Official: WinXP SE!!!

[addict951]

Can u believe M$?!?!?!?!

What's gonna happen to the rest of us with the original???

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[stereo555]

Damn , more $$$ to Bill ? I DON'T think so (IMO) . Geez .... the "SE" edition better be a FREE patch for us XP Pro users and not another WinME syndrome . *** Thanks for the info

 

[SNIPER1M]

Maybe SE will be 1/2 gig of security fixes for unfortunates with 56K. That's it SecurityEnhancement...SE.

 

[weasel]

just another way for bill to screw us over and get money doing it

 

[grunjee]

Son of a...!

 

[Cooler666]

Can't wait for it

 

[flounder43]

first quarter of next year guys, don't get too upset.

 

[pcgirl]

Jeez...this is way too much...sometimes it seems like I spend more time updating my pc than having fun with it.

 

[Jeff Bolton]

Microsoft is aware that corporate customers' number one beef is that there are too many Windows updates, so it's possible that if they complain loud enough, we'll see a succession of service packs instead, which is what happened to NT 4.0 in the three-and-a-half year wait for 5.0, née 2000.

that'd be nice.

Possible, but perhaps not likely. Redmond is addicted to the near-annual fix of revenue from a major release of Windows. And if you were in the position that Microsoft is in, that's an itch you'd find hard not to scratch, too. ®

but this is more likely.

things like this are the reason i like having the ability to choose which OS i want to use...right now that OS is linux. personally i think one of windows's biggest problems is that they release a new version of it too often without significantly fixing the current version to a acceptable level of security and stability...so if XP SE is basically just a big service pack that you have to pay for, then that is alright from a certain point of view (because it isn't a totally new OS) but the fact that you can't just download it is annoying. the worst part is that people will eat it up like candy. oh well...maybe my post here should be in gripes and moans, and i know it is an endless debate, so i'll just stop now.

jeff

 

[Cooler666]

things like this are the reason i like having the ability to choose which OS i want to use...right now that OS is linux. personally i think one of windows's biggest problems is that they release a new version of it too often without significantly fixing the current version to a acceptable level of security and stability...so if XP SE is basically just a big service pack that you have to pay for, then that is alright from a certain point of view (because it isn't a totally new OS) but the fact that you can't just download it is annoying. the worst part is that people will eat it up like candy. oh well...maybe my post here should be in gripes and moans, and i know it is an endless debate, so i'll just stop now.

jeff

and the biggest problem with Linux is that it has no where near as good hardware compatibility as Windows (and game compatibilty which you have to pay for , i understand theses guys want to eat but they sacrifice their market share with this crap on software which is meant to be open source)
XP SE will very likely be the equivalent of 98 SE, hopefully not ME...

 

[eh?]

Maybe SE will be 1/2 gig of security fixes for unfortunates with 56K. That's it SecurityEnhancement...SE.

LOL that made my day

 

[foshdawg]

all i can say is, that's what you get for using XP

 

[SNIPER1M]

Regardless of my everyday gripes about XP, it is the most universal, most widely supported and extremely stable. If I were to go in any store and see a program or piece of hardware 99.9% of the time it will run on my system. I don't have to know a line of code, know how to manually install hardware or have no where to go for an answer to any problem. I hit my power button and I'm computing, open the control panel and automatically set up a network or use any of the tens of thousands Windows based programs. All in all, I'm spoiled, so I have time to whine even when there is nothing to whine about.

 

[Oni]

Bend over and go to your "Special Place" XPers. Bill will be done before you know it

 

[HBK216]

all i can say is, that's what you get for using XP

Preac on brotha, preach on!

 

[RainMaQer]

Jeez...this is way too much...sometimes it seems like I spend more time updating my pc than having fun with it.

Ditto... Updates for EVERYTHING happen all to often... whether it be drivers for hardware or in this case the OS... I just want to buy something... have it work and play Not spend 2 hours everyday trying to find an update or fix for something that should work

 

[MoPMatrix]

Stop complaining
Who cares if bill gates gets more money, your gettin the things u always complain about fixed =)
I mean com'on u want everything to be perfect as soon as it comes out? or wait another 5 years for em to test the heck out of it?
and u have to d/l a patch, OMG!,, not like u dont sit on ur comp all day anway

and how many ppl use windows compaired to the otheres even tho it "sucks" sure it has problems but atleast they try and fix em

Im know im guna get flamed now
but its just how i see it...

 

[WarriorII]

If I bought a car made by M$, my bicycle would get a lot of use.


Actually, I have purchased all of Billy's stuff (OS's). I mainly use 98se tho.

 

[Cooler666]

If I bought a car made by M$, my bicycle would get a lot of use.

before you know it Microsoft will be dominating the car industry too. They dominate operating systems and now consoles..in twenty years time Bill Gates will own the world

 

[David]

and the biggest problem with Linux is that it has no where near as good hardware compatibility as Windows (and game compatibilty which you have to pay for , i understand theses guys want to eat but they sacrifice their market share with this crap on software which is meant to be open source)
XP SE will very likely be the equivalent of 98 SE, hopefully not ME...

Linux will only be compatible with hardware if the manufacturers release the drivers for it, or give someone the relevant info to be able to program the drivers themselves.