OT: Building a new computer...

[Fyron]

You can't do that without eliminating the ability to move in sectors of a system; MOO3 had a really primitive movement system, without any ability to move more than through part of a warp lane in a turn. Systems are just a generalized location, without any internal locations. This can't work for SE-style location systems, because ships can move, fight, move, fight, etc., all in one turn. You can't postpone things pending a later combat resolution, since literally hundreds or thousands of objects' movements can be affected by a single combat.

[Fyron]

Yet another nail in the latest AMD architecture's coffin today...

[Xrati]

So, they're still around. They must be doing something right to continue to survive...

[GuyOfDoom]

I always appreciate when a larger business admits to a stupid mistake. It's much better than passing the buck.

In terms of speed I'm not going to cry over 0.1 Ghz.

All I know is any computer company needs competition to keep prices down or you get the ridiculous prices of software such as Windows.....

[Fyron]

Yeah, man, $180 for the most expensive version is just too much to handle... Not to mention $110 for the version people actually need for home use. You want to talk about ridiculous, look at Photoshop, Quickbooks, any commercial rendering software...

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Because, of course, two to five times the cost of one single game for a whole operating system is absolutely horrible.

[GuyOfDoom]

Remind me to order a few "I heart Microsoft" t-shirts.... geesh.