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..Nearly a reason to buy Vista.. nearly

Review and trailer here

nothing is worth Vista, not even Halo 2, which wasn't very good to begin with.

I laughed pretty hard when i first saw vista. Notably, microsoft word.
Macs are trying to become Pcs, and Pcs are trying to become macs. when they find the middleground, macs're going to die 'cause of being 50x the price.
Ie, a mac charging plug being 200$ as opposed to a 5$ line for a pc.

Macs have gone down in price considerably, but its not like you are paying a premium just for a name.

but what windows PC lets you easily takes stuff from your video camera and and makes a dvd with a custom soundtrack from out of the box?

If you open any Windows version out of the box, you will find that you cannot do anything with it. For each thing you want to do you will need a ton of extra software, because - let me put it in words - all those shipped software sucks (Internet Explorer, Media Player, MSN Instant Messanger ...)

Munk wrote:If you open any Windows version out of the box, you will find that you cannot do anything with it. For each thing you want to do you will need a ton of extra software, because - let me put it in words - all those shipped software sucks (Internet Explorer, Media Player, MSN Instant Messanger ...)

Of course those programs suck because Microsoft has a monopoly on the market and can't include really good programs with it because of legal pressures.

Munk wrote:If you open any Windows version out of the box, you will find that you cannot do anything with it. For each thing you want to do you will need a ton of extra software, because - let me put it in words - all those shipped software sucks (Internet Explorer, Media Player, MSN Instant Messanger ...)

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what does that have to do with Halo 2 PC? just curious..

I didn't really mean this to become another Vista bashing thread... not that it isn't "justified". What do you guys think of what you see in the trailer? the Halo 3 trailer looked pretty good too.

Duper wrote:

Munk wrote:If you open any Windows version out of the box, you will find that you cannot do anything with it. For each thing you want to do you will need a ton of extra software, because - let me put it in words - all those shipped software sucks (Internet Explorer, Media Player, MSN Instant Messanger ...)

o_0

what does that have to do with Halo 2 PC? just curious..

I didn't really mean this to become another Vista bashing thread... not that it isn't "justified". What do you guys think of what you see in the trailer? the Halo 3 trailer looked pretty good too.

hehe

I was thinking the same thing.

After watching the Video. This version of Halo 2 looks far better then the one released for the Xbox.
Its a shame that they would only release this version for Vista.

Having said that, just because Halo 2 is ment for Vista doesn't mean that someone won't hack it to get it to work on XP.

Went to link and didn't see any link to actual trailer (and yes I even tried the movie trailer link)

oops

woodchip wrote:oops

Why the oops?

You find it here?

oops = double post. And yeah, your linky worked better.

I watched it and I think UT2K is very much the same.

The biggest bonus it has over the Xbox version is the level editor!

TIGERassault wrote:The biggest bonus it has over the Xbox version is the level editor!

Seriously, concidering that Halo 1 PC didn't really have a full editor. They said something about real time file sharing where levels are concerned. What I'm a bit curious and possibly miffed about is that you have to be a "Gold" member (.er.. yeah.. whatever) to play with folks on xboxes through LIVE. meh..

I don't think you'd be able to use the edited maps with xbox players anyways.

It's very difficult for me to care about a three year old FPS, let alone the company asking me to pay $199 + $50 to play it. The fact that it requires DX10 is ridiculous. If Half-Life 3 or a likewise game that pushes the graphics envelope wants to, that's fine. But Halo 2? That's just petty.

I fully agree on this one. Kyouryuu, you should just get a regular X-Box and play it if you don't like the expense. I'm sure lots of people have extra Box's laying around somewhere. I still really enjoy Halo, but it being on the X-Box is what makes half the fun. The atmosphere, just sitting on the couch with your buds and linking two or three TV's together for a serious game. That's fun. I miss the days when I could do that. Good times.


I wouldn't rush out and buy Vista and Halo 2. Especially since it is a 3 year old FPS game.

Not only that, but it looks exactly like it did on X-Box. Just higher resolutions. Yay?

Kyouryuu wrote:It's very difficult for me to care about a three year old FPS, let alone the company asking me to pay $199 + $50 to play it. The fact that it requires DX10 is ridiculous. If Half-Life 3 or a likewise game that pushes the graphics envelope wants to, that's fine. But Halo 2? That's just petty.

It doesn't require DX10 for it's graphics capability, it requires DX10 because that's what it was made in, and that's the most efficient free thing out there for the job.

[]V[]essenjah wrote: I wouldn't rush out and buy Vista and Halo 2. Especially since it is a 3 year old FPS game.

Oh pishaw. I haven't played Halo 2 at all. I also buy games that are well over 3 years old ...not for much though. What's wrong with playing a game 3 years old??? Cripes, Descent is what.. 10..11 years old now? I STILL play D1. btw, Halo PC still sees about 1000+ players every night.

I'm not going to get it as I'm not happy with being strong armed into having to buy a new OS.

A better trailer here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6653503.stm

That's Halo 3. ..but yes, it Is a better trailer.

I never got to finish the Halo 2 campaign when I borrowed a friend's XBox a couple years ago.

I'd love to play it on PC... but requiring that I buy Vista just makes it way too expensive for me right now.

Foil wrote:I never got to finish the Halo 2 campaign when I borrowed a friend's XBox a couple years ago.

I'd love to play it on PC... but requiring that I buy Vista just makes it way too expensive for me right now.

At least it'll still be there when you get a new computer!

Vista's pretty cool actually. When I get a new system I'll install this handy Ultimate Edition I got laying around.

Spaceboy wrote:Macs are trying to become Pcs, and Pcs are trying to become macs. when they find the middleground, macs're going to die 'cause of being 50x the price.
Ie, a mac charging plug being 200$ as opposed to a 5$ line for a pc.

You finally said something noteworthy. =P

That's really true. Macs are trying to become PCs... I noticed this a long time ago. They still aren't as good as PCs, though. And PCs are trying to become macs... well at least they'll be easier to use! =)

Uh... were we talking about something? Halo 2? What? ^_~

TIGERassault wrote:It doesn't require DX10 for it's graphics capability, it requires DX10 because that's what it was made in, and that's the most efficient free thing out there for the job.

No. The Xbox had the technical equivalent of DirectX 8.1. Dozens of games have been ported from the Xbox to the PC that didn't require DirectX 10. This was a conscientious decision to boost the sales of Windows Vista and promote the Games for Windows initiative.

Kyouryuu wrote:

TIGERassault wrote:It doesn't require DX10 for it's graphics capability, it requires DX10 because that's what it was made in, and that's the most efficient free thing out there for the job.

No. The Xbox had the technical equivalent of DirectX 8.1. Dozens of games have been ported from the Xbox to the PC that didn't require DirectX 10. This was a conscientious decision to boost the sales of Windows Vista and promote the Games for Windows initiative.

I would have thought that, but Microsoft didn't need to use DX10 as a reason to make it Vista-only.

TIGERassault wrote:

Kyouryuu wrote:

TIGERassault wrote:It doesn't require DX10 for it's graphics capability, it requires DX10 because that's what it was made in, and that's the most efficient free thing out there for the job.

No. The Xbox had the technical equivalent of DirectX 8.1. Dozens of games have been ported from the Xbox to the PC that didn't require DirectX 10. This was a conscientious decision to boost the sales of Windows Vista and promote the Games for Windows initiative.

I would have thought that, but Microsoft didn't need to use DX10 as a reason to make it Vista-only.