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Ayrab <tackmast@aol.comnopork> wrote:
> I'm thinking about building another computer, and I was just wondering if
> Starcraft and other games were playable in NT. 

Starcraft is, but very few other games are.  If you want to play
games, you usually can't do it in NT.

> If they're not playable on NT,
> are they playable in Linux through wine? 

I doubt it.  Wine is pretty rough around the edges.

> If games aren't playable on either I
> always have this computer, so... Oh yeah, in case anyone's interested, the
> system I'm building 's specs are:
> Dual Celeron 433mhz
> 256 (or 512, undecided) meg of SDRAM
> 13.6 gig hard drive
> 44x CDROM
> 16mb Diamond fire GL 4000
> 15" monitor
> for about $1070  plus S&H for the parts. You guys think its a good deal, or am
> I getting screwed? Thanks for all the input :)

Sounds like a good deal, although if I were you I'd go for a 17"
monitor.  The price difference between that and the 15" shouldn't be
much, and the size difference means a lot for gaming purposes.

-- 
Adam Smith
Boston University
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering 

"In theory there's no difference between theory and practice, but in
practice there is."