some good points have been made regarding the oldness of XP and i'm sure to some readers here 11years seems like an aeon, and in relativistic computing terms it is quite an age. so XP is old. I use it because it is stable, i very rarely get crashes and when i do they're ussually associated with either some new software that is dodgey or the ridiculously long periods of time that i run my machine.
secondly, operating systems cost a lot of money and new ones aren't necissarily very good, though win 7 has been patched up and is relatively stable and good now. but it's still another expense for something 'new' which isn't essential.
i know how to use xp and how to repair/install it. i'm not a computer wiz so i like being able to navigate and monitor/fix the OS i'm using. i would be able to figure out win 7 in time but that time would be frustrating.
i play some old games because i like them and they're good. you may not like them because they're not all flashy graphics and such but then i don't give a shit about what you like to play because that's your choice and this is mine.
and lastly, having inquired into what is required to make the game work on an xp OS there is NOT a massive amount of programming work required...it's a few dll edits and such.
now i will eventually upgrade to win 7 but i'm not jumping at the bit to do so. so yes this is still news and to some of us, perhaps older, gamers with lives away from the computer a company doing this is just being sucky.
post script: microsoft, with it's infernal updates to everything under the sun costing hundreds of dollars is annoying. especially with backwards compatibility. but then they want everyone to mindlessly upgrade completely good and working applications/systems so they can make the oodles of dosh they want. i mean really how much better is office 2007 compared to office 2000? if your just writing essays and doing simple power points there aint no difference except 300 plus dollars and a 'F you. your on an older system so you can't read my simple word document'. -end rant-
secondly, operating systems cost a lot of money and new ones aren't necissarily very good, though win 7 has been patched up and is relatively stable and good now. but it's still another expense for something 'new' which isn't essential.
i know how to use xp and how to repair/install it. i'm not a computer wiz so i like being able to navigate and monitor/fix the OS i'm using. i would be able to figure out win 7 in time but that time would be frustrating.
i play some old games because i like them and they're good. you may not like them because they're not all flashy graphics and such but then i don't give a shit about what you like to play because that's your choice and this is mine.
and lastly, having inquired into what is required to make the game work on an xp OS there is NOT a massive amount of programming work required...it's a few dll edits and such.
now i will eventually upgrade to win 7 but i'm not jumping at the bit to do so. so yes this is still news and to some of us, perhaps older, gamers with lives away from the computer a company doing this is just being sucky.
post script: microsoft, with it's infernal updates to everything under the sun costing hundreds of dollars is annoying. especially with backwards compatibility. but then they want everyone to mindlessly upgrade completely good and working applications/systems so they can make the oodles of dosh they want. i mean really how much better is office 2007 compared to office 2000? if your just writing essays and doing simple power points there aint no difference except 300 plus dollars and a 'F you. your on an older system so you can't read my simple word document'. -end rant-
