In a recent note, Ed Finnell said: > Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:08:23 EDT > > > In a message dated 7/20/2005 12:21:27 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > What "high end games" are you referring to here? The games written 10 years > ago? I doubt they would qualify as "high end" today. AFAIK, all current PC > >> > I don't know, I'm not a high-end gamer. Was just at the tigerdirect > site looking for a back to school PC for my niece and fell into the > alienware site. The area 51 looks impressive-for $3350 it should > be. The ordering options were XP, DOS or none. > "none" as in install your own? Likely Linux? Legacy OS/2? Etc.
As for the clipped sentence: AFAIK, all current PC based games run on WindowsXP, which does not allow the behavior you describe. Can't the game install a usermod, if that's what the gamer consents to? Does XP "allow" viruses? They thrive nonetheless. Computer: Access denied. Scotty: Override! Computer: Access granted. -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html