No, I'm running Windows 2000 as my main machine for games and software. I skipped the millienium upgrade... it offered nothing for me.
I have not encountered a game I own yet that does not run in Windows 2000.
I have been nothing but impressed with Windows 2000. True, it costs a good deal, but you get a reliable stable operating system that runs a majority of software and games out there optimally. My Win2K box hasn't crashed once since I've started it up 2 months ago, and I've only had to reboot for a couple of major changes (installing the free service pack, for example).
I say if you're used to Linux stability, but still want to run Windows 98 software and games, jump up to Windows 2000. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
(And if you hear any naysayers out there, chances are they've never tried it and are only working off a Linux box.)
I'm not so sure about "many of the folks in the industry will admit freely to doing the same things". We have a hard enough time getting IT manangers to admit to their bosses they're using Linux/FreeBSD on the mail server. What makes people think that saying "Gee boss, I'm a hacker" is any easier?
Or you could just reinstall MacOS and get the thing up and running in minutes. Or spend a few hundred on an Intel machine and use Windows 98 to get it up in seconds.
This has shades of Mac gaming everywhere. Games that come a year to 18 months after the release of the original PC title, don't perform as well (in benchmarks and in sales) and ultimately the platform flounders as a gaming machine.
Like the Sony Playstation 2, it's an "entertainment center". It's built like a console, but with features like a hard-drive and this new Tivo-like possible technology, it's more of a family entertainment system than a game machine.
PS2 has DVD-playing software built right in (with the drivers on the memory card and updatable). People were asking Sony at first whether it was for playing games or watching movies. Their answer: both.
I thought the speech was actually surprisingly good. If you ever get a chance to play the "Alpiner" game, you will hear some of the best synthesized voice on a computer - ever.
If they have my first computer, the Texas Instruments 99/4A (TI-99/4A), I'm there. Started programming BASIC on that thing at the age of 6. It had a surprisingly robust assembly language as well.
Ask any person with a hankering for things like online auctions: PayPal is king. The referal bonus is a nice add-on, but they are also fast, can direct deposit to your bank account quickly, and take a variety of security steps to ensure the safety of your transaction (people can't accounts quickly - usually a few days are needed to confirm addresses, credit cards and bank accounts.
I also think it's one of the reasons why pay sites like eBay and match.com work where sites like Yahoo Auctions and oneandonlypersonals.com don't: people are willing to pay for quality. If it legitmizes the purchaser and purchasee, people will pay for it.
But the models and textures are on the client, and presumably if they are licensed from Verant (and not owned) they cannot be used to recreate other worlds, even in "emulation".
If they were constructing completely new worlds, with new textures and new landscapes, I could understand it being legal. But from what I see on their site... no, it's not.
I've seen it and I'm unimpressed. It's no more revolutionary than the M100 Palm is touting around. I'd rather have a VII with wireless capabilities than a Palm with more memory (I've never filled up the 2MB on my Palm IIIe).
I liken Linux's game attempts to another's: the game.com portable. Good games, but with little name recognition and an interface not entirely built for games (it was more internet than games) it failed.
The gaming future belongs to the consoles: X-Box, PS2, Dreamcast and Gamecube. Not PC's.
Every day in corporations across America, someone installs a server OS they have no intention of installing on the client. Samba is becoming a viable alternative to NT: is anyone surprised the clients are still running Windows?
Personally, I see this as the right way of doing things. Linux is good as a server, and I like to play around with it on my machine (I program for class on it). But from my own tests, I would never install it on my family's machine.
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No, I'm running Windows 2000 as my main machine for games and software. I skipped the millienium upgrade... it offered nothing for me. I have not encountered a game I own yet that does not run in Windows 2000.
I say if you're used to Linux stability, but still want to run Windows 98 software and games, jump up to Windows 2000. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
(And if you hear any naysayers out there, chances are they've never tried it and are only working off a Linux box.)
I don't recall Diablo II being touted for Windows 2000....
Have any of you PLAYED Diablo II in Windows? System crashes? Other problems? I didn't think so.
Who needs a port? It runs in Windows 98 just fine.
I'm not so sure about "many of the folks in the industry will admit freely to doing the same things". We have a hard enough time getting IT manangers to admit to their bosses they're using Linux/FreeBSD on the mail server. What makes people think that saying "Gee boss, I'm a hacker" is any easier?
Or you could just reinstall MacOS and get the thing up and running in minutes. Or spend a few hundred on an Intel machine and use Windows 98 to get it up in seconds.
Been going on the Mac for the past 10 years...
Does it scare anyone that some of these rocks get this close before anyone noticed them?
PS2 has DVD-playing software built right in (with the drivers on the memory card and updatable). People were asking Sony at first whether it was for playing games or watching movies. Their answer: both.
I thought the speech was actually surprisingly good. If you ever get a chance to play the "Alpiner" game, you will hear some of the best synthesized voice on a computer - ever.
If they have my first computer, the Texas Instruments 99/4A (TI-99/4A), I'm there. Started programming BASIC on that thing at the age of 6. It had a surprisingly robust assembly language as well.
What is QNX? What is sawfish?
I'll still use Amazon.
They ripped the interface right from a Kaleidoscope scheme for Macintosh.
I think they mean Linux, FreeBSD, and other Unix-like systems has Microsoft running scared.
Rock? Glass houses? Hmm...
I also think it's one of the reasons why pay sites like eBay and match.com work where sites like Yahoo Auctions and oneandonlypersonals.com don't: people are willing to pay for quality. If it legitmizes the purchaser and purchasee, people will pay for it.
Truth be told, we're just trying to find ways to dance around the legal issue.
If they were constructing completely new worlds, with new textures and new landscapes, I could understand it being legal. But from what I see on their site... no, it's not.
As I said yesterday, Hackersquest is copying a copyrighted world, actively in use by hundreds of thousands of people. How is this legal?
I've seen it and I'm unimpressed. It's no more revolutionary than the M100 Palm is touting around. I'd rather have a VII with wireless capabilities than a Palm with more memory (I've never filled up the 2MB on my Palm IIIe).
The gaming future belongs to the consoles: X-Box, PS2, Dreamcast and Gamecube. Not PC's.
Personally, I see this as the right way of doing things. Linux is good as a server, and I like to play around with it on my machine (I program for class on it). But from my own tests, I would never install it on my family's machine.
But if they're copying things verbatim... no.