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cheers Guys!
well i'm sat here my reconditioned P4 3 ghz is all set up and whirring away to it-self..as yet SH3 hasn't dropped thru the letter box so i'm reading what ever i can find about this starforce issue...i have followed up on NZ's info and scanned around for the variuos bits n bobs to try that option...(out of respect for the obvious distaste for these things wont mention what and where tho in this case i believe it to be within perfect reasonto consider this option regardless of any misgivings surrounding the subject)

i dunno...the computer specs tell me the DVD rom rwriter drive runs Nero software- which doesn't make me feel any better as Nero was listed around the sites i visited as one of the set ups most affected by starforce..
no idea what to do...i could get the game tommorrow install it and find ive knackered my "new" pc within 24 hours of recieving it lol..that's not a fun idea...seems to me that the starforce softe ware isnt going to prevent the big pirating syndicates from copying and selling the game in places like China etc...it will only stop the small "car-bootsale" types..whereas if it affects only half of one percent of normal legitimate customers it will as likely as not create fewer legitimate (long term) sales than it it prevents pirated copys lol..

think what i'll do is wait a while and see if i can get as much info as possible before decide-ing what to do..it's a game i shouldn't even have to be thinking about it...if they can't create a system of security protection for software etc then they should not lumber the end user with the possible problems that software creates....as some one said a 230 quid dvd-rom drive versus a 40 quid game...no contest..

i'm a sad bunny right now..