Xgl, wow!

[Jari-Matti Mäkelä]

Georg Wrede wrote:
> Don Clugston wrote:
>>
>> I think that the games market is tremendously important to Microsoft's
>> market share. If it were to lose that, it would be game over. Seriously.
> 
> This might be something for Apple. They've got a lot of good press and
> goodwill lately: iPods, Intel-Macs, etc. And they have a user base where
> folks are used to paying (overprice) for everything. Since they control
> both the hardware and the OS, there's never a problem with drivers or
> compatibility.
> 
> Imagine buying the newest computer game -- and just _knowing_ it
> _works_!  NO hassle.
> 
> I'd pay extra just for the peace of mind.

In that case you should consider game consoles. The semi-old ones (Sega
Megadrive, SNES, ...) are IMO the best.

The game-intensive Vista will be the most expensive version and have the
best DRM-technologies available. Since it's possible to do almost
everything else with Mac/Linux/BSD, the only reason to buy Vista will be
new games. I suppose most proprietary business/educational software will
still run on XP (and a bit later with WINE).

-- 
Jari-Matti