On a game related note, I have to be able to run all the battlefield games on the OS.
Being the nerd and asshole I am, I want to recommend a Linux based operating system, but I doubt the battlefield games would run on it. But Vista sucks. At the very least get XP on there. But for MSN, there's plenty of free chat clients. Hell, some you don't even have to download:
No DL
http://webmessenger.msn.com/
http://www.meebo.com/
http://www.ebuddy.com/
Download required:
http://www.pidgin.im/
I pretty much fall into the same category.... (at least the asshole part)
The only reson I wanted to use windows messenger, was that it came with xp, all my other computers have it (including my wife and daughter's - the only people I chat with - other than
TheValeman.)
I was a chatter back in the old days (when I was single and looking for a good time
... not so much now...
For some reason, I just like to have as few programs on my computers as possible.....
I don't like spyware, adware or the like.... So far I have spent like 2 hours ridding the new computer of all the crap that came pre-installed, and anything that even attempts to connect to the internet or requires me to give out my email address is given a long, hard look.
Thanks for the suggestions....
Edited to Add: The new laptop did not look so big in the store, but now next to my old one, its friggin' huge
