Windows XP

[GodSpawn]

XP == W2K.5

Supporting XP is a no-brainer if you're already supporting W2K. If it won't run on WXP, I'll eat my hat (or, at least, I would if I had one...)

[Blacksurf]

Yeah, the only real thing your OS needs to support is DirectX, so any version of Windows with (I think) version 8 and above will be fine for Civ3

DirectX nine is out now in Beta too!

[spartak]

I would avoid a beta. let other suckers do the bug testing for you.

[Executor]

How does Microsoft make money off of DirectX anyway? Or for that matter Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger, Outlook Express, etc? I guess these must be the good side-effects of Microsoft being a monopoly with (last I heard) $36 billion in the bank.

[GodSpawn]

Originally posted by Executor
How does Microsoft make money off of DirectX anyway? Or for that matter Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger, Outlook Express, etc? I guess these must be the good side-effects of Microsoft being a monopoly with (last I heard) $36 billion in the bank.

They prevent the competition from making money out of such programs - and it hurts them more than it does MS...