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ddo2:
Thanks for the update LAX above. Based on the previous backdoors, I was thinking that it was coming out it the mid to late 2011. January would be a nice not too late Christmas present.
Cheers!
newmanix:
It's 2010, some computers are not even coming with an optical drive anymore, it will disappear just like the floppy disk (and Yes, it was Apple that started removing FDDs, and yes, everybody laughed when they did it...), everything will be "in the Cloud" in the next years.[/quote]
I was one of those people who laughed at Apple when they chose not to add an optical drive on the AIR. But you are right. The only way I think can extend the life of the "CD" is BluRay. If game makers decide to use BluRay as installer discs for large games like Modern Warfare 2 (which uses 2 DVD's) then the life of CDROM/DVDROM/"BLUROM?" will last a bit longer... And I do understand needing to have boxed versions of certain products like MW2 which can take 4 hours to download via Steam. But FSDT sceneries only take a minute...
Nice to know we could have KLAX within a couple months. Looks like its time for prevews!!! ;D ;D Hopefully it will debut on both platforms. Fingers crossed!! 8)
Bruce Hamilton:
--- Quote from: virtuali on December 10, 2010, 10:16:56 am ---...everything will be "in the Cloud" in the next years.
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Computer software via Napster, perhaps? Download as much as you want for a monthly fee?
virtuali:
--- Quote from: Bruce Hamilton on December 11, 2010, 05:38:54 pm ---Computer software via Napster, perhaps? Download as much as you want for a monthly fee?
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Maybe, but probably way further down the road, because it would be quite difficult for all different publisher to agree on incomes.
What I really don't see surviving much longer, is the need to use optical supports. I don't remember the last time I've burned a CD or DVD, I have a Blu-ray burner, but probably made 2-3 disks in total, just to see if it worked. Netflix and Hulu are having great success, and Netflix basically stopped mailing DVDs, it's all streaming now.
And, apart from Apple, which really seems to be determined to kill any kind optical disc, the latest developments from Google and Microsoft (using their Office products without installing anything, working online in a browser), seems to go in that direction too. Not to mention the Chrome OS, which lives on the internet.
PUP4ORD:
--- Quote from: virtuali on December 11, 2010, 06:32:56 pm ---
--- Quote from: Bruce Hamilton on December 11, 2010, 05:38:54 pm ---Computer software via Napster, perhaps? Download as much as you want for a monthly fee?
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Maybe, but probably way further down the road, because it would be quite difficult for all different publisher to agree on incomes.
What I really don't see surviving much longer, is the need to use optical supports. I don't remember the last time I've burned a CD or DVD, I have a Blu-ray burner, but probably made 2-3 disks in total, just to see if it worked. Netflix and Hulu are having great success, and Netflix basically stopped mailing DVDs, it's all streaming now.
And, apart from Apple, which really seems to be determined to kill any kind optical disc, the latest developments from Google and Microsoft (using their Office products without installing anything, working online in a browser), seems to go in that direction too. Not to mention the Chrome OS, which lives on the internet.
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That's very interesting, you're able to keep up with the latest tech trends...eh Umberto.... :)
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