I suppose that's a legitimate reason, but I still don't have to like it. Either way, if I can find a broken PS3 I feel confident in fixing and for a decent price, I'd pick it up in a heartbeat.
I own a 360 and I do like it. My one irritation is that online multiplayer isn't free... and consoles still get RROD. I'm not worried about the rrod as mine was one that I bought cheap off of a friend and fixed it (actually have fixed 4 now with no problems).
Don't have a PS3, but would...
Shooter: COD MW2 is a must
Battlefield Bad Company 2 is also definitely good multiplayer game (check out the demo on XBL)
RPG: Oblivion, Mass Effect 2 (though I would recommend playing ME1 to get the whole storyline down if you haven't already), or FFXIII
I mainly use XP for gaming and multimedia stuff. I would probably own a mac, but they're way over my budget. I also like Ubuntu for dev and b/c it's quick and more responsive than xp/vista.
For those who seem to like vista, I have it... and I hate it. It's a complete resource hog and you must...
Just wanted to let everyone know about another new x10 member. Loving the free hosting and have wordpress already up and running after some frustrations with another host.
By control panel are you referring to the cPanel? If so, direct your browser to:
http://lotus.x10hosting.com:2082/
and login with your username/password combination there. Hope that helps, if not - please clarify!
Also, welcome to x10 :)