[Vlawde]

It's a machine that had Vista originally installed on it. hehe I know about their "upgrades", just before XP was released I got a machine with Windows ME and installed the XP upgrade when it came out. Pretty crappy, I eventually just bought a full version on XP and installed it.

Overall I really like Vista and it features, especially since I've gotten over the intial learning curve. You're right about VG's graphics versus the other games, although running EQ2 on high settings is a real revelation, it looks gorgeous. I do think that having ultra-realistic graphics like VG is a dteriment though, and in a recent post by Brad he pretty much said that they aimed too high in that department since it really does severely limit their potential subscriber base to hardcore gamers who are constantly upgrading their rigs and spending a fair amount of coin to do so.

It is a fantasy game, and to me doesn't need such demanding graphics. I'm not a fan of the look of WoW, but it does show you can have an immersive fantasy world that the average person can run on their comps.

At any rate, if Sony does indeed acquire VG, maybe they can accelerate the optimization so it's less of an issue