I would love to see Microsoft sponsor programming of the quality that Texaco Star Theater was known for, and I am glad to hear they recognized that "The Family Guy" is closer to the other end of the entertainment spectrum.  An on-campus windows installation and optimization party with everyone getting the chance to download tunes from a local wireless server for a while would get more kids psyched than a subtle product placement in a rehash of why they left home in the first place. 

What is it with all the lame ass whiners and "Family Guy".  You think the show is that bad?  It is rife with ironic and very hip political humor.  Why don't you people with whom I differ from politically go watch "The Andy Griffith Show" and see what Aunt Bea is doing tonight.  No wonder Apple is gaining so much market share and the stock is over $200 this week while MSFT is tanking at $26, you boring people who use Windoze are the blight on this countries economic future.

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@nospamz

You mad bra?

@ erghgrthgrt

Stick with your 8800 GTS and XP for now and then when you need to upgrade to a 1 GB card in a year or so, Windows 7 may be the way to go. In terms of games today, most stuff these days can be run suitably on your card, though newer games will be more demanding for memory (I'm sure you know this already, so I apologize if this seems at all condescending).

And you make a great point about the conflicting messages from Microsoft and Nvidia. I went through this with Vista, and it was a nightmare. Can't tell you how many times I had download and remove different Nvidia drivers to get Vista to work right. And I'm not even talking about new releases like Crysis. I'm talking about old games like Knights of the Old Republic. Ever try to run that on Vista? Good luck...

@ Helpdesk180

I agree with you. I'm not sure what MS would stand to gain from a "Family Guy" episode (I've seen the show, don't watch it, not a fan) or any other kind of massive product placement like that. I think that stunts like that only work from time to time -- see the World of WarCraft episode on "South Park."

Maybe MSFT could go back to Weezer - was that Win95 or Win98?