If we must upgrade in order to play the newer games, shouldn't we also be
able to enjoy the games we've already spent money on?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Kenny" <alexkenn...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] new technology? Balogna! - Re: plans for an updated
Lone Wolf
Hi Charles,
While this has een brue in the past, Windows 7 used fewer system
resources than did Vista, and Windows 8 will use even fewer, as it is
being designed to run on tablets and even phones as well as PC's.
No one is saying you must upgrade to new technology. However, as
previously mentioned, Microsoft does go to great efforts to support
their older technology, much more than companies like Apple or Google,
so we're actually doing a lot better in terms fo Windows XP and VB
support than we would if these products were in the hands of other
tech companies. If you want to stick with old tech, fine. If you want
to use older tech, that's fine. But it's not really fair to make
baseless accusations when it's no longer being supported.
To bring this back on topic, new technology such as XAudio2 and XNA
will allow the creation of better accessible games. Games will
continue getting more complex, and it will eventually get to the point
where an old XP machine with an old Pentium and 256 MB of RAM just
isn't going to be able to handle a multi-channel, 3D audio
environment, and people will need to upgrade if they want to enjoy
these games.
On 12/12/11, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote:
Another thing about new technology--Microsoft's Windows in particular: I
buy a computer to do tasks, not to run the operating system. If I have
to
buy a new PC because my old one doesn't have enough CPU power, it can't
be
loaded with enough RAM, the hardware isn't supported by the new OS, and I
need to move along with technology, I will do so. However, 2 years down
the
road, before the bugs have been worked out of this OS I bought the new PC
to
be able to operate, Microsoft comes out with a new, more demanding OS.
Two
years later, another one that is more demanding. Two years later,
another
one that is more demanding. Before I know it, thanks only to Microsoft,
I
have another obsolete computer. I need to buy another one to handle the
new
technology. This! is! crap!
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