More titles drop Windows XP support. Industry finally makes progress.

[More Fun To Compute]

Hilariously, you said "spend a huge amount of money every year", and thus ALSO implied that Vista came out in 2002. Works both ways, bub.

You didn't even have to use Vista, because XP was still fully supported, and not many people liked it anyways. However, XP support is dropping, and Windows 7 is well loved, so what reason do you have for not upgrading this decade?

Whatever makes you feel good I suppose.

 

[lacktheknack]

Hilariously, you said "spend a huge amount of money every year", and thus ALSO implied that Vista came out in 2002. Works both ways, bub.

You didn't even have to use Vista, because XP was still fully supported, and not many people liked it anyways. However, XP support is dropping, and Windows 7 is well loved, so what reason do you have for not upgrading this decade?

Whatever makes you feel good I suppose.

Well, don't be stunned when other people want to move on from what makes you specifically feel good, and leave you behind.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

Well, don't be stunned when other people want to move on from what makes you specifically feel good, and leave you behind.

Don't be surprised when people ignore you because what you say in reply to them has no relation to what they say.

 

[lacktheknack]

Well, don't be stunned when other people want to move on from what makes you specifically feel good, and leave you behind.

Don't be surprised when people ignore you because what you say in reply to them has no relation to what they say.

I don't understand what you were trying to say, then.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

I don't understand what you were trying to say, then.

At least you admit it this time. Progress.

 

[lacktheknack]

I don't understand what you were trying to say, then.

At least you admit it this time. Progress.

Snarktastic.

How exactly WERE you expecting me to interpret "whatever makes you feel good", the most incredibly general sentence you could use in that context?

 

[More Fun To Compute]

Snarktastic.

How exactly WERE you expecting me to interpret "whatever makes you feel good", the most incredibly general sentence you could use in that context?

People in glass houses etc.

 

[lacktheknack]

Snarktastic.

How exactly WERE you expecting me to interpret "whatever makes you feel good", the most incredibly general sentence you could use in that context?

People in glass houses etc.

Context is for wimps!

All I know is that we're both standing in glass houses, chucking rocks at each other, and we're not even clear on why.

EDIT: Actually, I'm not sure that I'm standing in a glass house. Care to correct?

 

[More Fun To Compute]

Context is for wimps!

All I know is that we're both standing in glass houses, chucking rocks at each other, and we're not even clear on why.

EDIT: Actually, I'm not sure that I'm standing in a glass house. Care to correct?

All I'm saying to you is that I can't be bothered to explain anything to you because your attitude says it is not worth any effort on my part.

 

[lacktheknack]

Context is for wimps!

All I know is that we're both standing in glass houses, chucking rocks at each other, and we're not even clear on why.

EDIT: Actually, I'm not sure that I'm standing in a glass house. Care to correct?

All I'm saying to you is that I can't be bothered to explain anything to you because your attitude says it is not worth any effort on my part.

If you were hoping to make me less hostile, you're doing it wrong.

How does it always work that, in a knee-jerk response to perceived emotions, people ALWAYS become ridiculously insufferable, and thus often a victim of their own prejudices? The irony is pretty delicious (although not as delicious as the 2002 remark, which I bet set this off).

Maybe I need to remind you that YOU'RE the one who made the ridiculous "every year" remark, and I'm the one who made the more realistic "every decade" remark, and I'm still the only one who even tried to back that up in this exchange? YOU'RE the one who's had nothing but one-line responses almost designed to confuse and annoy. And now you're literally backing out by claiming I have an intolerable attitude.

I've heard of this being referred to as "forum cancer". Please stop.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

If you were hoping to make me less hostile, you're doing it wrong.

How does it always work that, in a knee-jerk response to perceived emotions, people ALWAYS become ridiculously insufferable, and thus often a victim of their own prejudices? The irony is pretty delicious (although not as delicious as the 2002 remark, which I bet set this off).

Maybe I need to remind you that YOU'RE the one who made the ridiculous "every year" remark, and I'm the one who made the more realistic "every decade" remark, and I'm still the only one who even tried to back that up in this exchange? YOU'RE the one who's had nothing but one-line responses almost designed to confuse and annoy. And now you're literally backing out by claiming I have an intolerable attitude.

I've heard of this being referred to as "forum cancer". Please stop.

I can see why your post count is so high.

 

[lacktheknack]

If you were hoping to make me less hostile, you're doing it wrong.

How does it always work that, in a knee-jerk response to perceived emotions, people ALWAYS become ridiculously insufferable, and thus often a victim of their own prejudices? The irony is pretty delicious (although not as delicious as the 2002 remark, which I bet set this off).

Maybe I need to remind you that YOU'RE the one who made the ridiculous "every year" remark, and I'm the one who made the more realistic "every decade" remark, and I'm still the only one who even tried to back that up in this exchange? YOU'RE the one who's had nothing but one-line responses almost designed to confuse and annoy. And now you're literally backing out by claiming I have an intolerable attitude.

I've heard of this being referred to as "forum cancer". Please stop.

I can see why your post count is so high.

Yes, I have the GALL to actually try to DISCUSS things on a DISCUSSION forum.

 

[Slayer_2]

Of course it didn't have a memory print the size of Vista. In 2001 128 MB was probably average memory (I might be off. It's eleven years ago), but XP would eat a lot of that for people running a machine built for Win98 if they installed XP on it.

This. Computers in 2001 were many, many times slower than computers in 2006. Hell, 128MB of RAM might have been considered good in 2001.

 

[loc978]

Well, here's hoping for native linux support in the near future, eh? Also, here's hoping for more 64-bit applications. WoW64 [http://lmgtfy.com/?q=wow64] is most of the reason I can't stand Windows 7 for gaming... it's damn near as bad as running everything through Wine, honestly.

 

[SpAc3man]

WoW64 [http://lmgtfy.com/?q=wow64] is most of the reason I can't stand Windows 7 for gaming... it's damn near as bad as running everything through Wine, honestly.

I have no idea where your are getting that from. First time I have ever heard anyone complain about WoW64 in a gaming context. Ever. What obscure problem do you have?

 

[ResonanceSD]

Of course it didn't have a memory print the size of Vista. In 2001 128 MB was probably average memory (I might be off. It's eleven years ago), but XP would eat a lot of that for people running a machine built for Win98 if they installed XP on it.

This. Computers in 2001 were many, many times slower than computers in 2006. Hell, 128MB of RAM might have been considered good in 2001.

Another catalyst for progress jumps is of course, getting rid of the shit-specced PS3. There are probably TI calculators with more RAM than that thing. And it's meant to be the best hardware of the current console gen.

 

[NiPah]

---So Angry---

Man you're so angry, I've seen less emotion in football games then I've seen you having in a thread about game developers discontinuing an old OS. I mean I'm sure your life will be complete and all when everyone goes with the latest generation of hardware, the way you carry on it would seem XP murdered your dog.

I mean hell watching people buy Mac products must shave years off your life.

 

[Xdeser2]

Hmm....seeing as I have better things to spend my money on than upgrading my Pc....deal with it if people dont care so be it.

Its not activly degrading quality of games that come out(I could care less abut the texture quality on some rock) or hurting you in any way, so why do you care if the keep or detract support in the first place?

 

[Racecarlock]

I wish games would also "drop" support for 2005 console hardware and actually push the boundaries like they used to. What happened to the Doom 3s and the Crysis', the one-upmanship of FPSs in particular that always strove to make the move incredible experience possible? It died is what, and instead we've had 4 years of brown tinted shooters. Unreal Engine 3 might be great to work with but it's ancient compared with what modern hardware is capable of.

I miss the days when developers made boundary pushing games and ported them to console. I know they're gone but I'm no less resentful for it. Microsoft could've easily given XP DX10 support but decided not to in a big to force people to upgrade. That decision sadly means that it is old by gaming standards. More capable than younger, current gen consoles, but no DX10 or 11 support.

Does anyone know what version of DirectX comes standard with Win8?

Ok, I don't know enough about all that OS crap besides windows is expensive.

But about that console thing you said. Do you really expect me to game on this laptop? I can barely handle the latest flash games with this thing, let alone modern games. Fuck, halo PC has framerate drops on this thing. And I do not have $100-$500 required to build or buy a new one right now. So yeah, xbox 360 it is.

 

[votemarvel]

I'm still using Windows XP for a couple of reasons.

Firstly Windows 7 does nothing for me that XP can't. Plus a basic install of Windows 7, with nothing else installed, takes up around the same amount of hard drive space as a XP install with my most commonly used programs and Mass Effect.

Now hard drive space isn't a concern but when combined with the first point is does make me question just why I would want Windows 7.

I was also quite happy with Windows ME, I must have been the only person who had no trouble with it. I stripped out tat like Movie Maker with the Optional Component Maker and it was essentially just Windows 98 3rd Edition.

Then came along The Battle for Middle-Earth, a game I was desperate to play but it didn't support the 9x based operating systems. So while I hated the switch to XP I stuck with it because it had something I wanted.

So the second reason I've not moved to Windows 7 is tied to the first. In the three years that it has been available there has been no game released, that I want, that requires Windows 7.

I've always thought of myself as a tech-savvy person but at the same time I like technology to give me a reason to want it beyond it being new.