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Summary: Not worth the headache it will give youo
Review: This produce is not worth your time at all. The inability to change the default blue, silver, and olive is quite annoying, and the only possible way is to find someone who has cracked Microsoft's code. Then drivers aren't compatible with XP and cause errors like crazy. I couldn't use my camera or a lot of my gaming things. My internet crashed 2-5 times a day and I'd lose everything I was doing at the time. It's almost impossible to FIND things like dial - up networking ,keep is simple Microsoft. The biggest tick-off is the activation requirement, you shouldn't have to purchase multiple copies of an O.S if you had like 2-3 home computers, that's crazy and then having to deal with people to do it. I frequently format my system (every 5-6 months) to keep it fresh and get rid of problems i may have had, and getting a new code every time would have been insane. Not to mention trying to format the system is a pain in the rear, my sister had to downgrade to 98 to format. I couldn't connect to the net half the time, and when I did webpages loaded like i was on a 14k instead of 56!
In short, stick with 98 SE, at least it's reliable.
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Summary: Many new features, also set the record of most crashes
Review: when i first tried it, i heard rumors about many software not supporting in XP, and they were right. It was fine when i got it, but after putting in some stuff i use, it went right down the drain. Windows XP has a new file system called NTFS (network file system) (it would be new if you used ME or 98), it offers more security and function, and less stability. The good news is there's no more blue screen of death. The bad news is they replaced it with a plain frozen screen. Even though there is a compatability mode, you can't set it farther back than win 95, so any win 3.1 or Ms-Dos software doesn't work. They got rid of the boot-to-Dos option too, and the command prompt in windows has a response rate of about 1 second after you press the key. I use Win 98SE alot, and i think it's more stable.
Win XP home: 10 crashes / day
Win 98 SE : 2 crashes / day
It may be the computer though i wouldn't risk upgrading your computer if you think it's already stable enough.
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Summary: Thanks a lot, Microsoft.
Review: As with all Microsoft Windows products, Win XP Home is overpriced, unreliable, and poorly advertised. It claims to be "open systems." Unfortunately, many computers will ONLY run Windows XP. Therefore buying a computer with Win XP home may limit you when Microsoft makes its newest advancement, or if you choose to tell Microsoft to take long walk off a short pier and move to Linux. Windows XP is overpriced. Linux, for example, is free. OS/2 is also free. Mac OS is only around $$. Windows is $$. And if you want to network or do anything worth while, you need Win XP Professional (for businesses) which costs about $$$ more. As with Windows 95, and 98, XP is unreliable. It is written poorly, loaded with features, and contains all of Microsoft's wonderful quality control. One thing I must say about it is that the Blue Screen of Death is gone, but only because Microsoft doesn't want to tell you when Windows has screwed up. With Win XP, all it does is lock up... it refuses to tell you why. Also, WinXP is fundamentally an NT platform. Therefore, it may not work well with DirectX games designed for Windows 9.x. Direct X 8.1 refuses to run on my desktop, and all games that require Direct X versions 7.0 and lower simply refuse to load. But, if you are in bed with Microsoft, as all people are, Windows XP is your best bet. It is more reliable than Windows 95 and 98 (which isn't saying much.) I suggest Linux, myself.
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Summary: I guess it could have been worse...
Review: I ordered this expecting full blown Windows Home, but instead got some cockamamie Hewlett Packard OEM disc instead. I'm going to look into it ASAP, as a matter of fact. However, trying to put a positive spin on it, what I like about this version of Windows is how much less hard drive space it takes up than XP Professional. Unless you work for MS itself, I can't imagine what you'd actually use XP Professional for. So...so far, so good! However.... Now I feel, and I'm sure everybody who's owned a computer for the last 13 years feels, that Microsoft is in sore need of some viable competition, which it HAD about a decade ago, what with Unix, Linux, DRDOS and OS/2, but thanks to Microshaft's octopus-like ways, most of these people are no longer with us...gone the way of WordStar and TheDraw. Nothing improves the breed like competition...just imagine how clunky American automobiles would be if it hadn't been for Toyota and Honda from Japan (not to mention the electronics industry, or what's left of it!)! Here's hoping SunMicrosystems, (the only real threat to Miscrosoft left standing,) has enough juice to keep Bill & Co. on their toes so this edition doesn't start blue-screening us into oblivion like Win95 and 98 did!! :-)
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Summary: best thing microsoft ever did
Review: I was reading some of the reviews and come to this conclusion....If xp isnt working right on your pc, it is either too old or your doing something wrong. Ive been using this software for over a year now and the only problem I had was at first I had to upgrade my drivers since then it has been running flawless. I also recomend stylexp it really changes the look of your desktop and has just about anything for anyone running xp for there desktop themes. Oh yea dont run under 512mb of memory or you will run slow I run a gig and a 1/2 myself and a amd 1.8 xp processor So if you want a really smooth running operating system I highly recommend xphome and xp proffessional (remember do not use an old motherboard Ive seen people do it but I notice how sluggish there computers were :)
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Summary: best microsoft yet
Review: This is the best windows yet, but that is not saying much. I constantly find that there are many tasks with windows that are done much easier in other operating systems. I find that many of the configurations are hidden and I think that for a "power user" that knows what he is doing windows will sometimes feel like a crutch.
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Summary: I can't imagine Longhorn being any better than this...
Review: I'll keep it short and sweet. If you aren't running Windows 2000 Professional and your machine isn't more than 4 years old, you need to be running some flavor of Windows XP. It is the most stable version of Windows (barring 2000 Pro which most home users don't need) by far. Now I won't say XP has never crashed on me but when it did it was almost invariably due to bad/corrupted hardware drivers, and application crashes almost never bring the entire OS down like they tend to do with Win95/98/ME. And you don't need to be running a super powerful machine to run in like some give the impression. I've run it on a 1999 Dell with a P3 500MHz and 256MB of PC100 SDRAM just fine. All our PCs (2 desktops, 2 notebooks) run XP Pro. Product Activation isn't nearly as big a deal as people make it out to be either so don't let unfounded rumors about it stop you. And besides, Amazon's price is so cheap, you can't afford not to make the upgrade.
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Summary: Need permision to use after purchase
Review: I have to ask Microsoft permision before I can use the product I just purchased from them? -Activation- they call it. Amazon.com has some great OS's on here. instead of Microsoft buy
SuSE Linux, or Red Hat Linux (totaly American) or don't buy Linux you can downlod it for free can't do that with XP
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Summary: X - Puh-leeze!
Review: I bought a new PC last Fall- Pent4 w/Windows XP Home - My printer doesn't work anymore. I have to use my other PC w/ME for printing(and allmost everything else.) It doesn't run the CD-ROM that SBC sent to install my DSL. I wrote a to do list using wordpad, it would not save. It freezes, crashes just like my old PC. My neighbor upgraded to XP-HOME, his scanner stopped working, his webcam stopped working...
What good is a "superior", "new improved" operating system if it can't do the basic job that it is supposed to do- to OPERATE the basic components of a computer system! I'm going to ?downgrade? back to WIN98 so my PC can finnally do its job. XP-HOME may be O.K. for those computer guys who can fix everything but if you're in need of a turn-key PC that will work right out of the box... fu-ged-a-boud-it!
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Summary: Better than 2000...
Review: It is better than Win 2000 Pro (and all other previous windows versions), but not that great. If you buy a new hard drive, or you have to re-install windows on your computer for some other reason, it is probably worth the effort. I wouldn't run out to get it and install it otherwise. It has a few nice features (like user switching), and in general it feels a bit more stable. It is better... but nothing you can't live without if you don't want the pain of upgrading. However... my new Apple laptop is awesome. OS X is a dream compared to XP. Sorry Bill. But an intel/XP box is the way to go for gaming. Sorry Steve. :-)
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