It's just okay but is worth a play-through .... the original games however are exponentially better!
A man chooses. A slave obeys!
*(Warning! ~ If you are THAT GUY who never played Bioshock, MAJOR SPOILER AHEAD!)
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I wouldn't mind playing Bioshock Infinite, but afaik, it isn't on linux, and I'm not interested in any kind of drm, even velvet cuffs like steam. I want to pay my money, get my files, and not have any more interaction with the company aside from patches, which I'd then download, and file away.
I miss the old single player games with rich modding communities. Haven't been into games in awhile, but it seems like most modders focused on multiplayer in later years. It's a lot easier not having to deal with a story I guess. Make a map, and people just battle it out.
Unfortunately software isn't really even considered 'owned' anymore, just licenced for use. Steam really is the best of all worlds right this second for 'drm-lite' which was always inevitable. Even in the late 80's, the lawyers demanded that you at least have the game manual in front of you to install/run it. At least now most law depts are fine with hooking in to whatever steam offers.I wouldn't mind playing Bioshock Infinite, but afaik, it isn't on linux, and I'm not interested in any kind of drm, even velvet cuffs like steam. I want to pay my money, get my files, and not have any more interaction with the company aside from patches, which I'd then download, and file away.
I miss the old single player games with rich modding communities. Haven't been into games in awhile, but it seems like most modders focused on multiplayer in later years. It's a lot easier not having to deal with a story I guess. Make a map, and people just battle it out.
GOG is all drm free!Unfortunately software isn't really even considered 'owned' anymore, just licenced for use. Steam really is the best of all worlds right this second for 'drm-lite' which was always inevitable. Even in the late 80's, the lawyers demanded that you at least have the game manual in front of you to install/run it. At least now most law depts are fine with hooking in to whatever steam offers.
Lots of modding available in the single player realm; elder scrolls 3-5, fo3/nv/4, Neverwinter nights will give you enough modding for a lifetime, or at least until the next ES game is released, trust me.
I disagree, these were precisely the years when Intel rested on its laurels. While AMD was completely irrelevant (pre- Ryzen), there was little YoY performance increase from Intel and then they suffered through some years of struggles to get to 10nm. It took a lot of years of CPU releases to amount to a significant impact, and even then the typical consumer usage profile hasn't been CPU-bound for a while. The most important component transition for most users during this period was SSDs becoming mainstream.7th gen Intel and original Ryzen desktops? No thanks. Maybe great for third world countries as they will be able to ditch their Core 2/Nehalem/Sandy/Ivy Bridge/Bulldozer PCs.
I disagree, these were precisely the years when Intel rested on its laurels. While AMD was completely irrelevant (pre- Ryzen), there was little YoY performance increase from Intel and then they suffered through some years of struggles to get to 10nm. It took a lot of years of CPU releases to amount to a significant impact, and even then the typical consumer usage profile hasn't been CPU-bound for a while. The most important component transition for most users during this period was SSDs becoming mainstream.
There is very little technical reason that upon the release of Win11 in late 2021, that Microsoft had to make mainstream 2017 systems "obsolete." This broke with decades of tradition, and aligned more with Apple or mobile OS life cycles. (4 years is actually shorter than iPhoneOS support duration nowadays.) You and other enthusiasts may have no interest at this point in 2016-era PCs, but as @Kaido alluded to, good working hardware from this era meets the basic needs of many consumers just fine. Enthusiasts (and gamers) represent a fairly small portion of the entire market.
At least it's possible to install Win11 unsupported, and perhaps Microsoft won't ever "pull the carpet out" from underneath users that do so. People will probably figure out how to get Win10 updated beyond 2025 (as was the case with WinXP POSReady), as the IoT edition has long-term support.
This times 100! Multiplayer even had modding enabled, but hackers got too good at using modded clients to hack the servers. This is why we don’t have nice stuff.I miss the old single player games with rich modding communities. Haven't been into games in awhile, but it seems like most modders focused on multiplayer in later years. It's a lot easier not having to deal with a story I guess. Make a map, and people just battle it out.
This times 100! Multiplayer even had modding enabled, but hackers got too good at using modded clients to hack the servers. This is why we don’t have nice stuff.
Be advised that as of 2 weeks ago the Win 10 "free upgrade" absolutely still works with any Win 7/8 key. *(except "starter" versions)
Tiny11 doesn't really update or anything, but you can throw on a lifetime license of Malwarebytes & be good to go for another few years on older hardware!
Once your firmware is up to date, Samsung Magician is no longer useful. Case closed.Nah, it can be useful, but I don't normally use it.
Do you find that "Tiny 11" has any significant advantage over Win 10 on older PC's? (beyond the longer support-period)
If so I'll keep in in mind for my backup PC. (FX-8350)
Well, it will analyze your storage. I have done that but maybe a 2nd run could be useful? There must be some reason they are continually "updating" it.Once your firmware is up to date, Samsung Magician is no longer useful. Case closed.
I think it has reached EOL.The OP needs to issue an update to this thread for various bug fixes and performance enhancements.
It was a reference to this thread, not OPNo, Mikey still posts.
That's fine as long as they make Win10 the baseline free version for people with basic computing/gaming needs and a paid version for people who love frivolous frills.I saw something a couple days ago about MS announcing W12 and that it would NOT be a free "upgrade."
"Frivolous frills"That's fine as long as they make Win10 the baseline free version for people with basic computing/gaming needs and a paid version for people who love frivolous frills.