Microsoft has announced that Halo 2 will be coming for Windows, but only for Windows Vista.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/breaking/halo-2-goes-pc/2006/02/10/1139465831610.html

Yeah, M$ also monopolizes their own software.

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ahayes - 10 February 2006 03:22 PM

Yeah, M$ also monopolizes their own software.

And Appl€ monopolizes their own hardware.

Halo 3 would have been a better choice to get some stragglers to adopt Vista.

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I think Windows users will find more and more software that is Vista-only for the same reason there is Mac software that requires OS 10.3 or higher—the software is using technology exclusive to that OS.

But in Halo 2’s case, I don’t have a clue what that technology would be. The same DirectX is on XP…

Mac Fan - 13 February 2006 06:37 PM

I think Windows users will find more and more software that is Vista-only for the same reason there is Mac software that requires OS 10.3 or higher—the software is using technology exclusive to that OS.

But in Halo 2’s case, I don’t have a clue what that technology would be. The same DirectX is on XP…

My guess (and the guess of others) is that Halo 2 will sport a graphics engine that takes advantage of DX10 (Vista only). It would explain why there has been over a year between releases, especially considering the first Halo.

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Ah, yes. That explains it. I thought DirectX was going to be backwards compatible. Thanks.

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ahayes - 14 February 2006 12:59 AM

in laborantum cordis suo non es deus non es ni une cum deum non es usque ad unum et excomunicatus ex unionus e deum

I am not backwards compatible with Latin.

To be completely fair, Apple does the same thing to promote their new OS:es. How much software wasn’t it which required Panther? The apps used specific new functions (or “features").

Yeah, I mentioned that above. I’m guessing we won’t hear that criticism about OS X from their side anymore, huh?