OT Action Computer games

[Ed Greshko]

Tim wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-04-22 at 02:21 +0100, Steve Searle wrote:
>> I'll no doubt attract the odd flame, but to be honest in these
>> circumstances I think he would be better with a MS Windows PC.  The
>> games that his peers will be playing, and that he will probably want
>> to play are just not available for GNU/Linux. 
> 
> I'd go a bit further:  Unless you actually wanted to play some specific
> Windows games, you're better off with a games box rather than a PC.  You
> don't have to worry about hard ware compatibility, installation
> headaches, viruses, trojans, etc., it just (generally) works.
> 
> Not to mention that if you like to take a box around to a mates place to
> play network games, one simple console box is easier to lug about than
> PC, plus keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers...

I'm not into gaming...  But I wonder how well that works if the kid in
question wants to play those games played over the net?


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