🚀 go-pugleaf

You're welcome for the quick help  :-)

Steve Sullivan was quite correct when he stated "You would probably find
system requirments looking like this on almost any game from almost any
manufacturer".....it's certainly not a "problem" that is exclusive to
Microsoft, it's just a "fact of life" that there is not enough room on the
box to list all the possible hardware incompatibilities. It's always
advisable (and especially when it comes to games) to research the
requirements and known issues at the software developer's or software
publisher's websites. Unfortunately, most "normal" (by "normal" I take it
you mean novice or average computer users, as opposed to gamers or power
users) people would not know to do this before purchasing software, they
would simply go by the requirements as listed on the box.



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

"Orak Listalavostok" <oraklistal@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1104049795.678319.314520@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Thanks for all the quick help in the Christmas spirit!
>
> The good news:
> - Removing those two lines from config .txt "seems" to have worked.
> - My kid is happily placing fences & animals and feeding them, etc.
> - THANKS!
>
> The bad news:
> - I read the box BEFORE purchasing the Zoo Tycoon 2 game
> - I have it in front of me right now (correct me if I'm wrong)
> - There's absolutely NOTHING about the IBM PC or its graphics card!
>
> So, while it's always advisable to spend months researching anything
> provided by Microsoft (they make incompatibility a competitive weapon),
>
> there's absolutely no way (IMHO) anyone "normal" would determine the
> ATI Radeon 7500 or the IBM A31p laptop PC would be unsupported!
>
> Here's what it says (verbatim) on the Microsoft Zoo Tycoon 2 box:
> System Requirements: Windows XP/2000/ME/98SE - 256 MB RAM
> Processor: 733 MHz
> Hard Drive: 900 MB
> Video Card: 16 MB/3D Direct X9.0 or later
> Other: DirectX 9.0 sound card & speakers/headphones
>
> MY QUESTION TO THIS GROUP AT LARGE:
> Considering dxdiag shows no problems (I can post the complete results),
> are you saying a "normal" person should infer that a stock IBM A31p
> laptop PC (64M ATI Radeon Mobility 7500)  is not supported
> from this information provided by Microsoft & printed on the box?
>