The great macdebate (now with roids)

[gargoyle67]

lol don't most gaming systems use Nvidia these days ? iso whats so good about ios ?

[Pete]

It can run itunes correctly

[gargoyle67]

[pubjoe]

The games on that asus look really impressive.

[Korszca]

lol don't most gaming systems use Nvidia these days ?

Something being popular isn't indicative of quality

[gargoyle67]

Yeah when someone like Sony put Nvidia into a PS3 next gen console what an earth were they thinking, Right ?

[yosai]

Their legacy support is better that ATI too..

The games on that asus look really impressive.

Not sure if you're taking the ****. No matter how much you tart the games up you're still playing on a touch screen.

[gargoyle67]

Their legacy support is better that ATI too..

The games on that asus look really impressive.

Not sure if you're taking the ****. No matter how much you tart the games up you're still playing on a touch screen.

[pubjoe]

Nah I wasn't taking the ****. When I wrote it, I was thinking this might sound sarcy, but that demo was impressive. Support for common controllers is a nice touch too. I'm not sure if it's an ipad killer though as it looks to be a jack of all trades - different market - though I'm sure it'll have a bite.

[cRacKh0rN]

lol don't most gaming systems use Nvidia these days ? iso whats so good about ios ?

iOS. Nothing, but the iPad 3 has some serious GPU horse power compared to the Tegra

http://www.ijailbreak.com/ipad/the-new- ... ark-video/"

[pubjoe]

Yeah, powervr is really **** over tegra from a great height. It's nothing like on desktops where the competition is too close to worry about. On mobile socs, even the last generation powervr chips smash the current tegra. The thing is though that not many ipad apps actually take advantage of it yet. The games on nvidia's nzone look at least as good as ios games and many look better. ipad games are pretty much all limited by backwards compatibility, but I think the nicer looking nzone stuff has more to do with nvidia making deals with publishers than any actual hardware benefit.

I think that even with it's weaker gpu, the asus transformer definitely looks like more of a 'serious' gamer's device than an ipad. It has proper controller support and a keyboard too, so touch input doesn't limit it to casual games only. The target market is gamers who want an occasional tablet more than they want a fully powered laptop. I don't think it'll kill the ipad because it's not as good at being a tablet as the ipad is - but it does look good at being what it is.

[pubjoe]

**** photostream! I just can't seem to remove this picture from all my **** gadgets.

[SuperPang]

Check your Macs for Flashback/fake yo
http://www.flashbackcheck.com/"

[Korszca]

/me remembers the days when Apple proudly proclaimed "Macs don't get viruses."
Glad those days are over.

[cRacKh0rN]

Another trojan called Sabpab was discovered yesterday which exploits the same Java vulnerability.
Yeap. Security by obscurity no longer works. Time for some Anti Virus software.

You can check you have it by looking for

/Library/Preferences/com.apple.PubSabAgent.pfile
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.PubSabAGent.plist

[yosai]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/18 ... w_macbook/"

[cRacKh0rN]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/18 ... w_macbook/

omfg. People are truly insane.

[gargoyle67]

Interesting, I didn't realize Apple had a games console at one time

[cRacKh0rN]

Interesting, I didn't realize Apple had a games console at one time

We may see another attempt given Tim Cook's recent visit to Valve

[Pete]

HTC One X has a Nvidia chip in it & the battery is meant to last about half a day