>   I've heard of Project X too.  However, there isn't much in
 > the way of tangible evidence to prove that it'll beat out the
 > Dural - at least we have screenshots of Dural games in their
 > incarnations on current systems (like Virtua Fighter 3).
Yeah, I'm not saying it's a sure thing or anything. It just caught my 
interest how they were saying they didn't think there was any way Dural could 
even compete, much less win. That's a pretty strong statement. It may just be 
puffing though. We'll have to see.
 >   It's not necessarily a memory hog.  The problem is that you
 > need a beefy machine (compared to the original requirements,
 > at least) to really notice so.  I've heard (and generally
 > agree with, since I have it) that the system on which all
 > those complaints become moot is a P120, with 16-32 MB of RAM.
 > A bit high, but most games now would need that hardware to
 > run well, regardless!
Well, since i have a P60 with 24 megs of RAM.....
 >   I think that that slight (and I mean slight) unstability is
 > almost a boon.  It forces driver coders and programmers to be
 > smart with their coding.  By the way, the only crashes I've
 > really had with Win 95 have been caused by what I'VE done,
 > not something inherent in the OS.
You may have a point with the programming. As far as Win95 crashing, I run a 
bbs, and that's what i'm talking about. DOS was far more stable for me. I've 
never had windows just crash by itself for no reason, but it's not the most 
stable thing in the world either.
 >   Oh, and we're deviating a bit here... anyhow, the point
 > I've been trying to make is that for the Dural, a Microsoft
 > OS shouldn't pose a problem.  It'll be too small scale to
 > mess things up.  Also, it'll ease development tremendously;
 > imagine getting a PC release simultaneous to the Dural
 > release, simply because they use the same rendering code (ex.
 > Direct3D, OpenGL or native PowerVR).
I'm not suggesting that the Microsoft OS will be a bad thing. I'm sure it'll 
work fine. (as well as the easy ports to/from PC) I just like to whine about 
Bill Gates whenever the opportunity presents itself. :)
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