Free Speech - Some people just don't like it

[Fisherking]

Wise words in general there Didz, but that last paragaph is the clincher for me.

Is it some built-in compatibility issue with the game? Motherboard drivers? The colour of the case? There's so many variables when it comes to PCs (both soft- & hardware). Then there's the setup of the rig in question...

It boggles my mind that the thing works on anything.

LOL!

Had Apple licensed their OS we wouldn’t have this problem!

But we are stuck with the IBM and Microsoft legacy.

It was apparent even in the days of DOS that running a new game was always going to be a headache.

Every one was a new exercise in patience as you tried to revamp the config.sys to get it to run. Now we can’t even do that.

Most problems are system problems. But publishers have to address them and it does take time.

[Beskar]

Had Apple licensed their OS we wouldn’t have this problem!

We would. Apple OS is only so stable because Apple themselves produce the machines for it to run on and there is no variation at all between the computers hardly. The fact is, if Apple OS licensed it, their work load would instantly skyrocket and they would actually lose business as people would realise that is the whole "stability" argument is a bad one.

Mac advertise a lot of things, to say they are superior to Windows, it is actually amusing. In the adverts "We don't get many viruses, it is because we are better." the answer isn't that, the real answer is "We don't get many viruses as less than 4% of Computer users actually use a Mac OS." If you was writing a virus, to scam people, would you target 96% of the population or 4%? It is common sense.

As a note, I used to be a Mac user, so I know from experience they are extremely overrated. I used to love the old adverts where they said their processers were 5 times superior to Intel's processor, often comparing the two for years upon years in their adverts, the they launched the Intel Mac saying "They are better than ever."