[MeekOneGOP]

I just got Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition a week ago. MUCH better than WIndows 98, imho ...

[steve50]

XP has made me a penguin advocate. Can't wait to get the other HD in this thing

[Conan the Librarian]

Guess Bill wouldn't think of making it easier by lowering the cost, would he?

[Gorzaloon]

I just got Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition a week ago. MUCH better than WIndows 98, imho ...

It is better in many ways, such as a faster bootup, etc, and being more stable than 98.

But that said, when I bought my new Dell last summer, it was only offered with XP. The video card, etc. required XP drivers. I would have preferred Win2000.

I regret having bought the machine under those circumstances, and had I thought more and faster, would have told Dell to keep it.

The biggest reason is all the intrusive junk they loaded it with, like the perpetual hard sell for Microsoft Messenger (Which they had made very difficult to remove at the time.) If you have a router and/or firewall take a good look at what it is doing and you will freak. The Windows Media Player cheerfully offers to keep track of a lot of things, and is always looking for mysterious upgrades. Dell's hidden "support.exe" was hammering at the firewall at :37 past the hour constantly.

While it might be a good replacement for Win98, it has no benefits other than a terrible amount of bloat over the similarly NT-based Windows 2000.

So, I dunno. It felt it was like having a cocaine addict as a house guest- Entertaining, but you had to constantly count the silverware! :-)

As in all consumer things, your mileage may vary.

[chachacha]

I didn't get it and this is why. I don't know what you do with your computer but, if you do anything, you soon learn it is a mess.

Example: Microsoft Photodraw 2000 will not run in Windows XP.

Their own program?

I didn't purchase this program with a limited life span attached to it.

What are they doing about it Nothing!!!!!!!

[billorites]

I've had two computers with XP Professional and XP Home Edition for almost a year now and love 'em.

Much more stable than any other MS operating system I've used. I keep a third PC running Windows 98 to preserve compatibility with some children's games, a scanner and my wife's wierd obsession with WordStar.

Windows XP made networking the three computers an absolute piece of cake. Share drives, printers, easy to set access, etc. My favorite add-on for Windows is PowerDrawers from Dyanmic Karma. Couldn't live without it.

[Publius6961]

Thank you for sharing.
What's it like working at MS anyway?

[Sofa King]

Until I have a good reason to switch, it's Win98 for me. My computer works fine as it is- why should I spend $200 to switch to an OS that requires a firewall (yet has been sold as the most secure OS to date) and may not run some of my old programs?

[Quilla]

One of our office computers using XP has been running a fairly sophisticated engineering program for about eight months now. At first there were no problems; however, as each day goes by, the performance gets slower and slower. I have disabled all unnecessary applications running in the background, have checked for viruses, drafraged, the whole nine yards. Even with the virus software disabled, we still have poor, poor performance. Microsoft's knowledge base and free support options offer no additional suggestions. Can y'all help?

[pt17]

My non-technical wife of (very) many years has learned to hate XP and mostly uses one of my WNT or W2K machines. What does that say?

[dyed_in_the_wool]

This tool came out BEFORE XP was released.
It is, however, far from reliable.
XP is no great shakes. For all of the headaches and aggravation, I'm just going to get a Mac for the wife and digital production, keep the 98 for games and move any server tasks to Linux.
If I wanted to do it all on once machine, I'd be caught between Linux and Mac, since I really don't care for MicroSoft teaming up with Hollywood to decide whether I should be allowed to have on my machine what I have on my machine.
Maybe if they could get MS Money to work properly on Windows, I'd feel differently. Barring that...

[bmwcyle]

I have XP on 3 home machines and it runs well. After buying Windows 98 (crap on dish), I skipped the ME junk O/S and I have to have 2000 on my office maching (configure it right and it will work). I like XP and have found few problems. My fourth home machine has Redhat 7.2 on it.

[NY.SS-Bar9]

FXP

[jammer]

Your link is to, basically, an advertising overview--why should I use XP, etc. I am sure the compatibility center is buried in the sludge, but could you please link that URL? Or is it obvious and I'm just missing it?

[dennisw]

BTTTTTTTTTT

[eno_]

MUCH better than WIndows 98, imho ...

XP doesn't suck. Some complain about bloat compared to Win2k, but XP includes all the multimedia goodies.

However, XP may be the last Microsoft product without Palladium (Big Brother Inside). As soon as I don't have control over every bit in MY computer, Microsoft gets the heave-ho.

[Cultural Jihad]

FYI, the ZDNet headline says: "Microsoft urges switch to XP." I thought they were going to lower their prices if they wanted to "ease" the switch to XP. ;)

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[Poser]

I've upgraded an ME machine, a 98 machine and a Win2000 machine. They all run better now. XP isn't perfect, but I like it better than anything since DOS 6.2.

[Xenalyte]

After I virused up my hard drive, Xena's Guy put XP on there (maybe three months ago), and the only problems I've had since the switch are associated with not shutting down Norton Antivirus before I start a game.

And as much as I'd like to, I can't blame that on Microsoft.