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Subject: Halo 2 PC on Vista is not a bad thing, we benefit from this!
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>You guys don't realise how we benefit from this. It may be the odd more cash but this bit of software can perform functions that XP can't. It also performs Halo 2 PC much better, its not a bad thing, in fact Bungie done us a favour! Can you imagine how much better this game will be than the xbox version... its guna be awesome i say , awesome!

  • 02.09.2006 12:57 PM PDT
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We Know! We dont need a million threads. Lets stand up and rejoice at M$ for being a sick bunch of corrupt ----ards.

  • 02.09.2006 1:00 PM PDT
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The kids in this forum are just angry because their parents don't want to buy them a new OS.

[Edited on 2/9/2006]

  • 02.09.2006 1:01 PM PDT
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Live for yourself!

People will always have conflicting opinions, so just deal with it and stop whining.

I don't know much about Vista myself, but it does look nice and, from what I have heard about it anyways, it will be very good. Though, it won't be getting it when it comes out on it's first day.

  • 02.09.2006 1:08 PM PDT
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hey man, i got nothing against Vista. Im sure that it will be a much better OS than XP, but I think that it is despicable that Microsoft is pretty much forcing us gamers to upgrade to Vista to play H2. There are certainly many XP machines that could play it (including mine), and now I will eventually have to buy an OS that will most likely cost $300+ to play H2. Im sorry, but if that isnt a push to buy Vista than nothing is.

  • 02.09.2006 3:29 PM PDT
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Yeah i know, but they are using it to their advantage, making Halo 2 pc awesome, and also we are in no need of upgrading so it can save teh future hassle...

  • 02.09.2006 3:43 PM PDT
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Now I'm pissed.

My PC is only a year old, with Windows XP. I doubt that I could upgrade to Vista without buying a new PC, depending on requirements for a 64-bit processor. If I upgrade, that's over a few thousand dollars "well spent" on Halo 2 pc.

This doesn't make sense from a technical aspect anyway. If the Xbox could do halo 2, so can our existing PC's and OS's.

I don't have the money, nor the will, to buy new equipment to play a game that can work just as goddamn well on our current systems and OS!

  • 02.09.2006 3:46 PM PDT
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Nick my friend, wait for teh specs in the future, your computer is good by hte sounds of the stuff you tell me and it will handle Vista my friend...

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Not if it requires 64 bit processors.

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Heh, no it won't bro, they wouldn't do that. But i have a 129 bit processor so im safe :P

Unbeleivable amounts of people bought an XBOX just for Halo 2, so why can't peopel just buy a basic OS for their computer, people are devastating themselves about the price, it may be suitable.

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  • 02.09.2006 4:00 PM PDT
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yea we all know you have a 129 bit processor.....


ok well for all of you people out there that dont know much about vista. 2 words that you need to know are "trusted computing". look it up and it'l change your mind about buying vista.

  • 02.09.2006 4:18 PM PDT
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Posted by: TITAN_CRONUS
hey man, i got nothing against Vista. Im sure that it will be a much better OS than XP, but I think that it is despicable that Microsoft is pretty much forcing us gamers to upgrade to Vista to play H2. There are certainly many XP machines that could play it (including mine), and now I will eventually have to buy an OS that will most likely cost $300+ to play H2. Im sorry, but if that isnt a push to buy Vista than nothing is.


Exactly. I won't be getting Vista till I get a new computer in a few years and by then Halo 2 PC will be in the bargin bin. Not worth the cost to play a slightly updated version of game I already have? How many new customers can they think they will get with this? I know its not a bet the company flagship title more of a vista bonus but geez. It better have so many new and different features to make it practically a new game to make it worth it. Halo CE PC had online a major thing the Xbox version lacked. But this?

  • 02.09.2006 4:22 PM PDT
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who says you have to be an ace to have fun?

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Stupid parents let their stupid children play games that are rated M when they should be playing Big Birds Spelling Adventures

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Also the AR is actually good in CQB now and no longer a glorified baseball bat.

Did you ever think that Windows Vista code and Windows XP code might not be compatible?
It might take too much work for Microsoft and Bungie to make it compatible with both.
It would probably be two different games because of the coding, and they probably wouldn't be compatible.

  • 02.09.2006 4:23 PM PDT

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  • 02.09.2006 4:23 PM PDT

Halo 2 PC on Vista is not a bad thing, we benefit from this!
Not me. >:|

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I've got an even better idea than buying Vista. Buy a Mac. No viruses and reliable.

  • 02.09.2006 4:55 PM PDT
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geez. And your library of 25 games spanning the history of Mac. Also the 0 virus thing is myth - How many viruses affect the Macintosh?
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There are around 40 Mac-specific viruses and related threats.

taken from http://www.faqs.org/faqs/computer-virus/macintosh-faq/

  • 02.09.2006 5:09 PM PDT
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Unbeleivable amounts of people bought an XBOX just for Halo 2, so why can't peopel just buy a basic OS for their computer, people are devastating themselves about the price, it may be suitable.


Maybe because by that time the Xbox cost less than Vista will (this isn't even counting the cost of a new computer to run it), and the Xbox was the most powerful console on the market, whilst still having fairly similar prices to the PS2 and Gamecube.

  • 02.09.2006 5:49 PM PDT
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i wouldnt be so sure about the 64 bit requirement. ive run the 32 bit betas on my computer and i dont understand why they would develop a 32 bit version this far then scrap it. would be a waste.

  • 02.09.2006 9:00 PM PDT

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geez. And your library of 25 games spanning the history of Mac. Also the 0 virus thing is myth - How many viruses affect the Macintosh?
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There are around 40 Mac-specific viruses and related threats.

taken from [url]http://www.faqs.org/faqs/computer-virus/macintosh-faq/[/ url]


Those 40 mac-specific viruses only work on Macs running Mac OS 9 or older. Mac OS X is significantly more secure, and was recently listed as the third most secure operating system in use, bested only by high-end UNIX systems developed for use by banks and similar institutions, rather than home use. Just as an interesting aside, Linux fared little better than Windows XP, which was listed right down towards the bottom of the list.

Make sure you check some actual up-to-date facts next time you quote a website last updated 6 years ago.

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  • 02.09.2006 9:23 PM PDT
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then if you resort the list by number of games released, i believe you will find that windows takes the lead by far.

and ive been using windows since windows 3.1 so im stuck with it. linux isnt bad.

mac's ui is just incredibly limited. when you use a computer as much and for as many purposes as i do, a mac doesnt cut it. linux doesnt either. windows is the only os that can do what i need it to. this, by logic, establishes that it is the best os for me.

as for being insecure, just go download avast and zonealarm. there you go. no more viruses to worry about.

  • 02.09.2006 9:29 PM PDT
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geez. And your library of 25 games spanning the history of Mac. Also the 0 virus thing is myth - How many viruses affect the Macintosh?
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There are around 40 Mac-specific viruses and related threats.

taken from http://www.faqs.org/faqs/computer-virus/macintosh-faq/


Those 40 mac-specific viruses only work on Macs running Mac OS 9 or older. Mac OS X is significantly more secure, and was recently listed as the third most secure operating system in use, bested only by high-end UNIX systems developed for use by banks and similar institutions, rather than home use. Just as an interesting aside, Linux fared little better than Windows XP, which was listed right down towards the bottom of the list.

Make sure you check some actual up-to-date facts next time you quote a website last updated 6 years ago.

- Reiginko
didn't need to. he didn't specify which OS he just said MAC so the data still stands. Had he said OS X then yes. Oh and the Switchback Virus is one that effects OSX so he point of no virus on Mac had he even said OSX would still be wrong. Thank you and goodnight.

  • 02.09.2006 9:36 PM PDT

Like I said in the Underground, right now I'm far too pissed off to engage in a point-for-point platform advocacy discussion, mainly because they are always -blam!- stupid.

Here's the bottom line - I like Mac OS X better than Windows XP. I like the Classic Mac OS better, but that's the way things go I suppose. The Mac is what works best for me, and I'm not going to try to force that on others. I've even refrained from telling family members to not buy a Windows computer, simply because I don't know whether Windows would work better for them or not (it was amusing to see my brother get so aggravated with his Wintel box that he decided to buy an iBook, though ^^).

I just think it's sad that, short of a miracle (that miracle being a port of the Havok engine for OS X) Halo 2 won't see the light of day on the Mac, while it will on the PC. I felt wary enough about buying an Xbox back when Halo came out, and the feeling of being urged to go out and buy a Windows machine just doesn't feel great. I'm almost reminded of the "Bungie.net pro" April fool's joke.

:/

  • 02.09.2006 9:48 PM PDT
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You can't really say Mac operating systems are better than PC operating systems, they both focus on different things. PC's are used for everything, gaming, going on the web, programming, you name it. Mac's are used for well designing things, programming etc.......

P.S. O yea hello i'm new to the forums and i hope to keep posting here :)

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Posted by: Aj6627
Did you ever think that Windows Vista code and Windows XP code might not be compatible?
It might take too much work for Microsoft and Bungie to make it compatible with both.
It would probably be two different games because of the coding, and they probably wouldn't be compatible.


The only reason I can possibly think of why Halo2 wont work on WindowsXP is that Microsoft doesnt want it to run on WindowsXP. There is no other reason besides this.

- It is NOT because Vista offers anything new
- It is NOT because Vista is better for games
- It is NOT because Vista has a different version of Windows Explorer
- It is NOT because Vista has a new card game

The only reason why it wont work is because Microsoft doesnt want it to. Forcing it to run on Vista wont make it a better game - there is nothing in Vista that XP doesnt or couldnt have that would be of any use to a game.

DX10 is the only "new" think in vista that a game would use which probably wont be available for XP. There is nothing stopping Halo2 from supporting DX10 AND DX9. Many games support DX7, 8 and 9 so there is NO reason why Halo2 couldnt support DX9 and 10 without loosing any new features, etc.

In conclusion:
The only thing stopping Halo2 from being able to be run on XP is Microsoft.

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