| PolyTat |
Okay MDXers,
Without suppling long-winded answers about the launch today (and please spare me the details of the features or lack of features for the consumer or enterprise users - I have heard them all) who is going to upgrade or move to Windows XP? For those who are "new" to computers and want to learn more about the new operating system check out Microsoft's link here http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/default.htm
:) :) :) |
|
|
| sven |
not upgrading any time soon. i'll let the rest of the market figure out all the holes, buggs, security flaws etc. before I "upgrade". But as usual w/ MSFT, it's a "mandatory" thing, and pretty soon all new laptops/PCs will ship w/ XP.
Over 1/3 of the worlds PCs cannot install XP given its hardware requirements (so the Dells of the world are really looking forward to this release...)
I wish Linux could come up with a nice, fast, stable OS so I could switch from MSFT altogether. |
|
|
| Tom-TX |
| I always try to live by the above philosophy whenever I can. Particularly when it involves PCs. |
|
|
| vip9 |
I am quite happy with win2k, but due to a nature of my business, as soon as MS releases .Net suite I will immediately upgrade both at work and at home (home office). Thank God for MSDN.
Otherwise, I see no reason to upgrade just yet. |
|
|
| ghost |
I'll probably buy a copy to experiment with, don't feel a strong need to upgrade as the Windows98 and NT platforms have been reasonably stable.
Best Buy is giving away a bunch of stuff with the purchase of XP, including an MP3 player, choice of CD, and 256MB of memory. Funny that they include the memory chips, guess they figure you'll be needing it ;) |
|
|
| Robyjo |
I echo the liking for MSDN, though I don't really thank God for it! ;)
I'll be upgrading at home from ME for stability and because I was going to upgrade to 2K anyway--this will basically be 2K tweaked for home!
Laptop and desktop will stick with 2K--IMHO, their best effort yet...
Rob :cool: |
|
|
| rlm32 |
| I recently bought a laptop, preloaded with XP. Its kinda nice, although I havent played with it much. The only thing that pissed me off, is that it could not install my HP printer because it had no driver for it!? I had to go to the HP site and put me on a list for a driver as soon as is available( HP didnt have it either). Come on, all kinda generic drivers should be there. Anyways, that's my only gripe so far. |
|
|
| tdnone |
| I only upgrade to the new OS if I need to use the new feature(s) or the old one is broken. It also happened that I buy a new computer every two years or so, then I will get what is the current OS version. |
|
|
| texrb |
| I am not going to upgrade my home computer - have dual boot with win 2k & Win 98 and have no problems. |
|
|
| wen |
1) <b>If it ain't broken don't fix it</b>. If your current performance, reliability, and usability is not sufficient you need to evaluate whether the upgrade will actually provide remedy. First, although XP, a W2K descendant, does manage your resources (e.g., CPU and RAM) more fairly, it also requires more of each to implement the host of features that have been added. Second, MSFT has invested alot of resource making W2K and XP reliable. If you don't mind rebooting your PC once or twice a day then it's probably not a big deal to you. Third, existing devices and applications may not run under the upgraded OS. (See #2)
2) <b>Unless you have a PC that has been designed or tested to run XP wait for the first service pack</b> to fix many of the device and application incompatibilities.
3) <b>Ghost (see www.symantec.com) your existing OS image before upgrading.</b> This prudent investment of 5 minutes will ensure that you can restore your PC to its previous instantiation in the event the upgrade does not suit your needs (because it does not work :-)).
4) <b>When moving to any new OS including XP, I would install onto a pristine partition and not bank on upgrading "on top of" your existing OS. </b>IMHO, I have NEVER had much luck upgrading an existing OS as I have just installing from scratch.
I hope this helps.:( |
|
|
| PolyTat |
Anyone watch the webcast of Sting at Bryant Park in NYC to kick off the XP launch??
Anyone watch the XP launch, period?? Personally, I preferred the Win2K kickoff back in Feb 2000 when Santana came out of a huge laptop and jammed while Gates and the gang showcased their then new OS.
This year's kickoff included Regis and Bill Gates doing their rendition of "Millionaire" (like Bill Gates needs to be on that show!), former Mayor Ed Koch hanging out with Bill at a local Starbucks talking wireless and mobility, and a free concert featuring Sting! Not bad, but speaking with a buddy of mine in NYC...not many were phased by it. It was estimated MSFT spent $250M in marketing this product through this launch day.
However, I think the most powerful message was when Mayor Giuliani came out with Bill Gates to kickoff the launch and get the ball rollin'.
Perhaps the entire effort was justified with the ring of the bell, MSFT stock closed up 1.25 points at 62.56.
I am going to run to COMP USA for a few .. (to pick up recordable CDs)..curious to see if XP is selling in my neighborhood....I will reply with my observations.. |
|
|
| brittain |
| Unless you are ready to spring for memory, forget XP. I've been using it for a few months now and on any platform I tested it on (450 MHz to 1GHz) it ran slower than Win2K Pro. Up the memory from 128 Mb to 256 Mb and it runs about the same as Win2k Pro did on half the memory. My HP 2000C prints just fine on XP. It has more bells and whistles, but it's basically an upgrade to Win2K. |
|
|
| PolyTat |
| Well 4 out of 5 in line we buying something other than XP. The 1 person just bought an HP PC (XP bundled) . . . . . .DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE! :confused: :confused: |
|
|
| roadrunner |
Between work and home I have a lot of computers. Right now I have systems running Win98, ME, NT4, and 2000 and they all are stable and working well. This is due to hard won lessons and the fact that I run Go-Back on them all. If for any reason they start to run anyway other than stable, I just go back to when they were.
I'm ordering a new system today and it will come with XP and I am looking forward to trying it out. In the mean time, the other computers will keep on running whatever they are running now unless and until there is a reason to change.
In other words, it doesn't matter what OS you are running as long as it does what you want and it does it well. Given that, then install Go-Back and it will never cease to run well. |
|
|
| DMor |
I bit! Bought my upgrade at Costco for my (previously perfect) WinMe. Snobbiest program ever written. Driver challenged. Wouldn't run my scanner...Optical mouse lost some function...didn't recognize my NEW Epson 785EPX Printer driver...lost some functions on my GATEWAY keyboard. AND...wouldn't let me access my IP configuration through the RUN command. Ugh. Then...to top it off, my SOUND card was not compatible. THAT's what REALLY got me. No music? Yikes.
My advice...take a look at the Windows sight and the compatible drivers and ask yourself what you're willing to live without...or replace.
I followed their uninstall directions after it CLEARLY STATES.."Setup will automatically back up your existing version of windows. You can restore your computer safely." Don't believe it. I got the "blue screen of death". After regaining about half of WinMe, I had to reformat. :rolleyes:
I'm running Windows Me which is Me choice for now. Your results may vary. ;) |
|
|
| vip9 |
DMor,
I am impressed with your computer literacy even more than your Home Depot exploits! :)
Sorry to hear about your XProblems. I'd wait till at least ServicePack 3 is out. :) |
|
|
| Ken Scott |
I have upgraded from Win ME (I think Microsoft sucked me in to that upgrade with very little benefit over Win 98) to Win XP and have found XP to be the most stable Windows version I have had. I did need to upgrade a couple of drivers but I expected that. I am very happy with Win XP!
If you are happy with what you have don't do it, but if you are searching for more stability I highly recommend it. |
|
|
| PolyTat |
quote:
Originally posted by Ken Scott
I have upgraded from Win ME (I think Microsoft sucked me in to that upgrade with very little benefit over Win 98) to Win XP and have found XP to be the most stable Windows version I have had. I did need to upgrade a couple of drivers but I expected that. I am very happy with Win XP!
If you are happy with what you have don't do it, but if you are searching for more stability I highly recommend it.
Good point Ken. Earlier this year, I obtained pre-released versions of XP, loaded on my laptop and found that I didn't have to update many drivers. It worked better with each release . .especially from a multimedia perspective (viewing and organizing media, stability while running multiple apps, ease of use with a fresh new GUI, yadda yadda yadda.. The family really enjoyed it.
But to stop short there, if you ARE content with your OS version and have invested TIME, EFFORT, & $$ customizing it to your preferences, there is really no need to upgrade.
As you can see many of the users have had problems and issues while upgrading to XP - - it really isn't worth the hassle, just yet.
Once MS decides to unsupport ME,95/98, NT, then it would be worth it to move.
I reverted back to Win2K Pro/Svr because I am truly content with what it has to offer both from a Home/SMB and Enterprise level (though I am a UNIX/LINUX user as well).
:cool: |
|
|
| ghost |
I won't upgrade any of my machines, but will get it on new computers, let the vendors work the bugs out of it.
BTW, looking at the new 3.5 lb Gateway laptop, about 3/4 inch thick, really sweet! Has anyone else looked into ultralights? |
|
|
| remery |
| I upgraded from 98SE to XP with relatively few problems and had none of the bad computer Karma that DMor experienced. I think she must have had too much screen spline on her motherboard.:D There were no hardware incompatibilities inspite of proclaiming so for both my modem and HP Laserjet 2100. My old version of Norton Antivirus was not compatible nor was Outlook 97 fixed both with a new version of Norton and used Outlook Express to handle my office e-mail. Biggest difference I have noticed is XP runs noticeably faster for both applications and internet browsing on my 555 Mhz machine with 128 Meg of memory. For $99 it's well work the money in my opinion. I have not used Win2K but have NT 4.0 on my laptop and XP blows it away.:) |
|
|
| A2MDXer |
quote:
Originally posted by DMor
Wouldn't run my scanner...Optical mouse lost some function...didn't recognize my NEW Epson 785EPX Printer driver...
Dmor, I just purchased the 785EPX and installed it on my notebook PII-600Mhz, 128K RAM) running W2000Pro. Then I upgraded to XP. Upgrade was pretty easy. I experienced a slight bug with the printer but then downloaded the updated XP driver from the Epson website and it works fine now (actually, it worked fine before but sometimes gave me an error message). Same type of experience for my CD writer (works fine now).
I have not noticed a performance lag (vs. win2000) and the install from win2000 took very little disk space (about .2GB). XP has a few nice features that win2000 did not (mostly multimedia). |
|
|
|
