoff for what the eye can detect, given a monitor capable of refreshing this quickly, is actually well over 100.

Depends. The big titles mostly launch at the same price (or only a slight discount). Smaller games do launch cheaper, but that's becoming more common with consoles too, since people can't afford multiple games anymore and are going to choose the better title.

Though PC games do seem to get price drops much faster.

Still though, a PS3 is $250. A decent gaming pc is going to run you at least $800. Even with the price disparity, most gamers won't buy enough games at full price to close that gap. Especially if we include the cost of upgrades.

While that one is a more effective argument, I still prefer the humor of this one:

You won't mind if I ignore the comedic criticisms of someone fact checking jokes will you?

So you have to hold down a "Control" button (akin to a Windows Key). We all knew that.

But, on a PC mouse, it has TWO buttons. So you're running around in a Portal game, your fingers are going to be on WASD, E, and Space. Let's say you're about to do a complicated Portal Jump.

You place a portal where you want to come out, and then you dive off a ledge and on the way down....

A). PC: Right click for your other portal.
B). Mac: Move your pinky down to the control-click, hold that down and THEN click.

You could say "well fire the right-click portal First!"

But, what if the portal jump involves multiple portals (some do)? You'd still have the dilemma all over again. I could see the potential for lots of mistakes (heck, sometimes I click the wrong button because I forgot which portal I was supposed to shoot! I couldn't imagine having to hold down a control key AND click) in there, easily.

Or, you could reconfigure that one-button mouse to act like a two button, but the problem with that, is sometimes your fingers slide around on the mouse, or you click just a little too close to the center, and get the center button. Again, PC mice are better than Mac Mice -- you always get the right button if you click the right button, you ALWAYS get center button if you push down on the mousewheel (something mac mice don't even have), and you always get left if you push the left mouse button.

I've seen peripherals with "one button" that is designed to sense where on the button you pushed... it isn't always accurate. Not as accurate as having entirely separate buttons, anyways. The mousewheel is also something I've very much come to appreciate. Mousewheels are something that PC mice have had standard for 10+ years, also.

RE: Latest cartoon strip:

That's a bit hypocritical, since Apple's OS is basically a *nix with a special-looking GUI.

Edited, Sep 18th 2011 8:37am by Lyrailis

No, things can't be funny. They must be completely accurate.

Helps to actually point out what I said that was wrong, instead of making some sort of generalized statement saying "Nah UH!"

The only option I didn't cover here, was buying a PC mouse (with an actual mousewheel!) and plugging it into your mac.

But uh, we're still whittling away at the reasons to actually buy a Mac instead of a PC, at least in the desktop arena.

And you've... still contributed nothing towards your side.

Indeed it does. Since you've been so enlightened I'd appreciate it if you bother to start learning so you can actually know something about them. Don't want to bother dealing with nonsensical fanboy ******** like your previous posts.

Who in god's name would get a track pad for their desktop?