If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Do I need Windows XP?
I've been using windows 98 for since it came out! Now I'm in situation
to decided to upgrade Windows XP or nor. I ask myself this question: do I need windows xp? This is what I've know about windows XP: 1) XP system seems run slower than windows 98 because of the running multimedia files unnecessarily. 2) XP system starting and booting suck! It takes more time to starting up XP than Windows 98 3) has to do activate to MS which I hate it 4) I can't control XP system that I use control over windows 98 5) can't access MS-DOS. I don't know why I need Windows XP. BEcause bunch of computer geeks are using it???? |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
In article , mmdir2002
@yahoo.co.uk says... I've been using windows 98 for since it came out! Now I'm in situation to decided to upgrade Windows XP or nor. I ask myself this question: do I need windows xp? This is what I've know about windows XP: 1) XP system seems run slower than windows 98 because of the running multimedia files unnecessarily. 2) XP system starting and booting suck! It takes more time to starting up XP than Windows 98 3) has to do activate to MS which I hate it 4) I can't control XP system that I use control over windows 98 5) can't access MS-DOS. 1) Wrong, no it doesn't. 2) That's because it does a proper check during startup 3) Unless you're thieving software, it's not a problem 4) Yes you can. 5) Yes you can. In addition, XP has a better memory manager than Win98 so after you've opened IE a few times it won't grind to a halt. When an app crashes you can usually recover without a reboot. When you install drivers/software and something goes wrong, you can rollback instead of having to re-install. etc etc etc. -- Conor "Cogito Eggo Sum" - "I think, therefore I am a waffle" |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
|
#4
|
|||
|
|||
|
#5
|
|||
|
|||
|
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Windows NT/2000/XP has always run faster on the same hardware as Windows
98 did, at least for me. When all is said and done, what's most important to me is stability. I have personally found Windows XP to be unstable on my hardware. Always crashing and rebooting spontaneously. When I built a new system a couple of months ago, I figured it was time to try XP again, so I installed it. I installed all of the latest service packs and security patches, but still it crashed on me often. A couple of weeks ago, I got fed up, completely reformatted my hard drive and installed Windows 2000. Hasn't crashed yet. I have yet to install Windows XP on a machine and not have problems. However, I have purchased a laptop and two computers which had Windows XP pre-installed and they run nearly as flawlessly as Win2k does on my own home-built computer. That tells me that the key to getting Windows XP to run well is in matching up the right hardware. In article , mmdir2002 @yahoo.co.uk says... I've been using windows 98 for since it came out! Now I'm in situation to decided to upgrade Windows XP or nor. I ask myself this question: do I need windows xp? This is what I've know about windows XP: 1) XP system seems run slower than windows 98 because of the running multimedia files unnecessarily. 2) XP system starting and booting suck! It takes more time to starting up XP than Windows 98 3) has to do activate to MS which I hate it 4) I can't control XP system that I use control over windows 98 5) can't access MS-DOS. I don't know why I need Windows XP. BEcause bunch of computer geeks are using it???? |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 21:58:26 -0000, Conor
wrote: In article , says... Windows XP needs and uses more power. It won't run on a slow machine, but Windows 98 will. cough BULL**** cough. I've got a mate running it on a P166MMX with 128MB RAM. 300 MHz recommended, 233 MHz required for XP, or your computer will cough. See... http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...on/sysreqs.asp |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
In article ,
says... On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 21:58:26 -0000, Conor wrote: In article , says... Windows XP needs and uses more power. It won't run on a slow machine, but Windows 98 will. cough BULL**** cough. I've got a mate running it on a P166MMX with 128MB RAM. 300 MHz recommended, 233 MHz required for XP, or your computer will cough. See... http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...on/sysreqs.asp CPU speed is less relevent than the amount of RAM. -- Conor "Cogito Eggo Sum" - "I think, therefore I am a waffle" |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
64 bit - Windows Liberty 64bit, Windows Limited Edition 64 Bit, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition 64 Bit, IBM DB2 64 bit - new ! | vvcd | AMD x86-64 Processors | 0 | September 17th 04 09:07 PM |
Will Windows Power the Living Room? | Ablang | General | 31 | July 8th 04 05:34 AM |
Freedom: Coming to a Windows Box Near You | Ablang | General | 0 | June 30th 04 03:04 AM |
Valid Points 101: 2x P4 Xeons + Hyperthreading + Windows XP Professional / W2K / NT4 / *Nix (long post!) | Duncan, Eric A. | General | 7 | February 3rd 04 05:06 PM |
64 bit - Windows Liberty 64bit, Windows Limited Edition 64 Bit,Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition 64 Bit, IBM DB2 64 bit - new! | TEL | Overclocking AMD Processors | 0 | January 1st 04 06:59 PM |