you don't necessarily need to update the system. windows xp will run on a p733 with 384mb ram fine. A little slower but fine. At 05:26 a.m. 20/01/2007, you wrote: >xp may have dropped down in price, but the computer itself, plus legal >copies of screenreaders, blah blah blah, you know the trick, you'd be >spending more than £2500 over here, which, as an 18-year-old college student >in the uk, i don't even get in a year. > >regards, > >damien > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]>; "USA Games List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 2:22 PM >Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Future USA Games product designs. > > >> Hello Tom. I would vote for the faster game release. Meaning, I would >> suggest you stick to what you have already rather than restarting the >> code. The reason I say this is not to leave out those users who have >> problems, but rather thinking of those users who have been waiting a >> while for the games to come out. >> >> Perhaps in a later version you could rewrite the games, but I would >> guess that most users who have been waiting already as it is would >> rather see the games sooner than later. >> >> I realize of course that if you finish the games now that a rewrite for >> a future version would be a lot more work so of course that is something >> to consider. Thing is, people who run old computers like win 95/98/me >> are behind the times. When other companies, and I don't mean accessible >> ones, make new games, they will be making them for the current operating >> systems. This is nothing personal, but rather, life. >> >> I tell anyone who still uses win 9x that although it might cost some >> money to upgrade, it's just a fact that their system is old and if >> he/she wants to play the latest games or run the latest applications, >> one needs a newer computer and a newer operating system. >> >> What I would suggest is to perhaps pick a release date of DirectX and >> .net and stick with that for the game release. Let's say for example, if >> a DirectX version comes out February 1 2007 this year, use that and even >> if the game is not ready until November this year, make it so the game >> will work with that version and above. This gives people a long time to >> make sure they have the files they need to run the games. >> >> Again, let me be clear to anyone reading this. I'm not saying if you are >> running an old computer and operating system, that it's just too bad. >> I'm simply saying that reality here is that Windows 9x is out and >> windows 2k/xp/vista is in. I would bet that most everyone is running at >> least 2k or xp. And really, being honest here, an XP operating system >> has dropped in price over the last year or so, and will continue to drop >> with Vista coming out. >> >> All the best. >> >> -- >> Raul A. Gallegos ... IliwSsmc >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can >> visit >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make >> any subscription changes via the web. >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] >To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make >any subscription changes via the web.
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