So you may or may not know that the main reason that I would even consider buying vista is DirectX 10. DirectX is a graphics engine that runs basically every visual aspect of your computer. Your graphics card uses directX to manipulate all the graphics on your computer. DirectX 9 is great and allows for some really cool visual effects, but DirectX 10 is that latest super cool directX version, the only down side is that it isn't available for XP, you have to buy vista to use it. Which I think is ridiculous, it's just another way for Microsoft to sell an OS that doesn't really match up to it's predecessors. Many programmers and developers are comparing windows Vista to the Windows ME of yesteryear. What you've never heard of windows ME. Well join the club ME was probably the shortest lived version of Windows ever simply because it wasn't any good. Vista with all it's bells and whistles is just not up to par with what the advanced consumer wants and needs. Anyway enough Vista Bashing.
On to the celebration! I found a beta version of DirectX 10 for Windows XP. It's done by a group called the Alky Project. It's fantastic, I can get the visual effects of DirectX 10 and I don't have to worry about buying vista. For those of you who know how to handle a beta just copy this: Alky Project. And look it up on the Internet. For those of you who have no Idea what a Beta version is or what DirectX 10 is all about, don't worry you probably don't need it right now.
Anyway, I was rejoicing because of this find and maybe some of you can benefit from it.
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