Macs are a huge no to me as well. They are almost as bad as Linux.
Ah, I see. I have all my emails go to my Ipad so I don’t use MS clients for email. I agree though charging for a product and then still having ads is shitty. Nothing we can do about it though as individual consumers and given that the majority of consumers just want what they want when they want it, no one will ever be able to unite enough consumers to make a change.You will soon have ads in your start menu, but for now I'm talking about the forced move away from Microsoft Mail, that works great, to soon requiring Outlook, which is a mess. In addition to downgraded software, the "free" version of Outlook has ads disguised as email. If you pay for Microsoft Office 365, you will not have ads (such as at your job, where Microsoft gouges organizations for the license).
Basically, they are sticking the email client behind a paywall, even though you've already paid for Windows. It's a bridge too far already, and I haven't started getting the start menu ads, yet.
The bottom line for me is that I will pay to use your software/service if I like it. But if I pay for your software or service, yet you still force ads on me, I will no longer pay for your software or service. I will pirate it for free (such as adblock), or I will find different software if a reasonable option exists.
Looks like they have their own version of Wine (Win32 API layer) called Odin, so games that work on Linux with Wine might work? Although not sure they even have any accelerated video drivers. But a much bigger problem is that it's only a 32-bit OS, so the per-process max RAM usable is probably going to be either 2 or 3GB. Even ignoring the video driver issues, no modern big-budget games could run within that, even web browsers nowadays might be pushing it at timesI'm not sure Starfield would run excessively well on that OS.
No biggie, Starfield had everything procedurally generated, right?But a much bigger problem is that it's only a 32-bit OS, so the per-process max RAM usable is probably going to be either 2 or 3GB.
Yes, but on the other hand, DOS and early Windows will run there, at least according to their web site.No plans for 64-bit either, which basically means it's a dead end OS all-around: https://www.arcanoae.com/faqwd/do-you-have-plans-for-a-64-bit-arcaos/
Apart from running it out of curiosity, I don't see the point of using those old systems on a daily basis. Are there modern applications compatible with other people's documents and a browser supporting HTML5? Are there drivers for today's hardware and does it support IPv6, WiFi, and so on? Is their system really secure?Yes, but on the other hand, DOS and early Windows will run there, at least according to their web site