Rant – BF2142 + Windows = Painful

I don’t use Windows that often. Generally speaking I use Windows in the office via Parallels Desktop to access one specific bit of software or when I remote desktop into a server on the LAN to bludgeon more rules into my Exchange profile.

This afternoon I decided that a game of Battlefield 2142 would be a good idea, as killing random players on a multiplayer server is good fun.

Now if I had been thinking clearly I would have fired up the Mac OSX version, but based on what ensued I somehow doubt that my choice of OS would have made much difference.

At least it would be if the EA games updates were:

1. Where they say they are
2. Easy to find
3. On a decent connection

Needless to say they aren’t any of the above, so almost 2 hours later I still haven’t managed to download the updates, as the EA games download servers are so damn slow.

(and I probably should add on another 45 minutes for all the other random windows, antivirus and other software updates that have decided to force themselves on me since I booted into XP)