Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Sun Feb 10 15:42:07 CST 2013
Hi Shamil, Actually, Minecraft can play quite fine on older hardware (few years old), but this assuming that the laptop isn't at the very low (cheap) end of that spectrum (for example, a net book). > Of course Minecraft isn't a super-graphics-heavy game (and I suppose review's author doesn't mean it is) I don't know about that. He did say very specifically that minecraft was the paragon of high performance gaming. I'm finding it hard to interpret it in any other way, unless he was being overly sarcastic, but if that was the case then perhaps other parts of the review was meant in a sarcastic way as well? > and it "makes hot" DELL Inspiron 9400 (3GB/Win7) after just about an hour of play In my experience, it doesn't take much to do that. Anything based on java will pretty much cause than to kick in eventually. > > Following your argumentation style may I note that if you're questioning quoted review's authors technical education level by posting not the last MineCraft version screenshot, should your argumentation be counted as convincing? No, because that is what Minecraft literally looks like. The company hasn't done anything to change the graphics since the start, as they are more focused on adding new blocks and gameplay. I know this, because I run a Minecraft server and regularly play Minecraft with friends of mine. It is possible for someone to improve the graphics by means of installing higher resolution textures and other graphics mods, but they are third party and not supported by Mojang (the company). If you don't believe me, just ask your kid. Best regards, Hans-Christian Andersen On 10 Feb 2013, at 08:45, Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru> wrote: > Hi Hans -- > > May I note that the current MineCraft version the kids are playing is 1.4.7? (My son (11 years old) is just playing it with his friend(s) via Internet, they are also using/tuning Hamachi to connect PCs/MineCraft game's sessions as far as I'm hearing from their dialogs.) > > Of course Minecraft isn't a super-graphics-heavy game (and I suppose review's author doesn't mean it's) but AFAIK Minecraft 1.4.7 doesn't run in its full fine tuned graphics mode on several years old rather powerful notebooks, and it "makes hot" DELL Inspiron 9400 (3GB/Win7) after just about an hour of play. > > Following your argumentation style may I note that if you're questioning quoted review's authors technical education level by posting not the last MineCraft version screenshot, should your argumentation be counted as convincing? > > Thank you. > > -- Shamil > > Воскресенье, 10 февраля 2013, 5:24 -08:00 от Hans-Christian Andersen <hans.andersen at phulse.com>: >> >> How is anyone supposed to take this reviewer seriously when he says absurd nonsense such as the following? >> >>> Even Minecraft, that paragon of high-performance gaming, ran beautifully. >> >>> To those who snicker at Win8 in general I will say this: this is the direction in which Microsoft is going, and to deride it is tantamount to hindering progress. To use a musical analogy, those who wish that Jamiroquai would return to the glory of Virtual Insanity will be gravely disappointed and the only way forward for a fan of Jay Kay or Em Ess is to accept that change is inevitable. >> >> For those of you unfamiliar with Minecraft, this is the game he is referring to: http://www.divergeuk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/minecraft1.jpeg >> >> Where did this reviewer graduate from - the MTV school of tech journalism? Are things going downhill at TechCrunch or is this just search engine optimised review spam? >> >> - Hans >> >> >> >> On 2013-02-10, at 3:57 AM, Salakhetdinov Shamil < mcp2004 at mail.ru > wrote: >> >>> Additionally: >>> >>> MS Surface Pro review from TechCrunch: >>> >>> "The Microsoft Surface Pro Proves That The PC Is Back" >>> >>> http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/05/microsoft-surface-pro-review/ >>> -- Shamil >>> >>> >>> Воскресенье, 10 февраля 2013, 15:20 +04:00 от Salakhetdinov Shamil < mcp2004 at mail.ru >: >>>> Hi All -- >>>> >>>> FYI: http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/09/microsofts-128gb-surface-pro-sells-out-at-ms-online-store-just-hours-after-launch/ >>>> >>>> Thank you. >>>> >>>> -- SHamil > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com