In a recent note, Ed Finnell said:
> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:08:23 EDT
>
>
> In a message dated 7/20/2005 12:21:27 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> What "high end games" are you referring to here? The games written 10 years
> ago? I doubt they would qualify as "high end" today. AFAIK, all current PC
> >>
> I don't know, I'm not a high-end gamer. Was just at the tigerdirect
> site looking for a back to school PC for my niece and fell into the
> alienware site. The area 51 looks impressive-for $3350 it should
> be. The ordering options were XP, DOS or none.
>
"none" as in install your own? Likely Linux? Legacy OS/2? Etc.
As for the clipped sentence:
AFAIK, all current PC based games run on WindowsXP, which does
not allow the behavior you describe.
Can't the game install a usermod, if that's what the gamer consents
to? Does XP "allow" viruses? They thrive nonetheless.
-- gil
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