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I'm holding out for the Demo to see how it runs on my six year old machine. Someday I'm going to buy a new one, but this one works OK for most applications....

Windows XP, I assume? [;)]

What will really juice up an older system like that is additional memory. Assuming that your system uses DDR2, you can get a couple of GB for less than the cost of the game. And the inexpensive upgrade will allow you to use your system for a tad longer.

Wndows XP, yes. DDR2, no. It does have a Pentium 4 @3.06ghz. It did pretty good with Mark's speed test with HTTR. For some reason DDR memory is more expensive than DDR2?

I do have a laptop with an intel core processor @ 2.13ghz. It has 4gig's of DDR3 ram. I'm sure that it will run on it. But it's only a 15.6" widescreen. Kinda small, but it would work!!!
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Well, why not hook up your laptop to your desktop screen? It's essentially what I'm doing - I have a seven year old machine that I mostly don't use today and a laptop, which is battery-less when at home, plugged to the supply and the output going straight to my 24" Full HD screen.
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Well, why not hook up your laptop to your desktop screen? It's essentially what I'm doing - I have a seven year old machine that I mostly don't use today and a laptop, which is battery-less when at home, plugged to the supply and the output going straight to my 24" Full HD screen.

That's a pretty good idea! I'll have to check into it...When you do this, are both screens active?
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yes, you can switch between laptop screen -> desktop screen -> laptop and desktop screen
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yes, you can switch between laptop screen -> desktop screen -> laptop and desktop screen

Is it possible then to hook up my keyboard to the laptop also?
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Nah, I wouldn't want people to realize $80 is less than what their wife spends at the hairdresser's

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Thank you very much.....Now I know what to say to my wife when she sees the credit card bill with BFTB on it.
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yes, you can switch between laptop screen -> desktop screen -> laptop and desktop screen

Is it possible then to hook up my keyboard to the laptop also?


If you have a USB keyboard and a free USB-port on your laptop.
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yes, you can switch between laptop screen -> desktop screen -> laptop and desktop screen

Is it possible then to hook up my keyboard to the laptop also?


If you have a USB keyboard and a free USB-port on your laptop.

Yes, on both counts!!
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We should forget about the Price thread and just post pics of our dogs. Here's Katie and Holly.... our very noisy Miniature Schnauzers


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wow - they are cute with a capital C!
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We should forget about the Price thread and just post pics of our dogs.

It's better for my blood pressure too, because I've been itching to tell some people that if they'd spend the time they complained about the price in here flipping burgers at MacDonald's they'd already have the measly extra $20 required to buy this game. But then in less civilized terms.[;)]
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Here's Katie and Holly.... our very noisy Miniature Schnauzers
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I like Schnauzers too - a lot of character in a tiny package.

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Bl00dy Hell!
Why, oh why, did I mention the dogs? Now I'm falling over the little buggers.

Could I buy a dog, without bugs, for 80 bucks plus postage?
If I could, would I have to move it one hex at a time or, like Eddy's dogs, give them an order whereupon they do exactly what they want?
Would they come with an editor so that I could change them into something else when I was bored with them?
Is there a hard copy manual telling me how they work?

So many questions, so little time ...
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Bl00dy Hell!
Why, oh why, did I mention the dogs? Now I'm falling over the little buggers.

I'd say you're getting to be a softie as you grow older. Back in the Crimean War days you were a tough guy but alas those days are way behind us now.
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Could I buy a dog, without bugs, for 80 bucks plus postage?

What ! $80 for a perfectly behaving dog without bugs ? Everyone knows a dog is only worth $50 - sure it'll have bugs and do the exact opposite of what you want, but don't you know that $50 max is engraved in stone tablets ?
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So many questions, so little time ...

So little time, but lots of time for bs'ing around [;)]

Here's something else to annoy the game == $50 guys :

The first computer Bulge game I encountered was SSI's "Breakthrough in the Ardennes" from 1985. It had a 31 by 32 hex map, 3 scenarios and US AI only. Price : $120. Sure, on the box it said $59.95, but I (correctly) inflation-adjusted that for 2010.

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