I really don't quite get you guys who are making statements akin to "well my box cost $600 and it plays games just fine". WHAT games? Quake 2? Flight Simulator 98? The original Sim City? No $600 machine is going to crank out the polys that are required for today's (and tomorrow's) proc-intensive madly expensive PC game crop. The cost of a high end vid card alone starts around $300-$400 these days. They have us where it hurts, boys...and I'm willing to fork over, too.
My point is: My mom's VW gets to the grocery just fine too...but I'd much rather go in a Porsche. I guess it's all up to preference and what you're into.
Sorry, is it just me, or is it kinda obvious that if you don't change the default password on ANY DEVICE you're pretty much opening yourself to the rest of the world? That's totally user foolishness imho; gotta be smarter than your equipment. Jeez.
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I really don't quite get you guys who are making statements akin to "well my box cost $600 and it plays games just fine". WHAT games? Quake 2? Flight Simulator 98? The original Sim City? No $600 machine is going to crank out the polys that are required for today's (and tomorrow's) proc-intensive madly expensive PC game crop. The cost of a high end vid card alone starts around $300-$400 these days. They have us where it hurts, boys...and I'm willing to fork over, too. My point is: My mom's VW gets to the grocery just fine too...but I'd much rather go in a Porsche. I guess it's all up to preference and what you're into.
Sorry, is it just me, or is it kinda obvious that if you don't change the default password on ANY DEVICE you're pretty much opening yourself to the rest of the world? That's totally user foolishness imho; gotta be smarter than your equipment. Jeez.