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i have to say i bought win95, 98 and ME and i know win 95 was revolutionary compared to older windows but win 98 and ME were nothing but a waste of my money although they had some good features but i don't think it was worth £80+ it was just a little tweak here and there is win xp any different or is it just another cheap update?
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Windows XP is the best.
Going from having windows 95 to windows XP you can tell that microsoft is doing its job well by producing better and better things. You can tell the difference straight away, the easy lay out and easy to access documents and software. Alot of software is already installed on it which is also a plus. Hasn't frozen, because it wants too, yet.........touch wood(or bill gates head). Only joking, the mans a genius. Definately not a waste of money!
Going from having windows 95 to windows XP you can tell that microsoft is doing its job well by producing better and better things. You can tell the difference straight away, the easy lay out and easy to access documents and software. Alot of software is already installed on it which is also a plus. Hasn't frozen, because it wants too, yet.........touch wood(or bill gates head). Only joking, the mans a genius. Definately not a waste of money!
I've been using the pro edition of xp since release, and a pre release version before that. Its been running virtually flawlessly without crashes or BSOD's on a 450mhz amdk6III (not the most stable chip on earth) with 128mb memory, and an athlonxp 1800+ with 512mb. both run it very well.
XP is an evolution of the windowsNT franchise rather than an upgrade of the 95/95/me franchise. I moved straght from win95 to NT then win2o00 pro without bothering with 98 and ME. THe NT based OS's are more stable, faster for data processing (I bring alot of number crunching home from work) and fine for games.
Sure there'll be problems with driver incompatibility, but if your manufacturer is 'on the ball' then they'll have been busy making a new driver for XP. I've had issues with my cd writer and video card, both fixed with newer drivers.
As for software compatibility, XP has the ability to run software im emulation mode. Right click on an icon, click 'compatibility mode' and your software will be hoodwinked into thinking its back under windows95 again.
If you don't like the colour scheme, you can revert to normal the normal windows scheme without skinned men/title bars.
XP is an evolution of the windowsNT franchise rather than an upgrade of the 95/95/me franchise. I moved straght from win95 to NT then win2o00 pro without bothering with 98 and ME. THe NT based OS's are more stable, faster for data processing (I bring alot of number crunching home from work) and fine for games.
Sure there'll be problems with driver incompatibility, but if your manufacturer is 'on the ball' then they'll have been busy making a new driver for XP. I've had issues with my cd writer and video card, both fixed with newer drivers.
As for software compatibility, XP has the ability to run software im emulation mode. Right click on an icon, click 'compatibility mode' and your software will be hoodwinked into thinking its back under windows95 again.
If you don't like the colour scheme, you can revert to normal the normal windows scheme without skinned men/title bars.
Win XP is like a Tomy my first computer. It's just a OSX rip off, but not as good.
OOh, look kids, pretty colours!
OOh, look kids, pretty colours!
I've been Using home edition for a month now, seems fine to me. I'm on the computer a hell of a long time...
TRUE,
> by feb windows xp will be finalised and by then it should be safe to buy a copy
> of windows xp. Till then just sit and wait :)
It's not even as if it's THAT much of an advantage having XP over windows 98. If you can't wait a few months then you can't complain about the problems XP brings.
> by feb windows xp will be finalised and by then it should be safe to buy a copy
> of windows xp. Till then just sit and wait :)
It's not even as if it's THAT much of an advantage having XP over windows 98. If you can't wait a few months then you can't complain about the problems XP brings.
I have Windows XP Professional and it rocks.
It is faster than 98 SE which I upgraded from.
It is just as stable as win 2K.
I is a heck of alot nicer to look at than the previous versions.
System restore actually works.
The only hardware i had problems with was my modem but i just installed win2K drivers and it worked
The only software that didn't go was norton.
It never crashes
It was easy to install
You get a built in firewall (pro only)
It beats all other versions of windows.
It has built in online games.
The media player is cool
It eliminated a problem with my old Legacy sound card.
It starts up a heck of alot faster.
Just buy it (or 'obtain it') and DO NOT get the home version.
It is faster than 98 SE which I upgraded from.
It is just as stable as win 2K.
I is a heck of alot nicer to look at than the previous versions.
System restore actually works.
The only hardware i had problems with was my modem but i just installed win2K drivers and it worked
The only software that didn't go was norton.
It never crashes
It was easy to install
You get a built in firewall (pro only)
It beats all other versions of windows.
It has built in online games.
The media player is cool
It eliminated a problem with my old Legacy sound card.
It starts up a heck of alot faster.
Just buy it (or 'obtain it') and DO NOT get the home version.
ADH wrote:
'fraid to say not even getting a
> new PC is a way of fixing the bugs with XP. My neighbour went out and bought a
> brand new PC (not anything cheap either!) with XP ready-installed.
Still it
> suffered from a variety of problems.
It's not about the PC you use XP with,
> it's the fact that ths first release is bug-ridden, and hardware/software
> developers have yet to really get to grips with the machine.
It's a little
> like the time it took developers to get used to programming for the PS2, only
> with that we didn't have to deal with the problems.
TRUE, by feb windows xp will be finalised and by then it should be safe to buy a copy of windows xp. Till then just sit and wait :)
'fraid to say not even getting a
> new PC is a way of fixing the bugs with XP. My neighbour went out and bought a
> brand new PC (not anything cheap either!) with XP ready-installed.
Still it
> suffered from a variety of problems.
It's not about the PC you use XP with,
> it's the fact that ths first release is bug-ridden, and hardware/software
> developers have yet to really get to grips with the machine.
It's a little
> like the time it took developers to get used to programming for the PS2, only
> with that we didn't have to deal with the problems.
TRUE, by feb windows xp will be finalised and by then it should be safe to buy a copy of windows xp. Till then just sit and wait :)
nuwans wrote:
> i Managed to geta acopy of windows Xp, and i found that the installation took
> forever!!!!!!
My version kept crashing, but i could recover everything by
> pressing ctrl+alt+del
windows xp requires a powerful pc to work smoothly, a 750
> is not enough, i would recommend a 1 Giga hertz pc. with al teast 256MB ram.
> Otherwise its not worth it, your processor would not be able to handle the work
> load. I couldn't enough run Red Alert 2 properly, it was so slow with windows
> xp.
I am sticking with windows 98 until i upgrade or get a new pc.
'fraid to say not even getting a new PC is a way of fixing the bugs with XP. My neighbour went out and bought a brand new PC (not anything cheap either!) with XP ready-installed.
Still it suffered from a variety of problems.
It's not about the PC you use XP with, it's the fact that ths first release is bug-ridden, and hardware/software developers have yet to really get to grips with the machine.
It's a little like the time it took developers to get used to programming for the PS2, only with that we didn't have to deal with the problems.
> i Managed to geta acopy of windows Xp, and i found that the installation took
> forever!!!!!!
My version kept crashing, but i could recover everything by
> pressing ctrl+alt+del
windows xp requires a powerful pc to work smoothly, a 750
> is not enough, i would recommend a 1 Giga hertz pc. with al teast 256MB ram.
> Otherwise its not worth it, your processor would not be able to handle the work
> load. I couldn't enough run Red Alert 2 properly, it was so slow with windows
> xp.
I am sticking with windows 98 until i upgrade or get a new pc.
'fraid to say not even getting a new PC is a way of fixing the bugs with XP. My neighbour went out and bought a brand new PC (not anything cheap either!) with XP ready-installed.
Still it suffered from a variety of problems.
It's not about the PC you use XP with, it's the fact that ths first release is bug-ridden, and hardware/software developers have yet to really get to grips with the machine.
It's a little like the time it took developers to get used to programming for the PS2, only with that we didn't have to deal with the problems.
i Managed to geta acopy of windows Xp, and i found that the installation took forever!!!!!!
My version kept crashing, but i could recover everything by pressing ctrl+alt+del
windows xp requires a powerful pc to work smoothly, a 750 is not enough, i would recommend a 1 Giga hertz pc. with al teast 256MB ram. Otherwise its not worth it, your processor would not be able to handle the work load. I couldn't enough run Red Alert 2 properly, it was so slow with windows xp.
I am sticking with windows 98 until i upgrade or get a new pc.
My version kept crashing, but i could recover everything by pressing ctrl+alt+del
windows xp requires a powerful pc to work smoothly, a 750 is not enough, i would recommend a 1 Giga hertz pc. with al teast 256MB ram. Otherwise its not worth it, your processor would not be able to handle the work load. I couldn't enough run Red Alert 2 properly, it was so slow with windows xp.
I am sticking with windows 98 until i upgrade or get a new pc.
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