true tom. I for one thing wouldn't mind staying with xp at least till the next time I really need to upgrade. To tell you the truth, this will be a while, after this laptop decides to die whenever that will be betwene 5-10 years, and maybe more I still have my slow a10 which is semi dead but will probably last me another 5 years or so if I reserect it maybe more. The issue with staying with xp with a laptop is the fact that drivers will not be made for the hardware and since all new hardware will require drivers including sound there is almost no choice in the matter. I suspect that if the next system is not up to scrat h and both laptops do die whenever that will be and this one is just new so I don't think that would be for at least 20-30 years if I play my cards right, if thats the case and I don't have a job or a life a fact that I still am not sure of, then I will just have to get a desktop, its not a big loss. If push comes to shove I have an old sb16 here, I also have an old p3 733 here granted it has a busted ram slot on it meaning I would have the 256mb ram instead of 512 which is recomended for xp really to be good enough to run I probably could live with that. If all else fails though my next system will be either linux or if I want to stay with windows it will be windows 2000 the last system where activation is not required. At 09:01 a.m. 31/07/2008, you wrote: >Hi Damien, >Yeah, the fact of the matter is some people are going to upgrade and we >can't stick to total Windows XP only compatibility forever. As of last >month Windows XP has totally been pulled off the market, and everything >is Windows Vista. So even if you buy a new laptop, and want to buy XP >all you can do is hope to find new copies on Ebay or find left over >stock some place. >In the general market at least Mac OS Leopard sales are up since more >and more sighted companies and home users are sick of Vista as well. >Vista hasn't been the success Microsoft hoped it would be, and more >people are at least thinking about Linux or Mac OS now. >As game programmers we need to keep an eye on these trends as we are >slowly seeing it happen to the blind community as well. I have a friend >from high school who was so disgusted with Vista he went Linux. I know >someone else who recently purchased a MacBook Pro with Leopard on it. >Both of them are blind,and they don't want to go to Vista. > > > >Damien Sadler wrote: >> Hi, >> Yeah, I agree. Even though I don't have a Vista laptop or even in some >> respects don't even agree with Vista, I understand that that's not >> everyone's opinion, hence the reason I made sure, using my friend's laptop, >> that Acefire supported Vista before releasing. Cory Sharp was a great help >> in that respect. >> Regards, >> Damien > > >--- >Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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