Putting the console vs PC debate to rest...... Once and for all.

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Conina said:

Intrinsic said:

And you like most PC types (not saying you are) make it sound simpler than it really is. What you are saying is simply not true.

Lets take a laptop for instance, which as far as PCs go is the locked down PC platform. Have you ever tried instaling a new version of windows OS on a laptop? After doing it, it doesn't just automatically install all the drivers. Even things as simple as your trackpad driver has to be sought out and installed for your specific laptop hardware or not you wil not be able to use multitouch/gestures on the trackpad. If you have a special keyboard layout with special keys, you have to sought out the driver for that too. then sought out the display and cpu drivers to. And this is just talking laptops.

Well, an OS-upgrade on PCs is a lot easier than installing the PS4-OS on a PS3, the XBO-OS on a 360 or the WiiU-OS on the old Wii. ;)

The thing is: if the main purpose of your PC is gaming, you don't need to install the newest Windows version every few years. Are there even PC games released which demand anything newer than the 8 year old Vista? Most 2013 and 2014 PC games will even run on the 13 year old Windows XP... especially those who can still run on a laptop.

So yeah, a complete OS upgrade can be problematic, especially on laptops... but that's not the normal case and the upgrade process got better each new Windows version. The more frequent "normal" updates (Windows security updates, graphic card drivers, Java, Adobe Flash, Steam) run automatically or can be installed with a few mouse clicks.

Thanks for answering him for me