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Halo 2 For the PC-YES!!!- One minor catch
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:14 am
by Fogey
Page 11 of the April issue of CPU. "Can Halo 2 sell Vista?
Yep, thats right, YOU'll have to have Vista OS to run Halo 2. I guess the MS OS XP Home/Pro they have been hyping up and selling us for the last five years isn't up to the task. Wonder what makes MS think Vista will be any better since some of the new featurs, teck wise that Vista was supposed to have no longer will.
OH thats right, please forgive me! Vista will have better security!
Where have I heard that one before
MS needs to put the little drum roll [Win 95 style] back into all of this
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:31 am
by Illuminati
So in order to legitimately run Halo 2, one would have to spend (>$200[best guess] + >$60) at least $260!!... that's an expensive PC video game!
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:35 am
by Apoptosis
maybe more than $200 as gamers will be running Windows Vista Home Premium.
Windows Starter 2007 - Vista without Aero, probably meant for developing nations.
Windows Vista Home Basic - Basic Windows Vista for your single PC fam, doesn't sound like much going on here. Analagous to XP Home.
Windows Vista Home Basic N - European version of the same, but without Media Player (because of antitrust rulings against MS in the EU).
Windows Vista Home Premium - This is the one we're all probably gonna own. It's got Media Center functionality, Cable Card support, the whole home-media shebang.
Windows Vista Business - Think of it as XP Pro, but Vista.
Windows Vista Business N - Think of it as XP Pro, but Vista, but Euro.
Windows Vista Enterprise - Business version of Vista with numerous enterprise features, like Virtual PC, volume encryption, etc.
Windows Vista Ultimate - Love that name. This one does all of the above (and more)
Prices are rumored to be between $99-$299 for the above 8 versions.
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:10 am
by NAiLs
I've heard about this... pretty weak move if you ask me.
I almost wish I were in school for another year or two. I can get XP Pro for free through school and I would imagine I would be able to get a better version of Vista for free by the time it is released too. I don't plan on upgrading to Vista anytime soon either... not worth my money.
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:10 am
by Fogey
Eight versions of Vista; Great, that means eight times the security threats/risks. Sorry, I forgot, MS says this will be a very secure OS. My falult, I've never known them to be wrong on what they say. Funny how Vista isn't even out yet and they are plannig their next NEW OS with the new File system that got left out of Vista. Then again, Bungie and MS are working on a Halo 3. Yep, thats right, Halo 3. This way, we'll need to upgrade to the next OS so we can play Halo 3. What ever happened to back [real world] compatability. Let me guess, Halo 2 for th PC will require Dirx 10 which Win XP won't have. Ah yes, lets make this less of an up grade option for us users. Me, I'll hang onto XP Pro for a little while
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:22 pm
by Imakeholesinu
Apoptosis wrote:maybe more than $200 as gamers will be running Windows Vista Home Premium.
Windows Starter 2007 - Vista without Aero, probably meant for developing nations.
Windows Vista Home Basic - Basic Windows Vista for your single PC fam, doesn't sound like much going on here. Analagous to XP Home.
Windows Vista Home Basic N - European version of the same, but without Media Player (because of antitrust rulings against MS in the EU).
Windows Vista Home Premium - This is the one we're all probably gonna own. It's got Media Center functionality, Cable Card support, the whole home-media shebang.
Windows Vista Business - Think of it as XP Pro, but Vista.
Windows Vista Business N - Think of it as XP Pro, but Vista, but Euro.
Windows Vista Enterprise - Business version of Vista with numerous enterprise features, like Virtual PC, volume encryption, etc.
Windows Vista Ultimate - Love that name. This one does all of the above (and more)
Prices are rumored to be between $99-$299 for the above 8 versions.
I don't get what Vista Buisness N is. Euro? Europe only?
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:24 pm
by Immortal
I bought an xbox for Halo 2... then when i completed it i sold the whole package... didnt really see a point in keeping it! :p
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:30 pm
by Illuminati
The 'N' versions have different copyright priveleges included due to European copyright laws. They will only be sold in Europe and the non-'N' counterparts will not be sold in Europe.
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:16 am
by Kerii
Imakeholesinu wrote:I don't get what Vista Buisness N is. Euro? Europe only?
I believe N just means the crippled version without Media Player preinstalled or something due to the lawsuits. Then again... you could just download it and then there's no difference.
So there's really only three versions that most of us would actually have to worry about.
Basic = Home
Basic Premium = MCE
Business = Pro
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 12:06 am
by EvilCloudStrife
halo 2 sucked anyways, what a damn joke. There will be a XP patch for sure
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:23 am
by -mogwai
"one minor catch"..... halo sucks.
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:03 pm
by werty316
Interesting but if I can't play it on XP then screw that. I'll wait till vista is the norm and XP is no longer support/used.
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 4:09 pm
by Tim Burton
So how many of these HC gamers are going to DL Vista?
I'll buy it, but one copy is going to be used for all my family's computers, just like I did for XP and I didn't buy XP MS gave it to me. Screw you MS....
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 10:45 am
by EvilCloudStrife
i just thought, even if there is a XP patch, you still probably wont be able to play on the online servers. Which is what halo and halo 2 is all about. Ohh well, there are better games.
Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:20 pm
by Nobahar
I have no reason to upgrade from Win2K and even if I did, Vista would be obtained via the usual underground methods. Microsoft can afford it.
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:55 am
by grunt
Nobahar wrote:I have no reason to upgrade from Win2K and even if I did, Vista would be obtained via the usual underground methods. Microsoft can afford it.
of course they can... They charge all of us more
