In reply to a post by time2die:

Yeah i understood every word .

Liar, liar, pants on fire. Why didn't you say True or False then?

Anyway I've told you, dudes like us are too good looking to understand computers. We're all about mopeds and shandy bass.

Ooooosh!

It would also require a lot more testing of the application - and they are bad enough as it is!

Shaaaaaaaatingggggggggggggg

If they don't come this year I'm going to upgrade and get a New Sega Dreamcast like me matey mrnelster.

Not me its Levi Stay-press and Crombies red hanky and all............Oh yeah and me white spats on me feet.

And me new romantic Cossack trousers with a 1000 pleats and a mega quilted frilly shirt [pirate style] and me red pixie boots..........Those were the days.......

Bring back the 70s and mid eighties........Those were the decades and the best time of my life.

I know it was a bit after your time mrnelster me old matey,yours was more brill cream and rock around the clock .

Spook popped out just as the Spice Girls formed so he wont have a clue what the hell we going on about,he is more than likely upside down again in his Cave.

Wasn't this what happened on the 1st Xbox, some developers used low level access and was great until the Xbox 360 came out and suddenly they couldn't run under emulation and there was a lot of bad feeling on the xbox forums about it.

As for the PC I remember the DOS days with game having huge lists of graphics and sound drivers and being asked to pick the one that was closest to your one and you hoped it worked.

DirectX was one thing that Microsoft did do right by acting as a layer between software and hardware.

I honestly can't see why devs would want to do this, first patch from a hardware manufacturer or to the operating system and chances are that game stops working.

The steam forums would be up in arms....

Isn't it all about consoles though (ie, fixed hardware)? Not PCs, which are a [censored] to run in the best circumstances.

You big girl's blouse. I have no idea what most of that stuff is but I do know what frilly means. Also, I remember Adam Ant. Stand and deliver! Your money or your wife. Yeah, I was a bit deaf so...

I remember the Old Spice girls. Very dramatic. Always liked the beach too.

[Now, back to me cave to do some serious hanging.]

Something may not work if there was an upgrade (or a new machine came out).

Yeah, I got that from what was said above thanks to you and others who actually have some understanding on this subject.