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The colour, photography, blue power led and the way it stands are so Wii-like, there's no way they haven't stolen it. I can't really blame them, but it's a copy alright.

You're on! Will try now. EDIT: Damn, couldn't do it. Even though I disabled pretty much everything, I couldn't get beyond 7561.6. Then I went on to disable dwm (Aero), and some other stuff, until I got a BSOD and figured it wasn't going to improve anyway. The T7250 is actually newer than the T7300, so it'll probably have some minor tweaks that just give it the the edge. The T7300's advantage is that it has 4 MB L2 cache, but that makes no difference in this benchmark. They're both Merom Core 2's running at 2 GHz, so their performance is virtually equal. Also, Vista Classic desktop isn't that bad!

That's not metal though - that's just hardcore punk. It's kind of a tradition to scream in that genre

Yes, Nintendo's cock has reached massive proportions this year. Even Chuck Norris has started worrying.

Yeah, those are the bands that give metal such a bad name. There's a lot of talent in the metal genre though. I hate it when bands think they're cool for doing it all the time, but I don't mind some doing it for fun: Awesome song Also, that vid's awesome Oxigen

I had the exact opposite. The song is just so immense - there's just such a sense of structure and attention to detail in the song, it's really incredible. Same goes for Bodysnatchers of the same album. That song really gets unleashed when they segue over to the bridge (Has the light gone out for you? / Because the light's gone out for me) has got to be one of my favourite few seconds of music of all time.

Capcom seems to have given a date of 'some time in June' while some sites say it's out August 15th. Wikipedia and other sites suggest it's out April 15th, but that's the same as the US date, so it's probably not coming out then. If you're importing, it's only $30, which is like £10 nowadays.

You beat my T7300

Meh, those most slated are often the most liked. Meaning she gets slated means people have actually listened to her to some extent. You can't say the same for good metal. You have to give it a chance, I didn't think I'd ever get into metal but I'm listening to Rage Against the Machine, Metallica and Megadeth regularly now. Being accessible isn't same as being liked anyway.

Haha, gotta love IGN for doing this

Looks real promising! Nice controls and it doesn't look half bad either.

Oh, come on.

To be honest, I'd much prefer any iPhone clone with Google Android than an iPhone. The only problem of the other platforms is that they run Windows Mobile (which sucks ass) or Symbian. In general they give far more value for your money than Apple does with its iPhone. Until Google Android is out however, I'd probably prefer a faster phone for less money, which allows other applications to be run on it, and has network functionality, and just put up with Windows Mobile until Google Android, or maybe Ubuntu Mobile are out. Don't get me wrong, I love the concept of the iMacs and the iBooks, and Mac OS X is a wonderful OS, but the iPod and iPhone are so overrated it's getting ridiculous. The only reason that people can give while buying is either they consider Apple a religion, or that they just don't know any better.

Don't blow up the tbh thing, it was a bit evil of me to quote that. Anyway, I thought you meant that, because you said something along the likes "I don't really care what you think as I have my own opinion", while I was just fired up for a grand discussion. Blowed it a bit out of proportion, sorry

Maybe, but the most fun way to play is definitely the Wiimote. I dislike people saying "I has an opinion, and you can't changes it" or something like that, as then you really don't know why you're visiting a forum. Anyway, if you bought a Wii for games like that, fine. No I don't. I'm saying that there's no point in the controls, and they sort of remove the point of the Wii. Well suited to you, but I question why you have a Wii in the first place then. Racing controls present one of the best alternatives to the Wiimote, and yet you still prefer the old pads... If you bought a Wii just for Nintendo games, then sure, go ahead, but I don't think that it's a way forward. The controls make the games, in this case, that's what makes the Wii so different. As illustrated by the Wii Tennis example. All right then. I'm not a conservative Nintendo fan. When they showed the Wii, I thought "nice, let me see what you've got!" and now they're including GC controls, and even don't have anything but GC controls in Fire Emblem. Bad PR, I'd say.

'Tbh' saying that means you don't have any sensible to say, hide behind "it's my opinion" without being able to argue against my point. Welcome to a forum, it's something where we discuss, and go "I don't care what you say because I have an opinion", because it kills the point. I hate it when people do this. There must be reasons why you have your views, nobody has an opinion because he has an opinion. I don't know why you're saying this anyway, as you are discussing next. Take away the controls (like I said in the first place), and you have a GameCube in a shiny white box, some hardware improvements and a WiFi chip. It's still a GameCube in essence. That's why the controls are so important. You're easily satisfied. I'd feel ripped off really. I want Wii games, not GameCube+ games. The Wii, besides the controls, is such a minor improvement over the GameCube that I don't see how you could put up with such games. Brawl is a mind blowing game. But it would've been a mind blowing game on the GameCube, and it would've been a mind blowing game on the 360. The controls define the Wii, and therefore, the games should be defined by the controls. Now, awesome as Brawl is, I don't mind at all, but that's just because it's so incredibly good, and it has a good excuse to use GameCube controls. I'd also like to know which games are those 'other games' you mention.

Brawl was never meant to use Wii controls. It doesn't have a good alternative in Wii controls, but action games, FPSes, and racing games most certainly do. Dude, you've bought a Wii. There's no forcing on controls, you bloody chose for it when you handed over one hundred and seventy quid to the cashier. Nintendo should be focusing on forgetting old school controls, not reliving old ones. Seriously, I can't think of one good reason why they implemented Cube controls in MKWii... Then the 'for the sake of it' is the problem, you've bought an uninspired game. Surely, there are games that are better with classic controls, but then, for those I've not bought a Wii (well, ok, maybe Brawl). Those games would, piece for piece, be better off on a 360 or PS3. Playing MKWii with a GameCube controller is going to feel the exact same as playing Double Dash!!. Sorry, but for that, I'd pass. We all know that MKWii isn't going to be a game like that anyway. Wii steering works really well.

What the hell! It does look awesome though I love this new trend of small quiet stuff. You don't need a huge vacuum cleaner to check your e-mail.

Bleh. It makes me wonder why you have a Wii in the first place when you're conservative like that. Nintendo says a lot, but they've never ever said anything like that. Because it's a freaking Wii game with freaking Wii controls. Instead of making dodgy controls, and just include old controls to patch them up, maybe they should try harder. If I wanted to have traditional controls, then really, I would've swapped my Wii for a 360 a long time ago. I feel very strongly about this, as a Wii without Wii controls is, in fact, a dressed up GameCube. It's hardly the same thing. Swapping a few buttons is not the same as changing your entire interaction with the game. The Wii is about the controller, and including options to ignore it undermines its point. I know the analog stick might have a bit more precision, but it sure as hell is more fun to use a Wiimote to steer.

If it's any good as Excite Truck's control setup, it's better than any analog stick! Oh well, lots of people disagree with me on that. The old analog is just boring.

Well, if you can't find it, it's probably something to do with your motherboard, so I'd google for issues with your motherboard and sleep mode.

I think it's kind of a pity that Nintendo even included the classical options. I don't really see the point and they're somewhat undermining the Wii's concept by doing so.

Have you tried non-beta nVidia drivers?

No clue. I have Vista 64 SP1 on my laptop and sleep works just fine. Were your issues with Vista 32 the same?

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