Mac Beta Application suggestions...
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- Thanquol
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Mad_Big_Sausage wrote:Thanquol wrote:I have also done the alpha and beta testing for Vendetta-online and there you just had some field you could fill in. Just type what you have, could have saved a little trouble for the devs here.
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Quick maths lesson:
4050 registered users. Let's presume 90% applied for the beta test.
4050 * 90/100 = 3645
Imagine reading through 3645 "hand written" applications.
How much time would that take IV?
Let's estimate 4mins per application. (To read and evaluate)
3645 * 4 = 14580mins = 243hrs (solid work without breaks)
Avg work day of 8hrs --> 243hrs becomes 30.735 days (without days off)
And let's not pretend that every application will be accurate, legible or make sense.
eg. CPU = That thing in my box.
RAM = some.
How many unique specs would be lost because people didn't write the right thing?
On the other hand though, you could write a short program. It would't take very long to write. (Definitly < 30.735days)
This program could give the applicant a choice of a variety of specs that you are interested in and they could choose depending on their setup.
The program might even be able to compile all the information for easy access and shorten the time needed to sort through 3645 applications.
This program, they call ironically "THE BETA TEST APPLICATION".
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Sorry to those I've offended. It's just a rant.
I'm very hard to offend
But if you think programmers would go through anything thing themselves if they could write a short and simple program to do it for them. You save every application in a big database and use that to make your selection. For the people who have put their CPU speed as Warp 4.5 will automaticly eliminate themselfs as beta-testers.
So a quick math lesson:
Time to write the entryform: 30 minutes
Time to write retrival program: 30 minutes
Lamers weeded out: close to 100% (there will always be lamers)
Thanquol
P.S. I appologize for any typo's. English is not my native language and I had very little sleep last night.
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Begging
Glad i wasn't the only one thinking the sign up form was lacking a bit. That sound card question was an ugly one.
So, i guess this is the thread where i brag about all my Mac systems and operating system versions to try and increase my chances of becoming a beta tester, eh?
I ran my old Macs to death so i'm affraid i only have the one.
So, i guess this is the thread where i brag about all my Mac systems and operating system versions to try and increase my chances of becoming a beta tester, eh?
I ran my old Macs to death so i'm affraid i only have the one.
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