My thoughts exactly. I also don't get why I'd want to play a game and then look at it again in comic book form. I don't opt to read the log in Pokemon or MGS Peace Walker's outer ops missions, and they're in 2 brilliant games.
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Apple Patent Application Looks at Converting Video Game Play Into Comic Books
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My thoughts exactly. I also don't get why I'd want to play a game and then look at it again in comic book form. I don't opt to read the log in Pokemon or MGS Peace Walker's outer ops missions, and they're in 2 brilliant games.
Ed discounts are like 10%. You're biggest savings is on Applecare. According to the Applestore Education Store the most you can save on a Mac Pro is $200 the same for the top of the line Macbook Pro.
Aside from any Fraud charges pending on "Your" purchase, your argument is flawed. Computers, that were originally designed for professionals, (Some even have pro in the name), are more and more, being tailored for consumers. No express slot, unless you want to lug around 17" MBP(On top of the extra price), 1 firewire port(Before the unibody, with my MBP 2.5 with 512 MB of VR, I could run a whole video suite from my MBP. Not anymore), this is not professional. OSX blows Windows away. If it didn't, there would be a whole lot fewer Apple owners. I've been a mac owner, since my first computer, and Apple used to be the innovator in computers. I remember saying, oh, it's a pc, it won't have firewire, now it's, oh it's a mac, it won't have usb3. This is not like moving into a bad neighborhood, and saying, "Oh, look at how bad the neighborhood is", this is like, living in a nice neighborhood, that's going downhill, and saying, "What happened to the neighborhood."
That is pretty awesome. Maybe they could integrate that with saved games to remind the player where they're at with each saved game PATENT PENDING
Poor Bioware. Not only did Apple beat them patenting an idea they could potentially use for Mass Effect, they used the game's graphics to illustrate it in the patent application! 
Seriously, though, I hope Apple asked permission this time to use Bioware's menu design. It's just not cool to copy it without.
Seriously, though, I hope Apple asked permission this time to use Bioware's menu design. It's just not cool to copy it without.
Who has the time or the attention span for something like this?
How about getting to work on OSX 10.7 even?????
Not gonna happen... in the past year Apple has turned into a content delivery company.
How about getting to work on OSX 10.7 even?????
Not gonna happen... in the past year Apple has turned into a content delivery company.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...
The iPad is a tablet computer designed and developed by Apple...
It IS a computer. It might not be as full-functioning as YOU'D like (or as full-functioning as a Windows or a Mac PC), but it IS a computer.
My wife and I file taxes TOGETHER. Our money is TOGETHER. Any discount she gets benefits the ENTIRE household. For your information, I had to call 800-MY-APPLE in order to get Adobe CS5 added to the purchase. The sales associate was more than aware that the discount was earned as my Spouse is an Educator (and the discount is for Students and Educators). I had to list the exact school where she teaches. As my total was $10,000, they were more than happy with the sale, no matter the discount.
Shut up, Moron.
If you think Windows computers are PROFESSIONAL and Apple AMATEUR, go buy your Dell, Sony or HP computer and shut the hell up.
God, you punks are annoying.
A computer is something that functions as a standalone device. So, until you can use it WITHOUT having to connect to your COMPUTER, it does not really qualify as what its labeled to be.
By this logic, would you consider the iPhone a computer? Nope. And as far as I'm concerned, the iPad's OS resembles Mac OSx in no way, shape or form.
My MacBook Pro doesn't work without occasionally plugging it into the wall. It is definitely not a standalone device, and therefore not a real computer...
I agree with you. I believe the iPod touch is too. I know you were being sarcastic, but you were actually correct.
Never is a stretch, Professor Prime. I might not use it as a source for a term paper, but I'll certainly use to prove a point around you bunch of nit-picking idiots.
Think what you want.
Software can be installed wirelessly (just as the MacBook Air is) and the tablet computer runs it. iPad does music, games, internet, email, photos, views PDFs, Word DOCs, eBooks, video, spreadsheets, word processing, presentations and THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS of other things via apps on the App Store.
There is no definitive answer. You could debate it for years and people will. I'm through with this asinine attack just because I listed iPad as computer a page ago.
However, a couple of interesting articles on the DEBATE are here at CNET.COM and here at SUNTIMES.COM
Mac Guru, Andy Ihnatko, thinks the iPad IS a computer -- that's good enough for me.
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On a Civil note...
While it's not completely maxed out, it comes close. The great thing about the Education Store and buying a Mac, you not only get a discount for the computer, but on every thing you upgrade -- Ram, HDs, Cards, everything is cheaper.
I *only* got 8GB ram and *only* one 2TB HD -- but I bought a second 2TB from OWC that I'll pop in immediately... here are the specs ...
Two 2.93GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon
8GB (4X2GB)
ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
2TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
Two 18x SuperDrives
Magic Mouse + Magic Trackpad
I'll save (probably) another $200 next month when I get two 27-inch Apple Displays for I'm betting around $899 each (instead of the normal $999).
Translation from Troll to English: I can't think of anything better to use to hate on Apple at the moment, so I'll just reach for some handy FUD.
I think it's funny this all comes to light not so long after Steve's other little company acquired one of the best know names in comic books. Maybe they are working with them on an interactive comic book platform for the iPad.
We all dreamed of being a super hero so what if we could?
Or at least develop an alter ego super hero to play out a comic book.
This would a great API to enhance Game center. A way to review were you are up to in a game, encourage greater storytelling in the games, share with friends. Even create a platform for episodic games so each game could be standalone but your characters carry over. Like Role playing games all the adventurers would then have a copy of the same book at the end of day.
I can't see Apple making the games themselves it seems more about giving developers a better platform for games drive hardware sales.
Sure lots of Prior Art in the idea, but the patent isn't on the idea it's on a way of implementing. With the patent system the way it is if your Apples size and implementing anything remotely new especially as an API that you're letting others rely on then you can't risk not patenting it.
We all dreamed of being a super hero so what if we could?
Or at least develop an alter ego super hero to play out a comic book.
This would a great API to enhance Game center. A way to review were you are up to in a game, encourage greater storytelling in the games, share with friends. Even create a platform for episodic games so each game could be standalone but your characters carry over. Like Role playing games all the adventurers would then have a copy of the same book at the end of day.
I can't see Apple making the games themselves it seems more about giving developers a better platform for games drive hardware sales.
Sure lots of Prior Art in the idea, but the patent isn't on the idea it's on a way of implementing. With the patent system the way it is if your Apples size and implementing anything remotely new especially as an API that you're letting others rely on then you can't risk not patenting it.
Oh, fun! Let's add another non-computer- the standard desktop. It is in no way a stand alone device as it requires constant connection to the power grid to operate.
ATi and nVidia provide the drivers, not Apple. Good luck too, nVidia drivers suck on Windows and Linux as well.
No words could have been spoken more true from someone's parent's basement apartment.
It is a source of worry if companies patent stuff they have no intention of actually using. Patents prevent other companies from releasing those products. This is pure patent trolling. We all are worse off because of this and this is not why the patent system is in place.
They didn't steal Mass Effects interface, this was just used as an example of how it could work. This would be an awesome if I'm reading this correctly, is this something normal folks will be able to mess around in? Or is this for businesses and the like? Ive taken some pretty awesome screenshots in games that allow you to do so, PC + Xbox 360, being able to turn them into the visual style of a comic book would be brilliant IMO.
No, but I think the comic book generated from it would have at least 50 pages worth of scanning planets for resources.