Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: philg Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Consoles are dead! Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 17:18:14 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 38 Message-ID: <35FFE4C6.5319CD2C@easynet.co.uk> References: <6t9jul$pf54@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <6t9pe6$pf55@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <01bde180$c8feb0c0$7fa74bc2@coco> NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.131.140.246 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) JohnT wrote: > This is why there are plenty of PC centers which are there to do the > upgrades for you at a fair price. That's if you don't buy a PC with all the > good stuff inside it already!! A good Windows 95 based game will install > and run without any hassles even for those people who are total novices. > These days you don't need to be a computer geek to own a PC. > > JohnT Only true if you want to run brand new games. Have you ever tried installing or running older DOS games under Win 95 or 98 (worse under 98)? Some time ago I and a friend set up and installed some games on some computers for use by residents at a hostel for the homeless. There was one brand new PC running Windows 95 and two second-hand 7-year-old Apple Mac IIci machines. The Macs had had their hard disks wiped, so during the course of the evening I installed System software on both machines, tweaked them for maximum performance and installed a whole load of games on them. A lot of the games were shareware efforts. Some of the games dated back to 1993, others were brand new. All ran flawlessly without problems on the Macs. Meanwhile, during the course of the evening, my friend tackled the PC. Now this guy sets up PCs and NT networks for a living, yet by the end of the evening he had failed to get one game working on the PC. He spent most of the time struggling with getting Windows 95 to recognise the CD-ROM drive. He gave up in the end. Now, the PC at the hostel is always switched off. The Macs are in constant use and haven't needed any attention since I set them up over a year ago. Draw your own conclusions. Phil