[geeks] Sun to adopt newest Intel Xeon chips for upcoming servers (link)

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Joshua Boyd wrote:
>> Console games are almost always dumbed down compared to PC games.
>>
>> Unfortunately, now that a lot of games are released for both console and
>> PC, they are dumbing down the PC versions too.
>>
>> Oblivion is one example. Great game, but it has severe flaws that are
>> directly because of it being crammed into the Xbox 360.  
>>
>> I really like how PC games can be easily modified, and a lot of game
>> makers are actively encouraging it.
>>
>> You can do mods to (some) Xbox 360 games, but the process is painful and
>> it just doesn't work well. Almost no one does it. Also, if you have any
>> kind of problem, there is almost no way to fix it.
> 
> There are a lot of strong points for PC gaming.  I just found that for
> me it wasn't worth the hassle of keeping a windows computer, or even a
> reasonably current computer around for that purpose.

I don't keep a Windows box around for gaming anymore.  I just use Cedega 
under NetBSD.  It works well enough.

But then, that doesn't solve the problem with keeping a reasonably 
current computer around.

Peace...  Sridhar