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Summary: Be an Expert or Know One...
Review: Wow... a week of torture with XP. I've been building computers for 5 years now and by far this install of the upgrade version was the toughest. Needless to say, it took 3 days to get it to work right and still many programs and hardware items are not yet compatible. Your Easy CD Creator will not work, many HP Officejets ...and a lot of games just won't cut it.Once it is going, however, it's a great product! But oh that upgrading...
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Summary: Honestly.. Stick to 98 if you must have your Windows.
Review: I really think that the Windows Product line is going to be ending soon, ME was a disaster to use and the worst OS i've come across. I'd rather type out every command on a command line than use ME, XP did improve slightly, the actual networking support and the Multi-user code from 2000 is nice, but it is awful that to be able to get the Network functionality of 98 (IMHO the best windows really) you have to pay for the Professional edition. My other major complaint is that for (the price) you should get a lot more, honestly for a 30$ cd distro of Linux you get a word processing suite, 100+ games, networking support, and oh yeah.. the source code to the OS. That and the fact that the GNOME desktop on Linux looks much nicer than windows, and you still have the multiuser support which Microsoft stole from *nix's practially verbatim.
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Summary: Do Not Buy This as an Upgrade
Review: I just spent 3 days installing...uninstalling...and reinstalling this product...after the first install, my printer, scanner, dsl connection and Logitech camera would not work and I had several software programs that also would not work. I finally have the printer, camera and dsl up and running...as well as Norton System Works after taking off 2001 and buying 2002. I strongly recommend you only upgrade if you are having problems with W98 stability (as I was...at least one crash a day and most often with MS products!). Best to buy it in new install and add programs you want, being careful that they are XP compatible...and a lot are not.
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Summary: Best OS to date
Review: Microsoft XP is by far the greatest operating system to date. The program is so powerful and intelligent it makes you wonder how far off it is before computers take over the earth. My only complaint is this is a system hog, and I highly recomend maxing out your memory, it says windows only needs 128 MB of Ram, which means double that and get 256. However if your computer isn't faster than a 1 Ghz, like mine, I recomend getting 512 MB of ram, once I did that, the system ran a lot better. Memory is cheap is buy it makes a difference. Minus that, this system is great, don't believe any one else who tells you otherwise. Oh, and by the way, if you have a Motorola SB4100 cable modem, go to their website and download the patch before you install XP, because your modem will not work when XP is installed, then run the patch and everything is fine, that was my problem. Also Easy CD creator 3 and 4 don't work well. Hope
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Summary: Love It!
Review: Granted, while upgrading to XP may not be best in all situations, for me it was well worth it. If you have a newer computer running ME you MUST consider doing it. Although it would be best to do a clean install of XP rather than installing it over your existing operating system. My computer has been plagued with mysterious problems and freezes since it was brand new. Now with XP however it has never been more stable and never faster than it is now. I had a couple of problems with older software, but the hardware was all fine. To all of you out there who were given the "ME nightmare".... DO IT!
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Summary: Serious enhancements over win2K
Review: I've found Windows XP to be solid and dependable. It literally worked right out of the box (on multiple systems), with almost no disappointments (only one very old device didn't work...the new driver has yet to be made available). Two-factor authentication, Kerberos, IPSec, EFS, etc. all work like champs. There truly is a lot new in Windows XP. Here's some of what I like: Remote desktop, a stateful firewall, the Help and Support Center, text to speech, cipher /w, ipsecmon now being an mmc snap-in, the advanced attributes details button for encrypted files, using Media Player for dvds, etc! (...) If you don't like the new 'look and feel' of XP, try classic mode.
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Summary: Windows XP
Review: Windows XP is not the great value it is made out to be. One example is microsoft claims that every OS they make is faster then the previewous, Then WHY DOES WINDOWS 95 LOAD IN HALF THE TIME??? That is only one example. (...).
(...). Getting back to windows though, Why do we pay for "upgrades" to windows like windows 95 to win98 the only real difference is the msie active interface(which crashes more in my tests)and xp is even worse with activation, the only way to avoid activation (legally) is buying the corperate version (who has that money?)(...)
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Summary: Can't see it
Review: I found Windows XP Home Edition to be quite deficient in the area of accessibility and visibility for anyone with low vision. It is much harder to find and set font sizes and colors than in Windows 98 and several options for changing the way the display looks which are available in 98 are not available at all in XP. A big negative is the loss of 640X480 screen resolution, which is a great help to visually impaired users in Windows 98. There is a built-in screen magnifier. No points there: 98 has that as well. XP looks like too much thought was given to a glitzy GUI and not enough to the needs of disabled users. Microsoft gets a big goose-egg.
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Summary: Great
Review: I installed Windows XP on my desktop and it turned it into a new computer. I have yet to have a crash, something that was common with my Windows ME. The speed and the quality of video/audio playback is spectacular. This is the upgrade you've been waiting for. It is important, however, to download appropriate XP drivers for peripherals prior to installation. Staples and other stores have a free CD which will analyze your computer prior to installation.
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Summary: Typical Microsoft
Review: Is it just me, or is Microsoft the only company on the planet that makes money despite it constantly treating it's customer base to shoddy products, and hassling anti-piracy techniques that don't work (trust me, there's 30 page reports floating around online on how to break Microsoft's piracy code) Windows XP is typical of Microsoft by requiring more RAM, more disk space, and a faster processor, although to be honest the code base it was designed from allowed for the product to run at a %50 speed increase on current hardware. But of course with the revamped extras, such as digital media support and the like, the requirements were boosted beyond need. The code engineering is not impressive in this area, as many loopholes existing in current Windows products still exist in XP to be exploited.
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