Windowless world.

[Basil Chupin]

On 10/10/2010 00:41, Michael Haney wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 6:04 AM, Basil Chupin<blchupin at iinet.net.au>  wrote:
>    
>> On 09/10/2010 19:07, Michael Haney wrote:
>>
>> [slice]
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>>      
>>> [dice]
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>> Somehow this, "Does not compute".
>>
>> Why would he spend $3,000 on something to be used with Windows when
>> "he's been and still is a heavy Mac user.....he  simply couldn't stand
>> Windows anymore"; and so why spend $3000 on a Windows system? The mind
>> simply boggles at such a procurement...... Ah, he has money to spend,
>> right? :-) .
>>
>>      
> Its "strictly" a gaming system.  He bought it specifically for Final
> Fantasy XIV, the new MMO that has pretty high system requirements.  He
> switches over to his Macbook Pro with a kvm to browse the web and
> download files.  The gaming rig does have AV software.  Everything
> else he does he does using his Macbook Pro.
>
> He did consider Ubuntu for the gaming system but went with Windows 7
> instead because Wine didn't work with most of his games.
>    
Ah, OK, understood.

OK, Wine I know is the poor cousin of CrossOver (well, you know what I 
mean) but CrossOver wouldn't work either? Or what about VirtualBox or 
even the not-free VMWare?

I'm not arguing but just asking as I don't have the experience with 
these except that I have used VirtualBox and so this would be an 
education for me.

BC

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