Where did you find that concept? It's at a crazy wonderful resolution for a wallpaper. Are there more?
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Where did you find that concept? It's at a crazy wonderful resolution for a wallpaper. Are there more?
The fuck, why didn't they use that instead of the orange shiny wood we have now? That black stone looks a LOT better...
was probably causing some perception problems with gameplay, the walls are also black
Nonsense, we all know cooless >>>> gameplay.
I was saving up to buy a new MacBook Pro.
I took a 5 month vacation with the money instead.
I still want a new one though. I'll just have to start saving again...
Not wanting to get into a huge battle here. I know that a PC is more logical in a lot of ways. I just prefer my macbook over most laptops that I've had or used. My macbook has outlasted three of my sister's laptops, my brother's two desktop PCs, and three of my grandparent's laptops. Personally, I think that's pretty rad. (Also, this fucker is like 4 years old now :/)
If you bought a laptop at the same price point of a Macbook Pro, it would outlast anything else including the Macbook Pro. Right from the start it would have much superior specs to the Macbook Pro.
Bingo. People think Macs cost more because they are better, but a similar priced PC would run the table with it every single time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Amit
In response to amit: except laptops don't last very long, no matter the price. I assume this is the same for macs.
This $500 dollar Toshiba is on its 4th year and runs great. I should probably reformat, but im lazy as fuck.Quote:
Originally Posted by FreedomFighter7
as long as you dont beat the thing up. from what ive seen with my family, laptops die because people get careless with them. leave them around the house in places they get broken, things get spilled on them, etc....
the only things i can think of that kill a laptop just over time are heat, the power cable port eventually just breaking, the battery wearing down, and the hinges on the screen getting weak.
and of course, not being upgradable.
The biggest factor in laptop life expectancy is overheating. Specifically overheating of the CPU. This can be easily avoided by cleaning out your fans and vents of dust every 3 months. Besides that, a lot of low-end laptops from brand names like Dell or HP were never designed to take on a huge load. For example, my friend had to send in his HP Pavilion dv6 for mobo repair twice because he constantly plays LoL on it for hours on end. This specific laptop has only one intake fan and one small vent. It was not designed for gaming.
My $1500 Sager notebook hasn't had any hardware issues after 2 years of ownership. I clean my fans and take care of my computer, and it can still run most new games on high if not ultra without any noticeable performance drop compared to when I got the laptop new. My friend who has the same model computer and same internals had to send in his computer for heat related repairs and high stress on his battery. He hasn't cleaned his computer out over the entire 2 years of owning it. His idle CPU temperatures were 70 degrees Celsius. My idle CPU temperatures are 45 degrees Celsius.
My other friend's $1700 macbook pro can't even play Skyrim without chugging, all settings on low. Macbooks don't have vents. You void your warranty if you try opening it and cleaning it in any manner. Macbooks were not designed to play games, or 3D model, or anything besides surfing your email/facebook, and running itunes. My friend has also gone through about 3 of Apple's proprietary macbook chargers from over exertion, again from playing LoL.
you know what... ill just stick with my desktop, lol.
Tbh, if I were given the choice again, I wouldn't have spent the $1500 on the laptop. I could have built a desktop AND buy a low-end laptop for the go with that money. The desktop would have better specs than my laptop even if I built it 2 years ago with around $900.
I play CS:S on my laptop, but I only play in short bursts of time. Maybe an hour max before turning it off. This is because that fucker gets hot, and it scares the crap out of me.
Also: this machine runs CS:S great on above average settings, but can barely run Halo CE. LoL!
My laptop was my primary gaming system, it could play everything I wanted and it had a good cooler.... then the screen hinges snapped, the screen collapsed, hard drive broke 5 times, the motherboard died just today and the power unit fell out :saddowns:
When it comes to laptop reliability, you can't generalize them. If you say you have a "laptop" and then go on to say that it fell apart before long, then you're doing it wrong. You need to analyze what material the laptop was made out of along with the brand and price. Careless use of a laptop is the primary means of structural degradation. Laptops require maintenance the same as desktops, but in limited ways, which have already been mentioned. Neglect these measures and any laptop will suffer for it. Perform them and your laptop will last as long as 4-6 years.
Now let's stop this ridiculously off-topic discussion.
It also depends on the Laptop you get, of course, and the environment you put it in.
Coming from the laptop killing king himself... My Macbook Pro that I got about 3 years ago is still alive and kicking, 0 hardware problems at all, and I abuse this thing more than I ever did my other ones. Say what you want about price, but when it comes to good construction and industrial design, Macbook's come out on top.
That can be debatable. Mac is known to ditch their customers when older models go out of style. My brother and his girlfriend had laptops that both ended up with screwed up batteries or hardware. When they went to the store to get it fixed, the Apple employees said that they don't fix older model laptops and told them to buy new ones. They had only had their laptops for two years each. Kind of silly huh? My brother was able to drag out his old one for four years and just got a new one for graduation. It's battery ended up frying.
On my end, I have two HP laptops. One of them I've had for 6 years and I've only had to take it in for malware removal once (I had no idea how to fix those back then) and to up the RAM so it ran better. Ultimately, it lags from being over-stuffed with content that I don't want to delete, thus I cannot run a proper defrag of the computer. For some reason, antiviruses also messed up its performance a good bit (hardly notice it on my new one). My new laptop really only bitches at me when I lug it around from place to place, which then it gives me the "Dumping Physical Memory" screen (which is fixed by pressing the power button and restarting). Otherwise, no real problems.
You really won't know how your laptop will work until you start messing with it. They're really all different in that two laptops can be the same build, but one can be dysfunctional and the other will be perform optimally. You just have to trust your manufacturer or builder when it comes down to it.
Yeah everyone just ignore what I said about being off topic. This should be cut off into a new thread about laptops. Where the hell is Cortexian when he's actually needed?
ATTN: ROSS
http://i.imgur.com/gy6hh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/G63Yl.jpg
you're welcome
you might not want to be waving an F-35 at him, heh
(and there's better stuff in that thread)
Eww, F-35? :saddowns:
Dafuq... People get turned on by that?
Shouldn't those go in the random pictures thread?
next time there should just be a 'pictures thread'.
Are you guys kidding? I just showed you a whole new sort of porn and you're not even the least bit interested? wtf?
If Ross would log on it'd be all overQuote:
Originally Posted by n00b1n8R
:ross:
well, it's not like you posted the good stuff~ http://www.majhost.com/gallery/veyve...pstothef35.pngQuote:
Originally Posted by n00b1n8R
okwhattheFUCK.
Thats fucking amazing
I'm at an airport right now. These pictures are inappropriate and appropriate all at the same time and my brain doesn't know what to do about it.
Not sure if want or not. :saddowns:
It's actually been a thing on the internet since at least four years ago, one of the old Planes & Mercs threads consisted of describing planes as if they were Desperate Housewives character.
:themoreyouknow:
goddamn fucking anime ruins everything, fuck
and now, enough aircraft ass to slow the page a bit
I spy a SAAB Draken :D
Well that shit earlier is silly.
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Very appropriate with that BS statement from EA.
Star trail photos taken from the ISS:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8011/7...e4662f79_b.jpg
jsc2012e052684 by NASA_JSC_Photo, on Flickr
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8014/7...b1bb23f9_b.jpg
jsc2012e053861_alt by NASA_JSC_Photo, on Flickr
More on their flickr page.
Wow
Thats incredible
Amazing!
I went hiking through a rainforest.
Heaps more pictures here.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...3932335&type=1
http://i.imgur.com/dds2v.jpg
+1 sig
Top right corner, the only guy not waving his hands about.
OH GOD IT'S A FLORIDA GATORS FAN TOO (College rivalry joke). :lol:
Oh man its so hard to find good star trail photos... awesome thanks timo
ADVENTURE TIME!
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I love that.
Omg...
He was a gun.
He was a friend. :crylancer:
I don't like that lambo... nor the matte paint. :|
Also Iron Giant is yes.
Best movie I've ever watched as a kid.
Is that a Lynx catching a pheasant as its trying to take off?
No, it's a stalk of some type of grass.
No amount of WEP is going to save you when your attacker has more kinetic energy...
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by TeeKup
Yes that is what is happening.
Spoilered because it's pretty gross.
^WHAT THE FUCK YOU SICK FUCK.
I like spiders
Not so bad because I can't see the eyes
It vauns to suck your blood.
I want to say thats a Sydney Funnel Web Spider. One of the deadliest on the planet.
oh pish posh, they're not that bad
Says the Australian. The worst two spiders we have in NA are the Black Widow and Brown Recluse, which unless you're a dumbass THOSE are easy to avoid and they want to mind their own business. The Funnel Web just likes fucking with people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bodzilla
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Where's that art from? I know it's Halo-related, but nothing more than that.
That's in Cryengine 3.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hotrod
One of the devs at DICE did it.
Oh shit, that's in-engine? Damn... I was here thinking that it was some very realistic looking concept art.
lower left bulkhead killed my boner
Thats made by rens over at polycount.
Yeah, he's a DICE dev.Quote:
Originally Posted by DEEhunter
AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!
If you find me something similar for a desktop wallpaper. Except that its Mario riding Yoshi. I will treat you like a god.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rainbow Dash
Should be Stephen Colbert, not Reagan.
That would be pure win.Quote:
Originally Posted by EX12693
too much irony for me to handle
why would reagan be using that piece of shit slav weapon slung over his back?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rainbow Dash
Because it's easy to draw.
:mech2:
like all rpgs arent just tubes anyway. that picture just isn't canon, reagan would never use a commie weapon, plain and simple
lol @ The D.A.R.E sticker
I have a D.A.R.E. t-shirt I got in the 5th grade...and I can still fit into it.
Best Time Lapse I've Seen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4phN...layer_embedded
Wow, thats awesome.
is the movement done by having hte camera on a track, or is it all just edited. because it seems like it's on a track, which makes it look like real life.
This. I'm looking at it and can immediately tell it's not IRL. Still, goes without saying that is a pretty cool vid and does a lot of awesome, awesome things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bodzilla
