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Oh yeah? Let him know you can jump from the studio to the second island, collect all 100 packages, and get the attack helicopter before finishing any mission besides the first one.
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Been there, done that.
(i found the map on the net).ehbowen: Sorry we've hijacked your thread
as you probably can tell the debate between Monopoly$oft users vs. everybody else can be quite heated sometimes. If your demands is as you said then i really think Linux in combination with some of the office packages are what you're looking for.
There's tons of information on the net about Win2k security and performance tuning. Just google it. Pay attention to what services your running, there are lots of websites that will describe what the different services are for and which are really necessary for the home user. Also I'd recommend reformatting your drive from FAT to NTFS if it didn't come that way by default. NTFS with proper user security is more than adequately secure. AVG and Spybot S&D are good for virus/spyware respectively and both are free.
As for security while you can run many of the free software firewalls, if your using broadband I'd invest in an inexpensive DSL router from D-Link or LinkSys. These can usually be bought from between $80-$200 (Canadian dollars I'm talking). This way you can lock down any ports not being used and simply open them up as needed. This combination offers the best scenario for security. That way you don't need to configure your 2000 machine to act as a gateway for the internet, plug both PC's into the router, plug the DSL/Cable modem into the router, and TCP/IP will do the rest.
As for gaming, console systems are certainly much lower in the maintenance department. However there is indeed great flexability in PC for gaming. Most new graphics cards have some form of TV-Out option on them, letting you pipe the screen onto your TV, however large (using S-Video usually). With USB and USB hubs multiple controllers are not a problem. As for games, since there is an emulator for most every classic console system ever conceived, there are plenty of multi-player games to choose from.
The price of a quality gaming machine has dropped dramatically. I recently rebuilt my entire PC for the cost of $1000(Again Canadian dollars). That included new monitor and everything, it runs every game currently available. You can spend an obscene amount of money on graphics cards, but that's only if your chasing the "latest and greatest". Most normal people buy a card that is 1 generation old, or by the midrange card of the most current generation. Its the best balance of price and usability. So far as upgrading goes...How often do new console systems appear? Seems to be about every 5-10 years or so no? One can run a gaming PC, and play the multitude of games available for that level of technology for as many years as you feel like having that PC. At some point console systems also reach a limit of graphics capabilities, and then of course you are required to go buy a new console to get the latest and greatest. Although obviously the costs for a console system are much cheaper. I do find it interesting however that more and more console systems are acting as a replacement for people's PC's because they are becoming more and more PC's themselves. Hard-drives, LAN cards, programmable OS's. Their really not very different anymore. The same graphic cards you put in your PC is essentially the same card sitting in your PS2 or X-Box. So take that for what its worth. I use both personally, best of both worlds.
As for security while you can run many of the free software firewalls, if your using broadband I'd invest in an inexpensive DSL router from D-Link or LinkSys. These can usually be bought from between $80-$200 (Canadian dollars I'm talking). This way you can lock down any ports not being used and simply open them up as needed. This combination offers the best scenario for security. That way you don't need to configure your 2000 machine to act as a gateway for the internet, plug both PC's into the router, plug the DSL/Cable modem into the router, and TCP/IP will do the rest.
As for gaming, console systems are certainly much lower in the maintenance department. However there is indeed great flexability in PC for gaming. Most new graphics cards have some form of TV-Out option on them, letting you pipe the screen onto your TV, however large (using S-Video usually). With USB and USB hubs multiple controllers are not a problem. As for games, since there is an emulator for most every classic console system ever conceived, there are plenty of multi-player games to choose from.
The price of a quality gaming machine has dropped dramatically. I recently rebuilt my entire PC for the cost of $1000(Again Canadian dollars). That included new monitor and everything, it runs every game currently available. You can spend an obscene amount of money on graphics cards, but that's only if your chasing the "latest and greatest". Most normal people buy a card that is 1 generation old, or by the midrange card of the most current generation. Its the best balance of price and usability. So far as upgrading goes...How often do new console systems appear? Seems to be about every 5-10 years or so no? One can run a gaming PC, and play the multitude of games available for that level of technology for as many years as you feel like having that PC. At some point console systems also reach a limit of graphics capabilities, and then of course you are required to go buy a new console to get the latest and greatest. Although obviously the costs for a console system are much cheaper. I do find it interesting however that more and more console systems are acting as a replacement for people's PC's because they are becoming more and more PC's themselves. Hard-drives, LAN cards, programmable OS's. Their really not very different anymore. The same graphic cards you put in your PC is essentially the same card sitting in your PS2 or X-Box. So take that for what its worth. I use both personally, best of both worlds
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