3 stars (GOOD OPERATING SYSTEM, BUT A NEWER ONE IS COMING OUT SOON!) - Provided that your PC meets Microsoft's recommended system requirements, (i.e: at least 300MHz Processor, 128MB of RAM, and 1.5GB of free hard-disk space), there is no reason why this upgrade version of Windows XP Professional should not breath a new life into your aging computer.
Indeed, users of Windows NT, 98, and ME will notice remarkable improvement in both speed and stability. However, I will not advise anyone who is currently running Windows 2000 Professional to upgrade at this time. (Only upgrade if it is necessary for you to run newer programmes, which may not run on Windows 2000 Professional).
The reason for this being that the long awaited and much heralded "Windows Longhorn" (recently baptized "Windows Vista" etc.), will become available in a matter of months. Windows XP was first launched in 2001. And regardless of this recently released Service Pack 2 patch, it will soon become an old story (just like all the Windows before it).
If you have endured until now, it will make more economic sense to wait it out and grab the latest Windows, which will hit the market in a matter of months. But like I hinted earlier, if you urgently need to upgrade your system now, go ahead and do so. Windows XP is surely a good Operating System to invest on: despite the mandatory activation process which Microsoft attached to it. I just hate this idea of begging Microsoft to activate a software, which I paid such a high price to acquire.
Apart from activation hassles, I have no problems with Windows XP. It is a fine tool to use. Very pleasurable! Its interface is nice; and its stability almost matches that of the well-respected Windows 2000 Professional.
5 stars (almost perfect) - I do not why the others had these problems with Windows XP. I have run this program since it came out 2001? Except for the danger of attack by viruses, I have had no trouble as long as enough RAM is installed. A minimum of 500-750 is essential. With the addition of antivirus software and service pack 2, I feel fairly secure.
3 stars (Amazon as advertised, Microsoft still predictable poor QC) - The purchase experience went off very well thanks to Amazon.
The upgrade almost went ok;
First it all loaded fine until I could not register on-line,
now my printer suddenly got very picky and will only print once for every time I turn it on and boots me out of whatever I'm working in when I go to printing preferences.
Microsoft should be better at CQ by now! |
