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| SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: rdl on July 09, 2020, 06:33:11 pm ---I'm probably going to build a new PC later this year. It will have to run Windows 10 because the only reason for it is games. Because of that, unlike every new PC I've built in the past, I'm not looking forward to this one. That's pretty sad. --- End quote --- I'm in your arms and you are kissing me but there seems to be something missing in your kissing the love we knew is just a memory it's turned into a comedy The thrill is gone! The thrill is gone! I can see it in your eyes, I can hear it in your sighs, Feel your touch and realize The thrill is gone. The nights are cold, For love is old. Love was grand when love was new, Birds were singing, skies were blue. Now it don't appeal to you, The thrill is gone. This is the end, so why pretend And let it linger on. The thrill is gone. |
| themadhippy:
--- Quote ---I'm probably going to build a new PC later this year. It will have to run Windows 10 because the only reason for it is games --- End quote --- was in a similar dilemma a few years back,and bought a games console, upgrading to a newer console last year still cost less than a decent graphics card |
| rdl:
The last console I bought was a SNES. The problem I have with modern consoles is that you're locked into their system. You constantly have to be online with them. I've started using GOG instead of Steam for the same reason. No DRM, download a game once, disconnect and play as much as you want. |
| rsjsouza:
--- Quote from: Monkeh on July 09, 2020, 03:17:53 pm --- --- Quote from: rsjsouza on July 09, 2020, 01:20:02 pm ---Don't bucket everyone that wants to be left alone with their fully working system as arrogant. Pushing innocuous and undesirable GUI updates and being careless to downtime and loss of productivity is the element of arrogance here. --- End quote --- That's it, only one party is ever wrong.. and it's never you. --- End quote --- I disagree with your generalization, not the need to keep the system free of backdoors through critical security patches - they are important and the vast majority of times they are not disruptive. The inability to control how and when the less important patches (GUI, etc) will be applied is the problem, together with the ever increasing telemetry and set/reset of user options. --- Quote from: Monkeh on July 09, 2020, 03:17:53 pm ---Who said I have full control? I can choose when it decides to give me everything. That's all I get. But it's reliable. --- End quote --- So, by your own account you apply patches only when you want, not when MS does. :-// --- Quote from: Monkeh on July 09, 2020, 03:17:53 pm ---Feel free to use the Enterprise edition yourself. --- End quote --- I don't think this license legally covers private citizens, but I may be wrong. --- Quote from: Monkeh on July 09, 2020, 03:17:53 pm ---I really wish they hadn't put it together this way, but they did. --- End quote --- I totally agree with you. Unfortunately, as I mentioned before, I tried to play along a few years ago and got shafted more than once. Other alternatives are more encouraging by the day. Unfortunately Microsoft forgot that, if you piss people off too much, they end up looking at alternatives and it becomes hard to bring them back. |
| themadhippy:
--- Quote ---you're locked into their system --- End quote --- true enough,and my choice was made solely by the games i wanted to play --- Quote ---You constantly have to be online with them. --- End quote --- nope,my xbox gets briefly connected when i buy a new game and thats all,yea it nags you occasionally but that can be ignored |
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