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by x10nd 1 view

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Is win xp really good or is it an O/S with new clothes?

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by eagl1

I'm no expert & can only compare it against win98SE, but I love XP!! It's user friendly and has a ton of new features that are very useful in trying to solve problems. Unlike win98 XP hasn't crashed on me once. Hope this helps.:)

by namron

XP is an entirely new operating system and is based on Windows NT/2000. I find it very stable in that it protect itself from application programs. I have it running on two computers that are networked together and it has run flawlessly. XP is a great OS, but is designed for higher end computers. It is crucial to do a compatability test on your system and address any issues before you do an install.

by geekmee

Isn't that a bit of a (marketing) overstatement?
I don't Microsoft has the time to really write an entirely "New" operating system? Its new compared to Windows 98, but not Windows 2000. XP is just a fancier cousin of Windows 2000.

Windows XP is simply a migration path from Windows 9x to the Windows 2000 platform with a marketing campaign attached... I think is truer characterzation than, "entirely new."

by geekmee

Witn apologizes to Namron, who I admittedly over argued the finer details...

1.) Yes it is really good. Substantially more stable than Windows 98, because its based on Windows 2000.

2.) Yes, its just new clothes (in my opinion) ontop of Windows 2000...but features geared toward home users.

You could simply buy Windows 2000 and skip the new wardrobe.

-g

by marence

I bought a new laptop with XP preintalled in November. I was prepared to hate it, for any number of reasons, but after 2 hours of tweaking (to get rid of the "pretty" stuff, I got it performing the way I had always hoped an OS would.
That being said, I would only recommend it for new machines - there's a lot of hardware that's not compatible.

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