[GLLUG] Building a new system

Benjamin Minshall minshal1 at msu.edu
Thu Jul 24 16:57:16 EDT 2003


Jeremy Bowers wrote:
> Keyes, Randall wrote:
> 
>> If you can't laugh at yourself... :)
>>
>> Still, my wife is a PC gamer who constantly is cursing M$, so if you 
>> folk hear of a viable alternative for playing PC games on another OS, 
>> let us know. :)
>>
>> I hope to get WINE running on a machine for her this fall, but I've 
>> seen mixed reviews.  She's a heavy RPG'r.
> 
> 
> Seriously... consider a console. I always thought of myself as a 
> computer gamer but lately gaming rigs have gotten *much* more expensive, 
> relatively speaking.
> 
> ....

I have to agree with Jeremy on this one; I was once a dedicated PC 
gamer, but that all changed once I got the Xbox.  I hardly play anything 
on PC anymore.  The console is leaps and bounds cheaper than PC game 
hardware, the games are the same price, and the experience is much more 
enjoyable.

-Ben



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