I bought BF3 at launch. Then discoved I'd have to also upgrade from xp to win7. Created a dual boot and installed. Updated browser when told. Updated Origin when told. Updated game when told. Now it has taken about 5 hours of installation time and still haven't played. Wait for browser to find game, click play, wait 12 minutes to enter game. Oops game over, try again. Wait another 12 minutes. Game starts. Played for 10 seconds and got booted because my hacker stopper software was not the latest. Installed. Started playing. Ran about 10 feet and tank killed me in spawn. Choppy graphics couldn't tell what was what. Respawned with squad. Still choppy. Can't tell what is what. Oops it locked up. (my specs are way over minimum). quit.
Total startup time 8 hours. Total cost 60 plus 129 (for windows 7)= 189
total play time about 14 seconds.