Just to make a quick comment about Windows and Games. That is the Only reason I use Windows. I'm a hardcore gamer, I spend more hours playing games each week than most people do working full time jobs... the operating system of choice to support this habit is Windows.
There are a large number of people out there that would go tell me to "Buy a Console!!!" but I don't want to waste my money on one. I can't bring my self to play a First Person Shooter game like Quake or Half-Life with an analog controller. If someone that plays a console thinks they can hold a candle to my mouse and keyboard in a game like... Halo for example... I'd like to see them try. They couldn't do it.
I get everything I could ever want and more out of my PC gaming experience and don't think I'll ever be able to buy a console. This is coming from someone who went out and bought a Nintendo Entertainment System the day that it was released in the United States.
I would avoid Microsoft if I could, but computer gaming keeps me moving right along with them. I prefer to use Linux though, it does what I want it to and looks the way I want it to... It's mine. Try as you might you can never make Windows your own.
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Just to make a quick comment about Windows and Games. That is the Only reason I use Windows. I'm a hardcore gamer, I spend more hours playing games each week than most people do working full time jobs... the operating system of choice to support this habit is Windows. There are a large number of people out there that would go tell me to "Buy a Console!!!" but I don't want to waste my money on one. I can't bring my self to play a First Person Shooter game like Quake or Half-Life with an analog controller. If someone that plays a console thinks they can hold a candle to my mouse and keyboard in a game like... Halo for example... I'd like to see them try. They couldn't do it. I get everything I could ever want and more out of my PC gaming experience and don't think I'll ever be able to buy a console. This is coming from someone who went out and bought a Nintendo Entertainment System the day that it was released in the United States. I would avoid Microsoft if I could, but computer gaming keeps me moving right along with them. I prefer to use Linux though, it does what I want it to and looks the way I want it to... It's mine. Try as you might you can never make Windows your own.