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When building... Do you buy Windows?
zherok:
--- Quote from: Kazumi on August 20, 2013, 12:06:22 AM ---Yea I'll probably just stick with Windows 7 for now. I've heard some people saying It's slightly faster though? I've never really understood their reasoning behind releasing 2000, vista etc, they all just feel like unfinished versions of the upcoming OS. Guess they make more money this way?
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2000 wasn't really early. It's more a relic of when they were releasing separate consumer and corporate OSes. It's not particularly designed for home use. XP still built off the work they'd done with 2000, and all versions since they are built off the NT kernel since ME bombed and killed the 9x version of Windows.
--- Quote ---MUCH better than using a PS3/Wii (because the selection is worse for some reason).
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One of the great things about PCs is the ability to emulate stuff from previous console generations. I much prefer using one machine to play my Wii or PS2 games now. Especially since my early gen PS2 can't read discs for shit anymore. I've no idea when anything higher than that will be emulatable (and some systems, like the original XBox, are still not "playable"), but the sheer number of games that can possibly run on a modern PC is staggering.
Tanis:
I was actually referring to the Netflix/Hulu/Amazon Prime selection of titles.
My parents gaming is pretty much Angry Birds, Wii Sports, and the occasional 'easy' game like Mario and Klonoa.
My laptop, because my desktop is about 5 years old and I need to save money to replace the graphics card, is pretty much my gaming center.
With an HDMI out (for the TV) and ability to run pretty much every game I wanna play on at least Medium to High, I'm really not in any rush.
I can emulate pretty much everything pre-Wii, including the PS2/PSP, that's got a decent emulator.
But I'm also a heavy 4X player, with 400+ PS2 titles and a soft modded PSP/360/Wii/PS2, so I don't actually emulate all that much.
:/
Gh0st93:
--- Quote from: Tanis on August 20, 2013, 02:11:00 AM ---I was actually referring to the Netflix/Hulu/Amazon Prime selection of titles.
My parents gaming is pretty much Angry Birds, Wii Sports, and the occasional 'easy' game like Mario and Klonoa.
My laptop, because my desktop is about 5 years old and I need to save money to replace the graphics card, is pretty much my gaming center.
With an HDMI out (for the TV) and ability to run pretty much every game I wanna play on at least Medium to High, I'm really not in any rush.
I can emulate pretty much everything pre-Wii, including the PS2/PSP, that's got a decent emulator.
But I'm also a heavy 4X player, with 400+ PS2 titles and a soft modded PSP/360/Wii/PS2, so I don't actually emulate all that much.
:/
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You could buy an original PS3 for the backwards compatibility. (Would open up some new games but keep the older one relevant as well... Not saying you have to or anything just wanted to make an observation.)
Tanis:
--- Quote from: Gh0st93 on August 20, 2013, 02:50:35 AM ---
--- Quote from: Tanis on August 20, 2013, 02:11:00 AM ---I was actually referring to the Netflix/Hulu/Amazon Prime selection of titles.
My parents gaming is pretty much Angry Birds, Wii Sports, and the occasional 'easy' game like Mario and Klonoa.
My laptop, because my desktop is about 5 years old and I need to save money to replace the graphics card, is pretty much my gaming center.
With an HDMI out (for the TV) and ability to run pretty much every game I wanna play on at least Medium to High, I'm really not in any rush.
I can emulate pretty much everything pre-Wii, including the PS2/PSP, that's got a decent emulator.
But I'm also a heavy 4X player, with 400+ PS2 titles and a soft modded PSP/360/Wii/PS2, so I don't actually emulate all that much.
:/
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You could buy an original PS3 for the backwards compatibility. (Would open up some new games but keep the older one relevant as well... Not saying you have to or anything just wanted to make an observation.)
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I have a Slim PS3 with a 500GB HDD that was GIVEN to me, because some of my friends have more money than patience.
Seriously...
The thing was STILL under warranty, so all I had to do was wait a week or two and Sony sent me a NEW PS3 (or a REALLY fine refurbished model).
As it stands the only systems I don't have/can't emulate are the 3DS, Vita, and WiiU.
3DS I'm on the fence about, the Vita just isn't worth it yet, and the WiiU.
Well, the WiiU just...no.
Tiffanys:
--- Quote from: AceHigh on August 20, 2013, 01:52:33 AM ---Even one extra time during 5 years? Hell, I install more often than that due to HD upgrades.
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I have a lot of really intricate to configure programs...
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