| ZenfoldorVGI said: I disagree with this. Due to Games for Windows, and Microsoft's virtual monopoly on computer gaming and dedication to evolving and innovative features, Windows will always be necessary for gaming, and has always had the coolest features. Once again, if you aren't a gamer, then why do you care about performance, and if you are a gamer, then you much upgrade to Win7 for Dx11 and the performance increase. The cool new features are just icing on the cake.
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There are other performance-intensive tasks you can do with a computer besides gaming - professional-level production of graphics, for instance. And OpenGL does that just fine, among other things.
And personally, I don't give a flying bum about features I'll never use, I just want a OS that works and runs my crap properly. And the only Windows version so far that has managed to do that succesfully is XP.
As I've said earlier, I'll give 7 a proper shot once I can, but if the BC fails I'm downgrading back to XP or switching to Linux - because besides BOB or ME, nothing I've tested sucks more than Vista.
It has much more to do with Microsoft's virtual OS monopoly than DX, methinks.
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