All of this time I’ve been fighting the truth, but I just can’t fight it any more. Windows XP is better than Mac OSX any day of the week. You haters out there may try to come up with a good argument, but there’s just no fighting it. Mac OSX pales in comparison to anything Windows.
Just take a look at it. First, you’ve got all the software for Windows. Almost every good computer game on the planet was made for Windows. Then you’ve got all those little other proprietary programs (that of course you didn’t pirate). Let’s not forget the viruses, worms, and spyware written specifically for Windows. I love that compatibility… that’s the compatibility only Microsoft can provide. OSX can’t even infect my machine without asking for a password. How inconvenient is that?
Second, you’ve got the comfort of Windows security. Whereas there’s like, 5 virus scanners for Mac, there’s like 500 for Windows. This means 100 times the security, obviously. And the virus scanners on Mac actually do more virus scanning to check for Windows viruses. Windows is so good, it has other Operating Systems watching its back.
Finally, the most obvious reason to pick Windows over Mac is that Windows is a machine for the power user. All of the editing registries and using the DOS command line, it’s so cool and confusing. Macs, they cater to the dummies who like their operating system to make logical sense. The dummies on Macs even enjoy not having to expect the occasional Blue Screen to pop up every now and then because they’re “afraid of losing their work”. Pansies.
Obviously, it’s time for me to go back to Windows. There’s just no other option. Anyone want to buy a used Powerbook?
Video Game “Second Life”
Rating: 3.7π out of 900º
Second Life is a fairly new game that I caught being advertised on Apple’s website the other day. I decided to try it out and see how it worked for me.
First off, a quite noticeable advantage of the game is that you download a 40mb client and the rest is handled by their servers, meaning quick and easy download (on broadband) and manageable download even on a 56k. The clients are also made for multiple OSes, something I always like to see.
The game isn’t completely free however, and it costs somewhere around $15 dollars to get a basic account to play with. It’s not monthly, just one flat fee. Whether it is worth it is up to your tastes in games, but I’d petition it’s worth looking into their free trial and bailing if you don’t like it (which they make very easy to do — no complex hoops to jump through).
Their main source of revenue is in the fact you can pay a monthly fee to be allowed to own land in their virtual world. Something that you wouldn’t do unless you really started spending a lot of time on.
Anyway, enough about costs and technicalities and on to the gameplay. The basic idea of Second Life is similar to that of the Sims, only with a single character for you and a much larger, more open world to play in with other people. Second Life was put together from the beginning with mods in mind, and they actually have people setting up shops selling vehicles, special haircuts, clothing, etc.
The idea of such an enveloping world is compelling, and was kind of fun to dink around with. My Mac seems to need a bit more RAM to run the game smoothly however, so I didn’t explore near as much as I’d have liked to. I would say that anyone that finds an internet chat room worth investing time in would likely enjoy a game where everyone is controlling a character and running them around without any purpose. And how could you not like the fact that every character can fly? Fun stuff.
If you think you might enjoy looking into a complete virtual world, you might do yourself a favor and try this game out. I’m not saying it’s for you, but you can have a free trial to find out.