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Grimpak
Midnight Elites Echelon Rising
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Posted - 2013.02.02 10:03:00 -
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ashley Eoner wrote: The V8 might not be as popular as ever but the straight 6 which was the V8s competitor in the 50s is basically gone. well, the only reason why the L6 engine is mostly gone is because of the transition to front wheel drive. very hard to slam a straight-6 under the front hood in a way that favours FWD without making the car huge. Volvo does it with the T6, but I think it's the only one, and it only does on the bigger cars they have that have AWD.
Merc went from L6 to V6 because of that reason. package size, and VW tried to make a hybrid of sorts with the creation of the VR6, which is basically the hellspawn of a V6 and a L6.
porsche still retains the boxer-6, and BMW still uses L6 since forever due to how smooth the engine is and the fact that they are still all RWD (merc isn't anymore btw, since the inception of the A-class and B-class), altho they are starting to go FWD later this year with the new inline3 in their 1-series lineup, and I think their new 2-series.
either way, I prefer V12 to V8's mostly because of their good power and perfect balance. [img]http://eve-files.com/sig/grimpak[/img]
[quote]The more I know about humans, the more I love animals.[/quote] ain't that right |
Grimpak
Midnight Elites Echelon Rising
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Posted - 2013.02.02 10:15:00 -
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Rain6637 wrote:how the * did the conversation turn to engines because everything was said and done and people needed the thread to go on? [img]http://eve-files.com/sig/grimpak[/img]
[quote]The more I know about humans, the more I love animals.[/quote] ain't that right |
Grimpak
Midnight Elites Echelon Rising
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Posted - 2013.02.02 10:21:00 -
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Rain6637 wrote:EVE hasn't become obsolete. what I sense is CCP has spent its resources on the meta game and failed to innovate. yay thread back on track. [img]http://eve-files.com/sig/grimpak[/img]
[quote]The more I know about humans, the more I love animals.[/quote] ain't that right |
Grimpak
Midnight Elites Echelon Rising
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Posted - 2013.02.02 13:58:00 -
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Rain6637 wrote:just had a huge facebook convo on my wall with friends about buying apple. show them this little bit of information
sorry that it's 9gag tho, couldn't find it anywhere else. [img]http://eve-files.com/sig/grimpak[/img]
[quote]The more I know about humans, the more I love animals.[/quote] ain't that right |
Grimpak
Midnight Elites Echelon Rising
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Posted - 2013.02.02 14:18:00 -
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Rain6637 wrote:the main point I made was now that Windows is more capable as an intermediary between hardware and software, and building a computer is nearly plug-and-play, paying for a complete system makes less sense.
ya know, assemble the pieces where they fit, be careful about clamping the CPU, then load the OS. even BIOSs have mouse support.
the problems from ten years ago, such as missing drivers and manually changing motherboard settings... are gone now. of all the complete-system manufacturers like gateway, HP/Compaq, Dell... Apple is the only one that has tied an OS to its hardware to keep itself fat.
maybe it's just that apple has realized a lot of people are trendy, have a bit of disposable income, and are not very computer literate.
my suggestion was, since a mac's value is in the image, get a mac pro tower and fill it with a custom computer. (I'm a genius) biggest innovation that Apple brought these last years was how can marketing win billions upon billions. Assemble something from hitech parts, and then slap an apple logo on it. there, an "innovative" overpriced product that people will want to buy because it has an apple logo. [img]http://eve-files.com/sig/grimpak[/img]
[quote]The more I know about humans, the more I love animals.[/quote] ain't that right |
Grimpak
Midnight Elites Echelon Rising
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Posted - 2013.02.02 14:22:00 -
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Mag's wrote:Grimpak wrote:biggest innovation that Apple brought these last years was how can marketing win billions upon billions. Assemble something from hitech parts, and then slap an apple logo on it. there, an "innovative" overpriced product that people will want to buy because it has an apple logo. Then create horrendous software to interface with it. apple maps! or whatever comical name that horrendous copycat of googlemaps is. [img]http://eve-files.com/sig/grimpak[/img]
[quote]The more I know about humans, the more I love animals.[/quote] ain't that right |
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