you can stop it from starting up when windows start
and it hardly dominates your internet connection, unless it is updating or you are actually playing it
thank you for an indepth analysis of your finances... you obviously have enough money (since you are bragging about it), so just go ahead and buy it :D
this may have already been asked before, my apologies...
but will half life 2 start pre-loading only after you have purchased it, if that is the case, does anyone know when the option to buy it will become available?
thanks x