the original Xbox was fantastic graphically. Microsoft did a good job. It's the only console from that generation i liked. ...

Hated Steam when I first got it, to the point where it was that I could't even play the games I had on it, it frustrated me, especially since offline mode didn't work when my internet went out on that ...

They are now, look at the graphical needs of the Orange Box (Excluding portal, which is a mod of the base HL2 stuff) and look at Left 4 Dead, heavier on the graphics and CPU than CS:S (which i still l ...

I've been saying that since i got into pc gaming...."i can't afford this video card to play this game..." and then i'm stuck on older stuff (i still lay CSS and 1.6....it's awesome) Valve ha ...

Yeah, in theory, it could have me buying an AMD, in theory mind you, if they don't get it fixed, in theory. ...

On that hardware, what will you run? I love nintendo 64 as much as the next dude, but i'm sure they already have had those. ...

Yes and no to it being deskspace. Linux has integrated desk space. adding extra "Workspaces" which by default are transferrable, by a click on the bar, where there can be as many as you'd l ...

Compiz isn't really a desktop environment, it's more just an application like RocketDock is to Windows. It's just special effects to lure someone to finding linux cooler and more aesthetically pleasin ...

I believe so to an extent, however didn't you know Gordon Freeman is a real dude? (perhaps different name)I seen an image about that big bang theory machine in europe (don't know much about it as you ...

I agree somewhat, however, see it this way. Notebooks are where everything is going, into Virtualization of all data, like what the netbook would be used for in a business setting, (wait till i get to ...

I will notuse IE8. It's poorly made, and crashes when I try to login to a Microsoft Exchange Server...and crashes some programs I need while I'm at my job. The browser is pulling an "Apple Comput ...

I don't know if this is a typo or not, but the Q9300 and Q8200S come out to both be $213. If that is actually the numbers, then that is redundant because then who would pick the lesser?Intel Core 2 Qu ...

I don't know if the virtual environment idea is a good one, this is one of the reasons... ...

I second this comment. I've bee hacked before, it's not pleasant, i managed to login and boot him after he unlearned my 450 herbalism and took some of my stuff and all 2k of my gold. No worries, i am ...

I remember a time when steam only offered Valve games, so it could happen, them buying out other companies, and taking their games and selling them. ...

I wish it were so, i'd be tossing out bottles of red instead of pressing buttons, and chugging down blue ones (healer...if you didn't get the joke) Or i'd be selling blue and red ones in the Auction ...

My fiancee's sister is a mac fanatic....and every time i tell her something is stupid on it, or doesn't work, or i can't fix it because it's ass backwards, me being a linux person myself, she after 2 ...

Indeed, i have had terrible luck getting help or paid programs, but the open source help forums are SUPER fast, and most people explain things so you know why something happens. I get every question o ...

Agreed, my mom finds out via facebook, and not by my hand, that someone pulled a small hit and run on me and my fiancee last night. See the wonders of it? I've got a pissed off mother because someone ...

I have one of the "failure models" mentioned here, a 9500m GS. It's still running fine, i use a cooling pad on it if i'm gonna play anything that was made after FEAR, just as a precaution. I ...

I love laptops, i game on one for the convienience of being able to go outside, sit on the couch, or lay down, same goes for working and browsing...however i wouldn't buy this. I paid 1k (just under) ...

What is twitter? Another Facebook/Myspace thing? Isn't it enough when my family types a play by play of their lives on Facebook, and i get emailed all the boring, stupid, irritating, and dramatic stat ...

Basically, that's all i'm doing on my windows machine, right now backing up my current installation of windows, at this very date, using Acronis, then putting it on my old trusty Western Digital Passp ...

this is an accidental doublepost, damn microsoft's double click. ...

Just when i thought PC gaming was somewhere I could evade all of this "BUY THIS TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE ONLINE MODE" or "You can't join this game server because you haven't bought this c ...