OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/21063/Safari_Qemu_and_Zombies Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:30:47 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com On Valve... http://osnews.com/thread?351217 http://osnews.com/thread?351217 I wish they'd just hurry up and release Half Life 2 Episode 3. Would be nice to finish that particular story line out. Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (DittoBox) Comments Qemu != DOSbox http://osnews.com/thread?351218 http://osnews.com/thread?351218 Erm, I'm pretty sure it's the DOSbox which run Win 3.1 not the Qemu. Or did I miss something? Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:43:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (shiny) Comments Hint for free online play http://osnews.com/thread?351224 http://osnews.com/thread?351224 Buy a PS3 ;)

It also has Linux (Best Game EVER!), MGS4, Killzone2, Little Big Planet etc.
And small controllers with rechargeable batteries, Wifi,Blu-Ray, upgradable harddrive and near silent operation.

Xbox is just cheap. Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:23:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kragil) Comments RE: Qemu != DOSbox http://osnews.com/thread?351226 http://osnews.com/thread?351226 As far as I know, it was a heavily modified Dosbox. There is a comment in the comment section with a download link for the Dosbox in question.

Dosbox and Qemu just have very different goals. The former tries to emulate the minimum needed to run DOS applications and games, but does that as well as it can. Qemu on the other hand tries to emulate the whole computer and everything possible, and also emulates a range of different CPUs. Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (WereCatf) Comments RE: Qemu != DOSbox http://osnews.com/thread?351230 http://osnews.com/thread?351230
Erm, I'm pretty sure it's the DOSbox which run Win 3.1 not the Qemu. Or did I miss something?


Yup, you're right, fixed it in the article. Thanks.

It got a little late last night ;) . Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom_Holwerda) Comments RE: Hint for free online play http://osnews.com/thread?351231 http://osnews.com/thread?351231
And small controllers with rechargeable batterie


I want large controllers, and the ability to stuff normal, AA batteries in them. I don't like recharge packs or fixed batteries.

And yes, the XBox is cheap. I guess that's why it runs circles around the overpowered, overcomplicated, and overpriced PS3 in all the sales stats ;) .

The PS3 is cool, but too expensive for me. Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom_Holwerda) Comments Largest competitor http://osnews.com/thread?351241 http://osnews.com/thread?351241 Of course pirated windows is windows largest competitor. The path of least resistance is still running some version of MS OS.

It might pay in the long run to bite the bullet and migrate your hole shop to another platform, but no one will do that until the incentive is large enough. If you are okay with stealing software, then that's much cheaper then breaking out of vendor lock-in.

In other words, the best way of promoting OSS software, is fighting software piracy.Edited 2009-03-01 23:57 UTC Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:54:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (froh) Comments RE[2]: Hint for free online play http://osnews.com/thread?351244 http://osnews.com/thread?351244 Well I recently got myself an XBox 360 aswell, mainly because my PS2's drive died and I need my Pro Evolution Soccer tournament fix every sunday (family gathering traditional thing). I've heard alot of horror stories about hardware problems with X360 but sofar everything has been dandy, guess in that respect it pays to be late in the game. I thought about going for the PS3, but atleast here in Sweden, PS3 was more expensive so a 360 it is and I'm certainly satisfied with it.

Anyway, it's not like you can go wrong no matter which system you choose this time around, since they all will be plenty supported until they are eclipsed by the next generation of consoles. For once there's no loser (although Nintendo's Wii seems to be the clear winner)

Thom Holwerda wrote:
-"And yes, the XBox is cheap. I guess that's why it runs circles around the overpowered, overcomplicated, and overpriced PS3 in all the sales stats"
Actually atleast in Japan XBox360 is doing really badly, so it's certainly not running circles around PS3 in 'all the sales stats' as you claimed (in fact in this instance it's quite the opposite). And it's not as if Japan is a small console market either. But also in Japan, Wii is the dominant console. I wonder if we will ever see another PS2 in terms of market domination, I personally hope not as I'm a strong believer in competition yielding better products. Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Valhalla) Comments Funny http://osnews.com/thread?351246 http://osnews.com/thread?351246
literally insane amount of improvements


Have you ever noticed that when people say "literally" they almost always mean figuratively? Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:54:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Adam S) Comments Next week http://osnews.com/thread?351247 http://osnews.com/thread?351247 Sooner or later, we may get a "This week my take is about me!" LOL Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:00:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Jason Bourne) Comments RE: Next week http://osnews.com/thread?351255 http://osnews.com/thread?351255
Sooner or later, we may get a "This week my take is about me!" LOL


i really hope the LOL wasn't part of that sentence. Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (stabbyjones) Comments RE: On Valve... http://osnews.com/thread?351274 http://osnews.com/thread?351274 Here here! Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (hollovoid) Comments Comment by zydeco http://osnews.com/thread?351314 http://osnews.com/thread?351314 QEMU doesn't run System 7 either, because it doesn't emulate the 68K processor required to run it, it's just a hoax made with screenshots from Mini vMac (note the v in the floppy disk icon).
Mini vMac has been out for the iPhone since November 2008, http://namedfork.net/iphone/minivmac, and isn't related in any way with macosiphone.co.cc

It's sad to see so many people fall for some screenshots. Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (zydeco) Comments RE[2]: Hint for free online play http://osnews.com/thread?351384 http://osnews.com/thread?351384
The PS3 is cool, but too expensive for me.


When the PS3 first came out, I thought it looked like a shiny version of the old modems you used to have to connect to your computer for dial-up.

I personally don't own anything except for a Game Cube, which I hardly ever use and usually only use for Mario Kart. I've got all the old Super and original Nintendo games emulated on my computer, though, not to mention a few GBA and N64. That's where it's at. Ah, classics. ;) Especially the 8-bit classics. Super Mario 3 still is genius. Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:00:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (weildish) Comments