Windows Vista

I refuse to drink (and pay for) the Games for Windows Kool-Aid

I understand the need to revive the PC gaming. I understand that without a cohesive brand it is very hard to market PC games to the general public. I even understand that Microsoft is probably the best company around to take on this role. What I do not understand is why Microsoft has chosen to make the restrictions on games put out under the Games for Windows brand a complete hindrance to the vast majority of the gaming community. I will start with an example. Then I will explain why every single gamer reading this should shed a single tear in morning the death of the good old days. The example that has brought this issue to my attention is . If you haven't seen anything about this game you should really check it out. The game has been spoken about using words like, better than counterstrike, and as fun as tribes. You don't just go and say things like that without some serious power to back it up. From nearly every review from beta testers, Shadowrun has more than ...
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Windows Vista Review – I don't want to like it, but I do.

My computer history has been entirely born out of necessity. I needed my computer to work well so that it could run the games that I wanted to play, and so I learned what I needed to do to keep it running. I didn't major in engineering or computer science in college, nor did I ever spend too much time trying to build a computer from scratch. I don't care if my computer is perfectly efficient, as long as it runs well, and doesn't get in my way. I expect the same thing from an operating system, and that is why I feared the inevitable transition to Windows Vista. There are many people who are like me, who see Microsoft and their many ways of intruding on our lives before and who see Vista as just another way to make us use Internet Explorer and MSN. I didn't want to upgrade to Vista, and I was hoping that I wouldn't have to. When I finally realized (and lamented -I know... i caved) the fact that I could no longer play some of the best new games if I didn't make the transition, I ...
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Old Windows For Your New PC

If you have the misfortune of being stuck using a PC at home, you've probably heard that Windows Vista is a dud. Ever since it launched, there have been major bugs in the operating system, with many devices and drivers not working with it, and the interface was changed significantly enough to make doing even familiar tasks confusing and frustrating. Many people have held off from upgrading to Vista for these reasons, but unfortunately, many new PCs come with Windows Vista already installed on them. If you find yourself in this situation, you may want to consider purchasing Windows XP Home with SP3 OEM to downgrade your operating system to the older version. So why downgrade to Windows XP? As I mentioned before, the user interface of Vista was significantly revamped, so that navigating the computer is a different experience than it was in XP. While some of these changes are arguably better, many of them can just be confusing, and it can take a significant investment of ...
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