Windows XP luv or h8

I've been bitchin about XP for a while so I thought I'd better install the bugger before I'm in danger of loosing my head up my ass and give my opinion..
On the good side...
It installs easy, it boots fast
On the down side....
The GUI makes it hard to dig down and get to the nitty gritty of the OS. Product activation sux. every user is an administrator (unless you change em). makes users idiots. too many nags to tie in to passport.
Overall, if your too stupid to own a computer XP is great :dunce: otherwise stick to what you've got. :killcompu

(in my humble opinion)

Jamie.
:D

I got XP on my new computer and it works great! Speed and stability are awsome.

A kool new GUI, but for those that want the original Windows 9x GUI, you can easily switch back to it. I would recommend to people to buy it if they have a computer with decent speed and memory (600 MHZ, 128 meg ram and up).

Sure it treats everyone as an administrator by default, but that is easily changed.

My only problem so far was with my D-Link webcam. (XP said it hadn't been XP certified so it couldn't be guaranteed to work right.)

8/10 rating from me for a job pretty well done by Microsoft.

as much as i hate MS and as evil as XP still is I give 'em a 9/10 for the product. I wouldn't deal with it if I didn't have the cracked version, though. I don't deal well with online registration/passport bs.

I ran 2 different beta versions of Windows XP, and loved it at first. But like any Microsoft OS, after a month, it began to show its true colors. I hated it. It's a huge resource hog, and everything is moved. Microsoft is also being total Nazis with their key regristration, and all the info they collect on your computer when you're on the internet. With Windows XP, privacy is a thing of the past. I think Windows XP would be a great poster child for Linux.

I have XP also (it came on my Dell Inspiron 8100) it seems ok at first but after a little while, I seem to get a lot of "Blue screens" that were "gone" after 2000. (The interesting thing is that the first blue screen i got was after installing MS Office XP, go figure:rolleyes: )Except these blue screens are memory dumps...it can't be too little power because the machine I have has 1GHz w/512Mb of RAM. As soon as I can find a good HOWTO on installing Red Hat or Mandrake on it I will. Everything I use it for can be done with StarOffice and XMMS.

Hi! I was just passing by and I can't help seeing topic on WIN XP! Well, just one thing, XP SUCKS! Microsoft is always using Windows 98 and comparing it to Windows 2000 and XP. I don't see them using Linux or Windows NT and compare its stability to Windows XP.

Unless you want Microsoft to spy on you forever, SUGESSTION: MOVE BACK TO WINDOWS 2000!

I have XP running on a PII 350 with 128MB RAM and it runs like a dream. Under Windows 98, this computer was rather slow, but on XP it runs quite smoothly...

There are some interface changes which are quite annoying, but thankfully, Microsoft has left in the ability to change it to other interface types.

I have installed Office XP on it, and it is still stable, although there is more hard drive access now..

To Lawrence171: XP is built on the Windows 2000 code, so if Microsoft can spy on you with XP, they most likely can spy on you with 2000. If you want to get away from Microsoft spying on you, then you would be recommended to either leave your computer off all the time, or switch to an alternate OS.

My opinion: XP is quite nice. Takes a bit adjusting too, and all the pretty things are just excessive things which offer nothing usefull....

My issue with XP is in the politics behind it. Additionaly, while it is the first time Windows has had native firewall capability /* 2001 A.D. :D */ it is worse with default user security as others have stated. But then again if users didn't ***** up their systems almost constantly some of us would have to find other careers. :cool:

I'm going to wipe my install of XP, I've found it too clunky and too fluffy for my liking, the final annoyance is the fact the machine keeps locking up for about half a second every so often, this has never happened using 2000 professional, 2000 server etc, so it's back to Suse 7.3 as my primary OS on my main machine.
J.

Well, hmmmm...

I have both Home and Pro versions of XP running on a peer to peer home network. As far as networking capabilities go, XP sux ass!!! For an OS that was based on the NT Kernal its networking features suck ass. It isnt compatible with IPX Netbui ...actually everything except TCP\IP. Now that would be fine except that you can have only one instance of TCP\IP installed, so dont think about accesing more thatn one network.
Other than my hang ups about the network interface, I have no qualms with the OS. I has been extremely stable and smooth running. The only incompatibility was with Sygate Personal Firewall, but that was easily fixed ... anyways, I give it an 8/10

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Now that would be fine except that you can have only one instance of TCP\IP installed, so dont think about accesing more thatn one network.

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I'm not sure what you mean by more than one instance of tcp/ip, but I have had no trouble converting an XP machine into a multihomed box, as long as you're using static addressing.

My opinion of XP, a cartoon artist redesigned 2k and made it ten times more obnoxious.

I had XP installed for a while, then grew to hate it, as with every other windows version, all it takes is time.

XP has alot of new features, and cool stuff. completly free of M$DOS and stuff...

And the stability...
Check out www.windowsxp.nu for cool downloads for XP
And be sure to get www.themexp.org the themes...

But it still is Micro$oft.... So I just tripple-boot it (as third option)
:firedevil

i have windows XP and i think that the environment is good and beautiful, but it has many problems like when i have a 650MB CD the computer says that the CD is 5,96MB and it has twice a folder which is 173MB, i don't search much for other problems, but i think that it is better with windows ME than XP.

Windows ME is better than XP?

Try Win2k or better still *nix
:D


PS good links for XP from the_JinX
;)

Maybe a updated version of XP would be better, is there any new one?

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Originally posted by sebastos12
Maybe a updated version of XP would be better, is there any new one?

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Nope same XP, still waiting for Service Pack...

:D

Windows XP is a Hacker's Heaven. Read article at GRC.com and he will explain the XP has too many raw sockets. He pleaed with MS to repair that problen ,but was just not sucessful. I know 4 people with XP that have been hacked already and removed XP!
If MS doesn't care which sometimes I think they don't XP could have been a good OS. But the Bill Gates guru's just ignored Steve Gibson and now it is showing how unsafe XP is to use. I will stick with Windows 2000 and ME!!!:)

i work for Microsoft under a temporary basis as a Network Admin Help. and all the computers in the building are Windows 2000 Professional...

Why wont they use XP?

My boss said "XP stands for X-tra Problems"

So if microsoft dont even use it.. why should you?

Windows XP is not that bad. Sure it's microsoft which is a problem to begin with but that doesn't automatically make it useless. Politcally I have alot of problems with it but it is generally more stable then the Win9x series. As for NT and 2000, I've never used 2000 but NT was always buggy. I am pretty much the average user - I play games, run multimedia apps, surf the net, and do some light programming. For this XP is fine.

As for linux, everybody under the sun knows that it outperforms windows, that it really let's one have 'control' over ones machine but XP isn't really trying to compete with it. XP if for people who run Win9x as their sole os, not for diehard linux fans.

hmm u should try win2k then... i assure u. u'd like it better and yeah NT is buggy.. it has a lot and i mean a lot of bugs and flaws compared to 2000..

i know that considering i work in the Networking Industry.. take my word for it.. :)

and i know that you are just a normal user.. but its people like you (regular users) that people like me protect.

we tell u the flaws so you wont be victimized...

but in the end.. its really up to you if you wish to listen to our rants..

just being a helpful citizen :)

Let me tell you sonic, it is definatly appreciated. And I trust what you say about 2000 as I have heard similar praises around the place. But you would have to agree that 2000 isn't designed for the average user. I have heard of compatability issues with games and video cards. Nothing major or things that can't be dealt with but enough to discourage a novice user who just wants to hop into such & such a game.

Xp has flaws and isn't the ideal OS. But it's probably the best mass consumer OS available at the moment. Unfortuantly there is a lot of room for improvement.

XP doesn't work on my computer.
I tried to install it many time and each time there was an error.

Moreover, most of the drivers for XP aren't totally clean!
For example, my graphic card hasn't got a good XP driver
=> It makes this OS not stable it reboot every 20 minutes... :confused:

Some software doesn't work with XP. For example, 3dsmax4 doesn't start on my computer, Visual C++ can't create new files (!!) etc...

I don't know if my XP version is good, but I prefer wait for the futur XP driver....

I dont use ANY MS products at home but I do at college and heres my advice:
1.)Get a *nix
2.)If you have win 98 and don't use DOS then you can delete autoexec.bat & config.sys and edit msdos.sys so your PC boots in well under a minute
3.)Run XP behind a firewall, don't trust the damned thing
4.)You seen those nice new pretty Macs, you could be even more extreem and get a Sun Blade for under a grand, even a RISC PC!!!

I think that anyone who have XP should put them away and put Windows ME or 2000, they are better than XP until Micro$oft make a service pack.