I've seen a lot of people in this thread complaining about ads, needless UI changes/broken UI systems, or requirements keeping them away from Windows 11. The main one which keeps me from switching is the requirement for a Microsoft account to authenticate. I am simply not interested in tying my local machine to Microsoft's cloud. I also dislike the ad and dreadful UI changes (why change 'Cut', 'Copy', 'Paste', etc into icons and why have them move around in the UI for no logical reason?) on the hardware/requirement front it actually has me going the other way.

I planned my last hardware upgrade to bring me to the fastest hardware which will run properly on Windows 10 and I'm starting by install Linux on more of my machines to be prepared for when I finally need to upgrade from my 'Last Windows machine" and need an OS which isn't hateful and supports the latest CPU architecture changes.

Google broke that years ago. You can change the From Address but everyone will see your emails as "From yournewfreeaccount12@gmail.com on behalf of you@yourdomain.tld". The only way to avoid this is to configure Gmail to send all outgoing email using your forwarding provider's SMTP infrastructure.

Sadly backups aren't one-size-fits-all as the right solution for one person may not right for another. But here are some of my experiences which may help in deciding what to do: Backup up to optical media is okay, but after a few years the discs may be very hard to read and some data loss may occur. I don't use optical media for backups anymore. A RAID array will protect you from a single drive (dual if RAID 6) drive failure, but won't protect you from accidents, viruses, fire, theft, or malicious intents of others. A local offline backup will protect you from drive failure, viruses and accidents, but may not protect you from fire, theft, or malicious intents and won't have the absolute latest edition of the data. A remote backup will protect you from accidents, fire, and theft but not necessarily from malicious intents. A remote offline backup will protect you from a lot, but the data may not always be up-to-date. The cloud can be expensive, unreliable, or unsafe. (And for those who quote flat-rate unlimited backup offerings, not everyone can make use of those offerings otherwise the solution wouldn't make fiscal sense. You also don't know how well they will protect your data and Murphy knows that your local copy will die around the same time that your 99.99% reliable cloud provider loses half of your data.) (Note that I consider 'offline' not just to be unmounted, but actually physically disconnected from everything.) Personally, I have a RAID array for local safekeeping against hardware failures and I have and offline storage system at a relative's house which I update a few times a year to protect against environmental, accidental, virus, and other problems. For really important things I get, between when I put on the main array and when I do my offline Sync, I'll typically keep the original media around, just in case. There are some holes in my personal backup system, but it's good enough for my needs and doesn't cost that much.

It's nice to see that you have a clue what you are posting about and aren't an arrogant twat, yourself.

3.) MechAssault, quite possible the funnest "non-Quakian" online shoot-em-up ever.

The startup sequence gets old fast, and Heavy Gear II has had the fast-paced giant robot combat thing down pat for years.


I think you are confusing MechAssault and Steel Batallion. SB is the mech Sim witht e complex Mech start-up routine. MA is a standard mech/shooter... The only mech/shooter with full-time voice comms built-in.

#4, It's not your top pick, but it is other's. Can a killer app still be a killer app if not everyone like it? YES! A killer app is anything that is ground-breaking or incredible. As such, I could easily see something be branded a 'killer app' and still have people who don't like it (due to taste.)

5.) A ton of cool extra stuff, like the ability to change the soundtracks in games, never needing to buy a memory card, being able to hack the box to use as a PC, etc.

I've never really had a pressing need to change a game's BGM over to some Steppenwolf.
Try bringing your saves to your friend's place (Though I'll admit that this isn't much of a shortcoming if you have no friends). Hell, try bringing your console to a friend's place. Better have a winch handy.
Also, I've already got a PC. Consoles make really shitty PCs at an inefficient price.


Sarcastic much? There are many games where I like the ability to use my own soundtrack, so ti is a bonus for me.
Bringing a save game to a friend's house? Well, it's now obvious that you have never owned or used an Xbox for more than a few minutes. Those big holes on the top of the controler are for options. You can plug a voice communicator in to those ports, but also memory cards. If you plug in a memory card and go into the Xbox Dash, it is very simple to copy savegames to and from the hard disk and memory card.
As for your comments about the alledged size of the Xbox? The Xbox may weigh more than the GC or PS2, but neither of them have hard disks. The Xbox, though, still weighs less than half as mch as the average PC and I know many people who do not hesitate to bring their PC over to a friend's house for a LAN party.
I agree with you about the price and efficiency of using a console as a PC, but hey, if you are limitted in space and demand for a PC, a combo console/pc would be a godsend.

0 of those 5 things constitute "killer apps" to me. The problem with you people, particularly those who make stupid statements like yourself, is that you assume everyone has the SAME tastes as you. Try leaving slashdot for real this time, you arrogant twat.

Well, from your replies, it is evident that you haven't played most of the games in question or used the hardware in question, so, instead of making stupid statements, you make false statements that make _YOU_ look like an arrogant twat.

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