the coolest nerd

I recently built myself a new computer — I went way above and beyond what I’d actually need, so I think it’d actually last me a few years before I’ll ever need to upgrade it. (Quad Core, 4gb ram, 2tb raid storage)

I went ahead and put Windows Vista on it — and after having used it for 90 days, I have to say — I’m glad I didn’t have to pay for it. From an end-user’s perspective there is no justifiable reason for you to upgrade. No matter what you hear from the Microsoft hype machine, don’t waste your money. I could go into detail, but there are plenty of activists that could do the same.

I picked up Bioshock due to it’s reviews “The game has been cited as having an “inescapable atmosphere”, “inconceivably great plot” and “stunning soundtrack and audio effects.” and I can’t make an informed decision one way or the other — since most of my time was waste on trying to make it work:

I realize why I gave up playing games on the PC. On a fresh install of Windows, with all it’s patches installed. ERROR. Oh, I need to install this 2005 C++ thing. Fine. Oh. I have to install DirectX 10. Fine. Why didn’t the game’s installer do it? Why isn’t it built into the OS?  Alright.. the game works now. Play a few minutes: Blue Screen of Death. Upgraded the video card driver — phew, I got past that part. Works fine now. <knock on wood> I don’t get how someone that doesn’t have an IT background could ever figure out how to get something like this to work properly.

No wonder I like to stick with game consoles. They just work.