re: Windows XP. It's Just an O/S!
Tuesday, August 21, 2001 at 7:40 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Curt R
(1315 messages posted)
As you've pointed out previously, MS is trying to integrate their business and
home Operating System's into one package. For them it makes life a little easier
since they'll only have to concentrate on one product instead of 4 or 5 (which hopefully
will mean a product that is released and doesn't require a hotfix or service pack
two days later). I'm a 2000 user and will likely stick with it untill business and
my overpriced MS certification cause me to have to learn XP....however, I won't be
likely to spend more money on yet another OS for use at home. I already own DOS/win3.x/win9x/win2000....that's
plenty for me for now. What a lot of people don't seem to understand is simply
this: You don't have to buy it! When you're buying your next PC, get a custom built
(clone) and ask them to NOT install an OS for you and take it home and put your OS
of choice on it (in my case this will be 2000 pro) You don't HAVE to buy preloaded
brand name computers if you don't want.......that's a personal choice (and since
I am a PC tech I prefer to build my own, but most any good PC store will put the
parts you order into a box and NOT install an OS if you ask them not to). While
I don't agree with Bill's business practices I am happy to see him integrating the
home and office into one OS. It saves guys like me headaches because due to my work
I have to be proficient in all his OS's. While it's "too late" for me at this point
in time (I already am proficient on everything from DOS to 2000) in the future (say
10 years from now) future tech's will (hopefully) not have to learn anything but
the one OS. I really like the 2000 interface. After working with NT for years
and having to jump all over to find the right interface to effect some system or
policy change or view the list of running services etc, it's nice to see all the
needed tools in one place instead of spread all over. I like the security and stability
of 2000 (as compared to previous OS's) and I like the way it's organized as well.
I haven't looked over XP yet, but I have seen some screen shots of the desktop........I'd
prefer 2000's interface myself.
On Monday, August 20, 2001 at 10:41 am, Annoyances.org Webmaster wrote:
>The stability you're talking about is because Windows XP is based on NT technology.
> Windows 2000 is exactly the same way: applications crash all the time, but very
>rarely have any effect on the stability of the OS.
>
>Basically, the big differences between 2000 and XP are: (1) the terrible new interface
>(at least its optional), (2) the fact that it replaces the Windows 9x/Me line, which
>means manufacturers of games and "specialty" applications and hardware (the stuff
>that currently don't work on Windows 2000) will need to support XP or go out of
business,
>and (3) some internal "dot net" stuff that most people won't care about.
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