Re: Big difference between discussing and attacking, not worth more thread though.. -nt-

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This message was posted by Rob, posted on January 09, 2001 at 03:21:38 coming from 4.40.184
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This message is a reply to Big difference between discussing and attacking, not worth more thread though.. -nt- posted from Mandoris posted at January 08, 2001 at 21:04:11
> > > > > > I'm gonna ask this the last time.
> > > > > > So if it's such good idea, why don't sell your old computer and buy the one you're talking about now?
> > > > > > You name all these features "attach two good controllers to it, and play pretty much any game system game on your tv.. Also, it would double as a dvd player, the unit even has a hardware dvd decoder onboard".
> > > > > > So what? All that can be done on your normal computer, the only difference is the size, and I'm not wasting more money just to have a smaller computer, even if it's as small as a PSX2 or a New Style SNES or whatever.

> > > > > > mikael

> > > > > Well, first off, my current computer doesn't do tv out or have game ports... Second, it would be completely inconvenient to have it near my tv, on another floor...
> > > > Third, I wouldn't consider lugging it around to friends houses, etc.. :)

> > > > 1. For the money you spend, sorry, WASTE, on your super compact little gaming machine, you could buy all the things you need. TV out card, Soundblaster Live! or whatever with gamingports. You also have USB which you can connect a pad to.

> > > > 2. It would be inconvenient? What are you talking about? That's how you have it now, and is that inconvenient? So you're saying that all people that have computers and play emulators on it complain how inconvenient it is having such a "big computer"? Please, say no more.

> > > > 3. Lugging it around to friends houses? Why the f*ck would you do that? You can play netplay, and if you really want to play at your friends house, just bring your controller or pad and there you go!
> > > > Also, you're saying that it's a pain in the ass to take a comp to a friends house... hmm, but it's easy to take your TV to his house?
> > > > Let me tell you, when me and my friends have LANs, we always take eachothers comps to our houses. Just put in a car and you're there.

> > > >
> > > > > Of course I wouldn't sell my current computer to do it, but why not spend $400 on another one... Just because an idea isn't free, doesn't mean it's completely stupid, as you seem to be making mine sound.

> > > > All ideas wouldn't bee stupid if they were free. That's all I have to say about that.

> > > > As you can see, I seem to be the only one disagreeing to your idea, please feel free to post your idea on the Snes9x board. They're gonna lynch you over there.

> > > > mikael

Just to let you know Mandoris, that not everyone thinks your idea is so bad. I have a mini PC in my living room (It's about the size of a VCR). It's only an old P2 333mhz but it does what I need. I spray painted the case matte black to match my stereo components. I added an old ATI rage PC2TV video card to it to output to my TV and a wireless IR keyboard /w built in touch pad to control it (with hotkeys, of course). I loaded it with 2, 8gig harddrives. One harddrive is loaded with MP3's and the other contains everything else including various emulators. I use a pair of Gravis Gamepad Pros for the games. Finally, for convenience, I've got it networked to my "real" computers in the den. In my case, I already had a DVD player so I never added that option to it. Otherwise it acts like a stereo component for the MP3's, and a general purpose game machine for all the emulators. (Playing MAME arcade games on a 42" screen is pretty cool)

As far as cost went....let's put it this way, my PS2 with all the "necessary" options like 2 games, 2 memory cards, and a second controller ran me almost as much... But who cares about how much it cost :)

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Message	> > > > > > > I'm gonna ask this the last time. > > > > > > > So if it's such good idea, why don't sell your old computer and buy the one you're talking about now? > > > > > > > You name all these features "attach two good controllers to it, and play pretty much any game system game on your tv.. Also, it would double as a dvd player, the unit even has a hardware dvd decoder onboard". > > > > > > > So what? All that can be done on your normal computer, the only difference is the size, and I'm not wasting more money just to have a smaller computer, even if it's as small as a PSX2 or a New Style SNES or whatever. > > > > > > > mikael > > > > > > Well, first off, my current computer doesn't do tv out or have game ports... Second, it would be completely inconvenient to have it near my tv, on another floor... > > > > > Third, I wouldn't consider lugging it around to friends houses, etc.. :) > > > > > 1. For the money you spend, sorry, WASTE, on your super compact little gaming machine, you could buy all the things you need. TV out card, Soundblaster Live! or whatever with gamingports. You also have USB which you can connect a pad to. > > > > > 2. It would be inconvenient? What are you talking about? That's how you have it now, and is that inconvenient? So you're saying that all people that have computers and play emulators on it complain how inconvenient it is having such a "big computer"? Please, say no more. > > > > > 3. Lugging it around to friends houses? Why the f*ck would you do that? You can play netplay, and if you really want to play at your friends house, just bring your controller or pad and there you go! > > > > > Also, you're saying that it's a pain in the ass to take a comp to a friends house... hmm, but it's easy to take your TV to his house? > > > > > Let me tell you, when me and my friends have LANs, we always take eachothers comps to our houses. Just put in a car and you're there. > > > > > > > > > > > Of course I wouldn't sell my current computer to do it, but why not spend $400 on another one... Just because an idea isn't free, doesn't mean it's completely stupid, as you seem to be making mine sound. > > > > > All ideas wouldn't bee stupid if they were free. That's all I have to say about that. > > > > > As you can see, I seem to be the only one disagreeing to your idea, please feel free to post your idea on the Snes9x board. They're gonna lynch you over there. > > > > > mikael > > Just to let you know Mandoris, that not everyone thinks your idea is so bad. I have a mini PC in my living room (It's about the size of a VCR). It's only an old P2 333mhz but it does what I need. I spray painted the case matte black to match my stereo components. I added an old ATI rage PC2TV video card to it to output to my TV and a wireless IR keyboard /w built in touch pad to control it (with hotkeys, of course). I loaded it with 2, 8gig harddrives. One harddrive is loaded with MP3's and the other contains everything else including various emulators. I use a pair of Gravis Gamepad Pros for the games. Finally, for convenience, I've got it networked to my "real" computers in the den. In my case, I already had a DVD player so I never added that option to it. Otherwise it acts like a stereo component for the MP3's, and a general purpose game machine for all the emulators. (Playing MAME arcade games on a 42" screen is pretty cool) > As far as cost went....let's put it this way, my PS2 with all the "necessary" options like 2 games, 2 memory cards, and a second controller ran me almost as much... But who cares about how much it cost :)
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