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Originally Posted by Whistler
well GNU/Linux and free versions of BSDs rulez any Windows 
but at that time MS will force you to update because if you don't update they don't make money, they can do so by not providing any security updates to old versions, or make their applications only runs on that new version, or stop the "Product Activation" of Windows XP, or so on. |
That is true, but unfortunately poor linux driver performance is keeping LOTS of people from making the switch.
I hate everything MS is doing but the fact I get 19fps in HL under linux with good hardware keeps me in windows ( 200+ fps ).
But I will never buy another microsoft product, around here a copy of XP pro costs as much as a motherboard and cpu ( around $250 - $300 ) which is WAY too much for such a crappy product.
Hopefully one day linux will be a good gaming platform, but not that I can see for the next few years atleast.