Tell them, my song.

I’m currently having a few days off, and I’ve spent some time playing through Gears of War and The Darkness on my Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 and her raw graphics and computing power still amaze me. It probably were the best spent 379 Euros (on toys) in 2007 for me. She’s loud, yes, but everything is forgiven when you play a title like Gears of War - and when you know how much more money you’d have to spend on a PC that could provide a similar gaming experience. And knowing that that PC would be outdated within a few days.

I am typing this on my 2 GHz iMac Core Duo, my 1.67 GHz PowerBook G4 is also switched on at the moment and for the first time in my long career with computers I know that I will not upgrade to faster hardware just to be able to play new computer games. The only reason to upgrade to faster equipment would be digital photography and the processing of RAW images. Aperture and Photoshop are both badly optimized american software products, but they are my standard tools for a couple of reasons. I don’t use Photoshop very often, so that’s not that important. Aperture is a different story, though, and my hopes are that Aperture 2 will improve the situation without having to buy new hardware.

Anyway, it’s quite a new experience for me not to think about upgrading my machine for a game, but –maybe– for application software.

If you’re still in the Gaming PC hardware upgrade rat race: Check out of it and buy an Xbox 360 or a PS3. It’s a much better investment.

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