Windows is buggy and slow lets buy a Mac

[fishy_fiz]

Im not a fan as such, but I dont dislike Windows either (XP Pro here). It's a useful tool with lots of good software, and for the rare occasion Im in the mood for a modern game (beyond the current gen consoles which are showing thier ages(although still good fun)), the most advanced gaming system anywhere. The system itself isnt fun for me in the way amiga os/aros is, but its software makes it essential for me. Pretty much parallels OSX, but I dont really like *nix, and do on occasion enjoy modern gaming, so will stick with Windows for when I need something unattainable on my hobby systems (os3.x and aros).

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Id have quoted, but amiga.org has the worst layout for responding to particular posts ever. cant for the life of me find how to quote, or how to respond to a particular post. Anyway...

Nobody cares about pc gaming anymore ?  What drugs are you on, and can I have the number to your dealer please ?  Windows gets just as many exclusives as consoles (granted a lot are fps games), and the majority of multiplatform games also get a Windows version, which is often the best version (Street Fighter IV, Assassins Creed, Devil May Cry 4, Grand Theft Auto 4, Saints Row2 to name just a few). Im currently doing a 3 year course at uni based around game development and the majority of people there are gamers, and thier machine of choice is Windows. Most who have consoles also have a WIndows system. There's actually no-one in my classes who chose consoles for gaming over Windows (although I expect this doesn't accurately reflect the rest of the world being that my classmates are interested in the creative side of gaming, where not everyone into gaming is).
Being that this is a forum, anything positive about a format that someone doesnt like will probably be put down to the person saying something positive to fanboy-ism. To beat likely offenders to the punch here I should state that Im in no way, shape or form a Windows fan (nor do I dislike it). I just like to use the right tool for the right job, and there's some things Windows does better than any other system, so I'll use it for situations where that's the case.

[fishy_fiz]

If someone can explain to me why Windows needs all those gigabytes of hard drive space I might calm down.

It doesnt. Default install is large, but it doesnt need all the stuff it installs by default. also a good chunk of the size a Windows install uses is for page and swapfiles. Really though it's no bigger than most modern Linux distros (for example) when similar amounts of useless crap is installed on both. My XP pro install for example is less than 300meg, and it could be much smaller if I could be bothered to take the time to remove more useless garbage. Just a shame you have to use a 3rd party tool (WinLite was my choice) to get rid of unneccessary junk.

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@runequestor

Sure, but piracy plays a huge part in this, and those figures represent boxed products, which in this day and age is only a modest chunk of the money gaming makes. PC gaming still represents the largest percentage of money spent in the gaming industry due in no small way to online games.

[fishy_fiz]

http://www.videogamer.com/news/pc_gaming_markets_annual_revenue_is_11_billion.html quite heavily suggests otherwise, and its actually current as opposed to predictions. Not that I care really, people can enjoy whatever platform they like, but clearly pc gaming is far from dying, its just for the most part heading down a different path than the consoles (as it always has).
Not important anyway, and sorry for being off topic people.

[fishy_fiz]

As I stated my Windows install is roughly (slightly under) 300meg. A far cry from 10gig.

[fishy_fiz]

Nah, it's just the base install. Windows, WMP, IE, etc. For equivalent feature set its not a huge difference. Yes, there are very streamlined Linux distros out there, but any OS can be streamlined if a person is inclined, including Windows. Win9x has been cut back to less than 10 meg (considerably less when using Win95) by some people (and no, not saying it's the only system that can be made this small).
Not important, but 1TB drives can be bought for less than that. Just checked my local computer shop and they have 1TB drives from $89 AUD (49 GBP).

[fishy_fiz]

XP + SP3 is relatively recent. The majority of the entire OS is replaced by this point.

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@smerf
Window7 changes nothing compared to Vista for gaming. Contrary to popular belief there's not a huge difference between the 2. Windows7 isnt far removed from a fine tuned Vista. The kernel is just a point revision above Vistas, and the "userland" isnt hugely different either, but tidied up a little with less unnecessary processes resident. In fact a lot of benchmarks suggest that Windows7 is in fact fractionally slower than Vista for gaming. As for "how much better todays games are".... compared to what ? Isnt the quality of a game all in the eye of the beholder ? I generally prefer older style games, the majority of new games, while audiovisually attractive dont hold my interest for more than a few hours. There are some exceptions and some new games I very much enjoy (cant wait to play Alan Wake), but quality of a game is dictated by the game, not the era, graphics, system its running on, etc.

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The marketting of Windows7 was interesting in my opinion. They used the exact tactics Apple used to derail Vista, but in a positive way, and it actually appears to have worked. They simply sent out the message that "it's better/good" as opposed to Apples negative Vista marketting that "it's bad". People bought into it in both cases.