Manchester recreates city in Second Life:
http://callfrom...-in-second.html

what is the value/usage scenarios of a virtual machine within the machine?

This is all I need to read. It’s at the end of a Dell company Blog.
Dell does not stand by the product they make! nor do they want comments that are negative about their customer service. The ViPs are all out to lunch and counting the money they suckered off the public. My XPS stands for xtra Piece of ____, crimped cables, a Hitachi 500gb(not covered) crashed drive, the LCD monitor has fingerprints and dirt inside the screen, electrical shorts with the media reader, dvdrw that doesn’t work and not recognized the CD writer is in the same sinking cheap part boat. The machine hasn’t worked properly since day one. Sometimes I think they sent me somebody’s return.
No Way in Hell buy a Dell. There’s a saying about the fool and his money, Don’t be a Victim and don’t buy their advertising. The Dell people could care one ioda about the consumer. I thought I was purchasing a top of the line machine and when the drive crashed 10 days out of warranty the tech found a cut cable, when he went into the machine to replace the drive, he also told me he had six XPS’s sitting on the work bench waiting for their shoddy parts to be sent from the factory. SAVE YOURSELF the TROUBLE and purchase a Sony or Compact anything but Dell and don’t say you haven’t been warned. Call customer service and see how your treated, Ill tell you quickly, anyone on the other side of the world could care less about your computer, and the problems your having, any executive from Dell that reads this I do have pity on you, your company stinks, its a good thing you people don’t make airplanes or cars….. Service Tag 2LYPZ71 Tjelen ……………..
Like Mister ‘T’ says ‘I PITTY THE FOOL’

I for one would find it *tremendously* easier on my head if there were pre-configured computers optimized for high-performance with Second Life, whose needs are not those of a typical “game”’s. That has been a frequent pain point, trying to figure out what runs SL well.

Dell already has XPS gamer enthusiast PCs, and I remember when the market for those was comparatively smaller and some people scoffed at the idea. And then it grew and grew.

It’s important to think longform and consider not just “Well, this is a gimmick today”, but after the novelty dies down, the resonance of permanence permeates all our lives who are touched.

The fact is that Second Life is a huge breakthrough in communications. This is why educational institutions are choosing it as a new form of classroom, and virtual worlds in general will very much be the way of the future for generations to come.

The fact that some overpriced journalist doesn’t know how to use a computer or doesn’t have the creative mindset and/or intelligence needed to explore a new paradigm in reporting that would actually benefit them in the long run is absolutely no excuse to not do it.

Large newspapers had this same problem with the internet. They refused to start producing their news in any other format than paper, and as times changed, so did their number of subscribers. Who needs newspapers when all the news you could ever need is a click away and (for the most part) free?

Virtual meetings online, such as what Second Life offers, is going to be the next thing. Whether you jump on the bandwagon or not is your own perogative.

Open your mind a little bit and stop crying when people choose to use another medium than what you are used to. Its no one’s loss but your own.

Would they prefer the cost, time and travel associated with assembling somewhere in meatspace?

What ever the minor burden of SecondLife participation, by comparison with the rigours of air travel, particularly post 9/11, it must be a simpler option.

Critics are, I thin expressing more of their general feelings toward virtual worlds under the guise of discomfort at the difficulty such trivial attendance requirements.

I suggest journalists give thought to getting over themselves on this one, as travel becomes more difficult and costly and video conferencing and virtual worlds improve, it’ll become more and more common.

How one wastes more time in logging on to SecondLife than travelling and attendance, I’m not sure I follow.