In the US, it's almost certainly illegal. (though admittedly very unlikely to be prosecuted)
All materials used for RE must have been obtained legitimately, and as far as I'm aware any legit way to obtain this sort of manual for console development involves/involved signing an NDA.
I love the part where he describes the heat sink as "meh" - it's true that it's probably the least efficient heat sink ever seen! But they had space (and surface) available in the console, so why not...
Nah, we have come a long way in screen resolution. The pixel count goes up by four when you double the resolution, and graphics hardware doesn't improve that fast.
It wasn't too long ago that 320x240 was a pretty normal resolution. At 1080p, we have quintupled the number of pixels more than twice- from 76,800 to 2,073,600
You guys who complain that it's taking too long to evolve don't seem to realize you need to build new facilities every time you want to increase the density of pixels. New factories take years to develop and years to get proper ROI as well. There's not much incentive to build super high resolution LCDs, it will cost much more to make, end up with massive reject rates, and nobody will want to buy them at much higher prices anyway.
On top of that, I'd add that even if the resolution has not improved THAT much over the past 5 years, we have made massive progress into having better looking pictures out of LCDs and OLEDs - with much better contrast and refresh rates. Ghosting is pretty much a thing of the past, and narrow angles of vision as well (still not perfect but much better than 5-10 years ago).
I find it also quite interesting that such notices are not found on any websites anymore. I remember my first 'home-page' having a couple of 'download X browser now for best viewing experience' buttons scattered at the bottom of the page.
Whether that's an indication that browsers have gotten better (or more adhering to specifications), web developers less lazy or if there are simply more tools these days to make sure that your website will work properly on most common browsers at most resolutions, I do not know.
Indeed, my MBA has a humble 1366x768, which makes me reflect about progress in this area. The lack of more vertical real state is especially frustrating.
> The lack of more vertical real state is especially frustrating.
I see the aspect ratio as the main problem with current monitors, especially on laptops. 4:3 was nice, 3:2 is pleasant, 16:10 is wide but tolerably so, 16:9 has too little vertical pace.
It is sad that current monitor are all glossy and very wide: optimized for movies instead of text and other "lean forward" applications.
BTW, Dell still produces very nice and not too expensive IPS 16:10 monitors.
My wife has the MBP with Retina Display. It's got lots more pixels than my MBA, but no more real estate. Display widgets can really only get so small while still remaining useful, and increasing pixel count involves some tradeoffs with things like power consumption.
I could have had a lot more vertical real estate, but I decided that since I'd be carrying the thing around in my satchel, physical size was also a consideration. At home I can plug it into a monitor that's much, much bigger.
