A valid reason to buy Vista...

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Oh XP, I used to treat it with such disdain. Much to their own detriment, Microsoft managed to hone XP into a relatively usable and stable OS in the five intervening years. Oops.

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iMiga wrote:
My recipe for stable computer and internet life at very low cost, or no cost :
Windows XP
Spybot
Ad-Aware
AVG Free

Add a Core 2 Duo to that list and you're golden.

Oh, and hello  :-D

Hi! :-)

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Van_M wrote:
If wonder if the recommended specs on crysis will be enough. Most of the times you have to add another 30% to the venders recommnded specs in order to enjoy the game with advanced graphics settings and such.

Mmm, I wonder if, in a case like this where the advances in realism of the engine are really being pushed, high recommended specs are touted to emphasise the complexity of the software.