so i was walking through town the other day and popped into my local computer shop, where i asked the shopkeepers opinion of XP. The friendly chappy waffled at me with the usual blah-de blah (oh it is much faster and stabler than any previous version etc...) he began to give me a demonstration and it crashed twice, was slow as hell, and would not accept the drivers for a diamond graphics card that he had just put in! he he he! i wasent impressed at all, i will continue using linux on my home pc!
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XP - my first impression
- Thread starter dynamasis
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Well.. Your only going to judge from one computer?
I'm running it fine its fast as hell and stable as hell.
I'm running it fine its fast as hell and stable as hell.
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As long as you have over 128 megs of ram, and you dont OC too far, Win XP is the most stable OS I've ever used.
WinXP has been very stable for me and hasn't crashed once. However it doesn't load as fast as Win98 did. Win98 loaded in about 20 seconds after I tweaked it.
Anyways, if you're used to Linux I doubt you'll like XP. XP seems like it was designed specifically for stupid people, because it pops up a wizard for every little thing instead of letting you do it yourself. But if you play around with the settings you can disable a lot of the unnecessary features and it will run pretty fast and smooth.
I have Linux on my Pentium 1 but there's no way I'd install Linux on my good machine because then I won't be able to play all the games I have.
Anyways, if you're used to Linux I doubt you'll like XP. XP seems like it was designed specifically for stupid people, because it pops up a wizard for every little thing instead of letting you do it yourself. But if you play around with the settings you can disable a lot of the unnecessary features and it will run pretty fast and smooth.
I have Linux on my Pentium 1 but there's no way I'd install Linux on my good machine because then I won't be able to play all the games I have.
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I would recommend 512RAm.. Minimum of 256..
Softwebdev
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XP RULE.....SECOND TO NONE
if it's not big and clear enough.......
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Softwebdev said:
XP RULE.....SECOND TO NONE
if it's not big and clear enough.......
Damn what's with you tonight and those bid bold red letters!
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Yodums said:
I second that.
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ITs just like juding on one review.. You can't judge one product due to one's opinion.. Espically a seller... The only reason they give you that because they want you to buy it..
Its best you try it yourself on your own system or something..
Its best you try it yourself on your own system or something..
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Win2K's not bad either, stable and is not full of unnecessary bloatware. From what I've seen, WinXP has digested too many OSes along the way, and failed to get rid of the excess waste. I will be sticking with Win2K.
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Yodums said:
can you see it without the light ?
like it ?
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XP is a great OS damnit..
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Yodums said:
it's so great........i want to say this
XP is GREATEST OS ever made by MS
thank you..................can you see it without the light ?
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I mean if you have to add more ram to run it good.. Then do it .. You'll love it.. The XP syndrome..
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I have to say, I am impressed with xp. Some people may gripe about instant messenger or the funky looks, but I for one like them. I will have 2 systems, one with xp and one with 2k. That way i can ave the best of both worlds.
Oh yeah, and office xp is schweet. In frontpage, you can switch between different pages using tabs instead of selecting from the window menu. I love that!
Oh yeah, and office xp is schweet. In frontpage, you can switch between different pages using tabs instead of selecting from the window menu. I love that!
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i never thought i would see the day where the words "stable", "fast", and "great" in the same sentence with microsoft
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I have to add my thumbs up to the rest just up graded from win2k and I temporally only have 128MB of ram and it runs smooth and fast. You can get it to respond and look just like win2k but I actually like the new look. Everything is pretty much where it was in win2k so not much of a leaning curve to it.
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win xp is poo as far as im concerned, iv just aquired a copy and i am NOT impressed! win 2k was not very good either (too many driver problems and software clashes). my favourite windows was 3.11 until nt4 came out! i run linux and 98 and nt4 server on my 2 machines, and that way, i can play all my games, run all my software, run the network attached to it and use it a a web server from time to time!
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Failure is bundled with Microsoft - ROTFLMAO !!!!
We'll see this weekend. I got a copy of XP PRO. Gonna do a clean install.
--Gotta see it to believe it.--
We'll see this weekend. I got a copy of XP PRO. Gonna do a clean install.
--Gotta see it to believe it.--
