Originally posted by: Raider1284
Originally posted by: Piuc2020
Originally posted by: reallyscrued
Originally posted by: Piuc2020
I can't believe you are seriously suggesting Windows will suffer if PC gaming dies or even that Windows owes its success to gamers it's preposterous.
The only way Windows is ever going to start losing marketshare (it already has a little bit) in a serious manner is when Apple releases OSX to be used on any x86 machine, it probably never will (since that's the main advantage of buying Apple hardware) but at least it's a little more probable than PC gaming dying :roll:
It will.
:shocked:
I have no words.
I do. You are being incredibly naive or oblivious if you think linux is even close to being as usuable and user-friendly as Windows or the mac OS. Linux is strictly for computer gurus and users that enjoy messing around with their OS. Speaking as the average joe computer user this is why linux fails. If I plug something into Linux I want it to automount and at least make it usuable using a generic driver 90%+ of the time. If you plug in a new device, hard drive, cd rom drive, sound card, etc. It should be a few clicks at the most to get it working. I shouldnt have to scour the web for driver packages and manually have to install it through the terminal! Key word here being "clicks", the average user will never ever want to go into a terminal to install something. If the terminal is needed to install a piece of hardware or software then it is a failure in most people's eyes, and this will NEVER change.
And most importanly if I download an application I want it to ACTUALLY INSTALL when I run the installer, not fail miserably whining about dependencies and packages and other garbage. If the physical installer cannot install the software then it is a complete failure, and therefore worthless for the entire computer market minus the enthiasuits that enjoy fixing a broken installer. Whats the point of an installer if it cant even do what its been made to do?