Panies elected to offer two variants of their most recent console offerings at launch:Ī more expensive but full-featured version, and a stripped-down, budget-friendlier Thanks to Sony and Microsoft, these things are no longer assumed. Storage, or whether coding for Wi-Fi functionality was worth the effort. Under the hood and could optimize their code to run on precisely that specifi-Ĭation, never having to wonder how many people had access to what kinds of Perhaps more importantly, developers knew exactly what hardware you had

Knowledge that for about five years or so your machine would be identical toĮveryone else's and would play every game published for it with equal aplomb. Good ol' days, you could purchase the console of your choice and rest in the The consistency and uniformity of each platform, is under attack of late, and itsĪssailants are the very people who would benefit most from it.

Unfortunately, though, one of the longtime advantages of console gaming, On both sides of the fence to ignore either one. Where gaming is concerned, and for some of us there's just too much good stuff PCs and consoles each have huge lists of pros and cons In the end, the truth lies somewhere in the mid-ĭle, as it so often does. Tion: Which is better? Former CPU editor Samit and I have spent many anĮvening hashing this issue out, although both of us play PC games and console One of the topics we gamers most enjoy debating is the PC vs. Month and get something off my chest that's been bothering me for some time. So I'm going to indulge my inner gamer this Play games, and from your email and forum posts it seems clear that you find the hidden CPU logo on our cover? Turn the page for the anĬPU isn't a gaming pub, but many of us who work on it each month The Notebook Builder's Essential Shopping Guide Yahoo! is a registered trademark of Yahoo! Inc. Go Daddy is a registered trademark of, Inc. Product and program specifications, availability,Īnd pricing subject to change without notice. Prices based on comparable Linux web hosting package prices, effective. *Discount offer expires and applies to the first 12 months of a 1&1 Internet web hosting purchase with a minimumĢ4 month contract. You need to quickly and easily create an attractive websiteįor your family, your hobbies, or for posting your photos on Our complete web hosting solution gives you everything Full text of ' Computer Power User Volume 7 Issue 6'

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