re: Windows XP. It's Just an O/S!
Friday, August 17, 2001 at 5:51 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by MIDI Magician
(2 messages posted)
I tried XP. If you have a compulsive need to be on the cutting edge of experimental
technology (a guinea pig AKA BETA tester), with deep, deep pockets, then XP will
keep
you vogue and busy. Over half of my current programs would not work. The other
half
(both 16-bit and 32-bit) worked as usual. The interface, I thought, was beautiful.
I had
lock-up problems which I attribute to hardware as I am only running a 1 gig machine
wth
256 megs of DIMM RAM, 133mhz BUS and ATA 100 HD with a 2X AGP video card with
16 megs of VRAM.
It is my opinion that it will take state of the art hardware (200mhz BUS), DDR RAM,
4X video card and whatever else is outrageously expensive to get things to run reliably.
Then, throw in another four or five thousand dollars worth of new software (if they
even
make it to replace what you have), and you'll be just about where you are now with
Windows 98.
Too, for developers, the attempt to do away with DOS is just another stone around
the neck to drag round with a "KICK ME" sign for being so gullible as to believe
that
anyone who uses XP is actually a power user. The only people who have no problems
are those who don't use their machines to do much more than send email and listen
to music. Otherwise, this baby is full of opportunities for those who want to move
up
another level in the challenge arena.
-MIDI Magician
On Monday, August 13, 2001 at 5:38 pm, Gramps wrote:
>Whats wrong with this picture?
>Without hardware or software, Windows XP is worthless! I have to pay the richest
>man in the world $200 so I can run the software I bought in one store on the hardware
>I bought in another. Also, before I can do that, I have to let his O/S scan my machine
>so it can create a secret number that I have to phone in to Him so He can give me
>a 50 digit number that I have to enter into His O/S so it won't quit running after
>30 days!
>He keeps the keys to my computer. If I update to much hardware, it will quit working.
>I have to call Him again and get a new key.
>How many of you hope the Supreme Court has the stones to stop that Megalomaniac?
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