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September 16, 2004 10:36 PM -
Now when I saw this first mentioned in this morning’s Metro. I sort of jumped for joy, but I quickly realised that the idiots at Office of Fair Trading simply don’t understand how the majority of American computer hardware software companies make their money. Apple like many others have loosely applied the $99 -> £99.
If they go after Apple they should go after every single Non-British technology company.
Now I would love for pricing to fall in line however you have to remember that the UK market is small. On top of which due to are standard of living or the high cost of living (probably more correct) companies can get away with charing more. This is simple economics really. The fact is simple 79p a track is still a bargain when compared to CD single prices. ( I also think they haven’t realised that the majority of that 79p actually doesn’t go to Apple anyway!)
Why are they not investigating the music labels? Hmm, I suspect this will all be cleared up quite quickly however the OFT are after all the same people that spent more than a year investigating Sega and Nintendo only to do decide that console game pricing was fair when people everywhere was saying it wasn’t.
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September 14, 2004 2:26 PM -
Sort of screwed up this morning when I put my shirt in the washing machine. Didn’t realise that I had left my ultr cool Sony inner-inner ear phones in the breast pocket. Doh!
Any how they still bloody work, in fact they even sound cleaner. In fact they are cleaner, since you do get bits of wax stuck in the rubber seal bits which I can never be bothered to clean.
Will put them through the washing machine again just to see what happens when I do it intentionally. (Plus that pair has lasted longer than I thought, in fact I bought another pair whilst I was in New York, coz I figured they would only last a couple of more months.)
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September 9, 2004 10:13 PM -
Well all of my bits arrived yesterday so I have been busy setting up the new computer.
The final spec is Athlon 64 3200+, 1Gb RAM, A-Bit KV8M Pro Motherboard, 160GB Serial ATA, 80 GB IDE, DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R/RW plus my old bits and pieces.
This time round I wanted a silent case so with some help I found out about Antec’s Sonata Silent Case. Which is pretty good. The only noise I get is from the DVD-ROM drives.
Having to put in XP just to do Doom 3 and Far Cry. Will go for FC 2 on the Linux side.
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September 9, 2004 10:08 PM -
It has been more than a week since Apple unveiled the new iMac. Due to time constraints and work pressures I have not got around to making a comment.
Well I like it, very sleek won’t to see it in action. The thing that struck me straight away was that is it totally different to the previous design, in some ways it is a step back. The arm on the iMac was really cool idea. I can see people buying mechanical arms which achieve the same effect because it is such a simple but brilliant idea, In fact if they made a 15 Inch model , people would carry them around.
Another nice thing is the price point, the 17 Inch model’s price is very good.
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September 5, 2004 10:48 PM -
Well I decided yesterday after talking to Iain at Harry’s BBQ to go along to Game Stars Live. So today I practically spent all day there playing various games and talking to people there. I wish I had realised on friday that the EGN was a better show than ECTS.
Might post an extended entry later on.
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September 3, 2004 10:40 PM -
Well spent this morning at ECTS, was not satisfied at all. Seems like a terrible show this year. Mainly due to the fact that 3 shows are happening simultaneously in London. So companies are putting their cash into the commercial show, Game Stars Live. Also the EGM, the new trade show because of it’s proximity to Game Stars was the popular choice for trade exhibiters, again because of cost.
Admittedly going on the last day when the remaining GDC sessions are for students and academics is a little unfair maybe, however from the people I spoke to wednesday and thursday were not much better. Attendance may have been higher, but the stands apart from a couple where quite low key.
I was not planning on going to Game Stars however it would seem like it is the better show to go to. A shame that Mati passed up free tickets from work thinking that ECTS would be okay.
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September 2, 2004 11:37 PM -
Another hectic week, glad I have tomorrow off to go an visit ECTS and the other events that are making up London Games Week.
I have just ordered bits for a new computer. I’m going for an Athlon 64, probably a 3000+. I’m also going to get a kick ass graphics card so I can play Doom 3, and of course a bunch of other games I have missed out on over the last year since my PC has not been up to such tasks.
Went and watched The Village last night, again like Signs M.Night has delivered an interesting film. Which suprises mainly because the hype surrounding the film makes you think it is about something totally different. Not much else out for the next couple of weeks, Collateral is the next big release. I’m expecting great things because Michael Mann is behind it, and because Cruise can deliver great performances.
