What you are advocating for is something that is working elsewhere in the software industry. However, it sounds like it is not happening in game development.
I work as a UX Designer and our whole process is about rapid iteration and learning from …
Vista gets a pretty bad rap, but really if you take the time to set things up it runs well. If you don't have the knowledge or desire to tweak your system, maybe you should stick with XP.
Having the benefit of DX10 is nice, but it's not going to…