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I use both as well, My MAC is for my vidoe editing.
You still cannot beat Finalcut (with all the trimmings) motion and DVD-Studio Por for editing.
Add shake in and you can make a full length moving on a laoptop

I have my vairous PCs. (I do product testing and reviews for another site) and I have everything I need. I also have Vista both x64 and x86. they are very nice for a BETA.

I hope to see them finished and cannot wait for the final version and some games and apps to run on it.

Ath

@Admin,
I know that came from MS/Bungie however if you remember right we were also told that Vista would have a new files system only a few short months ago.
I sometimes think that MS changes thier minds more often than most people change their socks.
Some of the rumors I have heard for the Vista only requirement:
it will be HD gaming content
DX10
Virtualized subsystems (sound, AI etc)
use of Aero Glass in menus and other in games screens

there are more.
Any of which could be right or wrong.
I do not know for certain. All I do know is that they are saying it is not going to be an ordinary port.

Time will tell.

Ath

I have heard that it will not require DX10 before but the information I have is that it will.

do not forget .net frameworks 3.0 is also going to be included in Vista.

There are mnay changes to Vista that could be cause for the Vista Only format.
As far as it being a 2 year old game... How many re-releases of Doom or HalfLife did we see before HalfLife 2 or Doom 3?

it is not uncommon for game devs to do this.

I am not saying I am happy about it but looking from a development standpoint I can see the need to give a better gaming experience.
Plus is never hurts to offer a game designed especially for your new OS.

Ath

due to the nature of the DX10 API is is not going to be practical to make a dsitrobution for XP.
Vista is new to its core.
many services that are used in XP are now virualized at the hardware level.
it would take an almost complete re-write of XP to add those in.

you can play a DX9 game on DX8 hardware... however you do lose some of the more advanced graphics support.
HDR (for example) would not be available to a DX8 GPU.
The same can be said for the new functions in Halo2.
Remember the Grpahics industry is at a stage where the GPUs are more efficient and powerfull than the CPUs we use.
DX10 will bring even more functionality to our games.

I wish MS would write a distro for XP but is not really feasable.

I think what he is talking about is games using symbolism to get messages across.
Like the pentagrams in Doom3. they are everywhere.
Or like the messages of good vs evil in many games (Halflife and Halflife 2)
where you are the single hero to save humanity from the overwhelming evil.

Is that right carnage?

One of the reasons that Halo2 is going to be vista only is they are developing it to be a DX10 game.
this is where many of the enhancements are comming from.
So not only will you need Vista but DX10 hardware (ATi should be first to market with DX10 Hardware).

Although I am not certain of this I believe the reason for DX10 being Vista only is that many of the DX routines are going to be virtual services.
A release to bring XP up to date would be an almost impossible task.

Again my 2 cents (I think I am up to 4 cents now

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One thing to remember if it has not already been mentioned.
There is not reliable method for verifying age.
Sites like Myspace and Facevault, are having this issue now.
Teens and very young children are listing them selves as much older.
there is a legal responsibility of the site to police this.
an 18+ forum adds increased legal exposure.
If a 12 year old manages to by pass the age verification and sees or reads something they are not supposed to the site is liable for not enacting proper regulations and managing the conetent.

Personally I think an 18+ section really would not fit into the community that is here.

Just my 2 cents

Ath