In article ,
John Smith wrote:

On 10/16/2011 1:39 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
In ,
John wrote:

On 10/16/2011 8:09 AM, Howard Brazee wrote:
On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:44:54 -0400, "Scout"
wrote:

Sorry, they are selling more desktops because of an expanding market,
but
their share in that expanding market is decreasing.

Other arguments in this thread have been claiming a shrinking desktop
market. Which arguments are correct?

Both.

Could you explain how the market for desktop computers can be both
expanding and shrinking?


Most laptops cannot even handle Secondlife!

Cite...


Yours, load it up and give it a spin, it is free ... http://secondlife.com/

Sorry, but that's asking me to do the work of proving your claim.


Minimum system requirements:
http://secondlife.com/support/system-requirements/

Mac OS X requirements:

Mac OS X 10.5: check; Mac OS X 10.6.8 actually

1.5GHz Intel processor: check; 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo actually.

Graphics card: Radeon9200 or above, or NVidia GeForce 2 or 4.

My MacBook Pro: GeForce 8600M GT.

That's only about 10 times faster than the GeForce4 series.


Client/viewer downloads:
http://secondlife.com/support/downloads/ (Mac/Linux versions available here)

Once in world, hang out in Sandbox Island, Sandbox Cordova, or Sandbox
Goguen -- here you will find serious "griefers" to test your hardware
and video to the max ...

When you can manage them, take a trip to the weapons testing sandbox ...
and when you want to die ... go to Rausch!

Be careful, it can become addicting ... because of low system
requirements, this is a good entry level "game" for older/aging computer
users ...

Regards,
JS

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Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
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