Tim wrote: > On Sun, 2007-04-22 at 02:21 +0100, Steve Searle wrote: >> I'll no doubt attract the odd flame, but to be honest in these >> circumstances I think he would be better with a MS Windows PC. The >> games that his peers will be playing, and that he will probably want >> to play are just not available for GNU/Linux. > > I'd go a bit further: Unless you actually wanted to play some specific > Windows games, you're better off with a games box rather than a PC. You > don't have to worry about hard ware compatibility, installation > headaches, viruses, trojans, etc., it just (generally) works. > > Not to mention that if you like to take a box around to a mates place to > play network games, one simple console box is easier to lug about than > PC, plus keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers... I'm not into gaming... But I wonder how well that works if the kid in question wants to play those games played over the net? -- Marvelous! The super-user's going to boot me! What a finely tuned response to the situation!
