razorace Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 I agree. XP is the biggest OS improvement leap for Microsoft, ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 After 2 years of hell with Windows ME, I love it. I especially like XP mode where I can keep all my desktop icons in the start menu. I'm not a fan of cluttered Desktops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCanr2d2 Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 I do have probs with XP, but it is the same one I had with 2K, and 98... I believe either my Mobo or GFX card plays up at certain times, and I always get the same error, with almost the same things causing it... Next PC/Upgrade should get rid of that problem anyway...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeskywalker1 Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 i had some kind of error for about a week. when i turned on my computer it come one after everything was loaded up then it just went away. r2d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razorace Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 Yeah, XP is great, but you gotta have new enough hardware to run it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmjedi Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 I have XP and I have to say that it is a great OS and that it has never crashed. The only thing I say is that you shouldn't install it yourself cause all of my friends who did it said it would mess every once and a while. Try to get it preinstalled on your computer and it will never give you any problem. I was an idiot when I first got my computer but I have learned alot about operating my computer and I am now my friends come to me when they have problems. I also like the look at the feel about it too. It is so nice and I have to say that it is great for me and that I would highly recomend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff38 Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 Xp is the best Windows operating system yet, they finally are getting on track. Having said that, it still comes in a distant 2nd place to Mac systems. Very sad we will never know how good our computer experience could have been if Macs had won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razorace Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 If by good you mean "triple the prices due to no competition", "monopoly way bigger than MS on all aspects of hardware, software, etc.", and "restricted control with your computer", then yes, it would be "good". Apple doomed itself to 2nd place when it totally horded its systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teutonicknight Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 I like XP, it much more stable than 98. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Simpson Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Doesn't work with my system, for some reason or another. I always get IRQ errors when I install it, so I went back to 98. Maybe I'll give it another shot when I buy a new PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSaber-<ZeN> Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Originally posted by Skate Boy I have it, and I like it. I'm not sure why most people don't, I can't find anything wrong with it. Old Programs dont always work on it. I like it, because it has cable drivers,dsl drives,etc installed on it. As long as I can play Counter-Strike and Diablo 2 of old games im happy Every new software does though, so thats good. Plus XP can restore any file, without having to do that boring and dreadful, Recovery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSaber-<ZeN> Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Originally posted by Darth Simpson Doesn't work with my system, for some reason or another. I always get IRQ errors when I install it, so I went back to 98. Maybe I'll give it another shot when I buy a new PC. XP does fault on old systems alot. New systems are always better anyways, as long as you dont buy one made, just buy all the parts for under 500 dollars, and you can get one hella better then a 900 dollar dell. "d00d your getting owned,dell" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Simpson Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 It's not exactly an old PC. I built it myself about 8 months ago or something ( can't remember exactly ), so it is getting on a bit, but it's by no means old. 1.33 Ghz Asus A7M266 mobo 512 MB RAM GeForce 3 Soundblaster Audigy I've tried everything I know about computers to try and fix that XP problem, but to no avail. It just seems to be incompatible with my hardware. Other people with similiar setups report no problems though. I'm going to buy a new motherboard and CPU soon anyway, so I'll try again then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acrylic Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Well, with the new computer I'm getting, there'll be XP, andthere is 1 game I cant wait to play on it : Splinter Cell!!!! I saw the screenshots, and they are better than the X-Box (Especially if you have the newer graphics cards) I'm sooo happy. I'll probably buy a gamepad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyael Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 the best thing I have found with windows xp is it is totally customizable! so many options to play around with. Also, if you do have a lock up or crash, 90% of the time the system itself will not lock ,and you will be able to just close out the bad program!! Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZBomber Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 Its great *pats Windows XP* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mex Posted January 11, 2003 Author Share Posted January 11, 2003 In a week or two weeks I shall be getting windows XP. So if an admin/moderator would kindly close this thread, it would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacco Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 When I first got XP, I thought it was stupid compared to windows 98. But when I started to explore on it it got easier and easier to use. The one of the cool specs I saw on it was that you can change the mode on it for games that required 95 or 98. That is what is cool. One game didn't run and I didn't know what the prob. was so I swiched the mode to 95 and it ran perfectly. I was astonished about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Warrior Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 I still use windows 98 but am soon getting windows xp me thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfmanNCSU Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 XP is one of the best OS I have used, and I have used a lot of them. Its by far the best that MS has done in a long while, but like all newest MS OS, it will hog resourses, so the better the machine, the better your performance. It upgrades pretty nicely with a handful of exceptions, but its definitly a better idea to start on a clean drive whenever installing an OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWhiteRaider Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 It has been stable, but still has a long ways to go. I have been useing computers since DOS. And what I am impresed by is not fancy buttons, but how the system runs. If it does not do that good of a job it is useless to unless I realy have to use it. Windows has had too many bugs with it and though I have been pleased with XP it still has many issues(Like it takes double the amount of ram to run anything.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yangyan Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 Bad compatibility, it has. format computer i will. can't..........get.........compatibilty...........................................arrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhh........................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acrylic Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 When I get the windows XP, you know what would be cool? To merge it and the Mac 10 look together to make something really cool looking. Agh, thatd be sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razorace Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 MMMMMMAAAACCCCC HIIIIIIPPPPPPPPPIIIIIIEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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