Windows XP

I've tried Win98, WinME, Win95 etc., and Win98 has been pretty good and stable, but WinXP wins hands down - nice interface, easier to use, quicker than previous versions, stable and more features. I've got a dual boot with WinME, but I never need to use WinME as I've not had any major problems with WinXP.

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hey, thnx for ur opinion spock127 !

I enjoy xp. Even tho it isnt compatible with alot of things i think it is great. It has a great look to it too. Then again lol the only other system i have had was windows 98. lol

I'm gonna contradict Most of you. My oppinion of XP is it is fan-flippin'-tastic. I have had every operating system exept 2000 & NT since windows 3.1 and XP is on the level with 3.11 for being the best. hereis my short reviwe of them all

WIN 3.1/3.11: Yeah! well-cool! one of the most stable operating systems there is. but it is slow, even on our old 586 system.

WIN95: Give me 95 any day. It sped up our 586 no-end. the 1st version was stable, relyable, fast, sharp on the net and it had a masterfull new look. more user friendly than 3.11

WIN98: You must be jokeing?!? this is the WORST OS there is. it is slow, the install took forever, even on our "new" 500Mhz Pc (it was new then) it is slow booting up, it is un-stable by that I mean it freezes every 5 minuets, it was slow on the net and "windows update" didn't damn well work!!

WIN ME (Millenium eddition): Ahh! this came on the PC that was all mine! I'll be truthfull, I bought an eMachines PC so i got a pre-relise version of Millenium eddition on the origonal restore CD but even on the old 566Mhz processor in this computer it booted up in 4 seconds, ran the net faster than ever before, windows up-date actually worked, allthough I had to disable automatic up-date cuase it was a pain in the A**E but stable, allthough not to be run on packard-bell computers.

Win XP (eXPerience for those who don't know) Yes! Yes! Yes! I have waited for what seems like forever for an OS that matches 3.11/95's stability with ME'S "system restore" something that ran the net faster still and had windows up-date! This is it! The install only took 25 min on my 1.8Ghz (yeah, I up-graded considerably since I bought this eMachine but i still say eMachines rule!) It boots up fast, It runs the net like a bullet, it hardly ever crashes and the new "start" bar is soo cool!!!! But if you get XP YOU MUST go to www.windowsupdate.com IMMEDIATLY you get your internet connection up-and-running on it. unless you get it bang-up-to-date it won't function with some of your older USB hardware.

That is my honest oppinion of all operating systems, exept for one, I have an Apple iMac lap-top, commonly knowen as an iBook with mac OS X on it, OS X is the best non-windows OS to get.

wow, that was really thorough.

Strike one for Microsoft

yeah, to me the word "quick" or "short" don 't exist! lol, but if any one else has any question about any of my listed OS'S (Exept OS X, i only just got that) then Post it on this board or PM me

advancedflea - what is take on a comparison between Linux (say... Mandrake or SuSe distibutions) and OS X?
I've used Linux quite a bit and love it - how the the stability, security and user-friendliness/ease-of-use compare?

I love Linux, but will be the first to admit that there is a steep learning curve.

To be brutally honest with you, they had Linux on our school computers at one point, and I hated it. It was about as stable as a house built on jelly and you'd have better security WITHOUT Linux's built-in firewalls. if anyone reads this then gets linux, I will hit you.

*lol* that's putting it bluntly. Wow, i've never heard any1 say linux was unstable........

Yeah, Allong with windows 98, Linux Is terrible for stability, not to mention user-friendlyness. my advice is either stick with 95 or get XP if you want a high-powerd system. or for non-windows PC'S get an iMac with OSX

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I've never heard that before either... I've used Linux Slackware, SuSe, Redhat and Mandrake (all being fairly recent versions mind you) and have found the stability to be better than any version of Windows (NT or not).
What distributions(s) of Linux were you talking about?

Not a clue! lol. I just used it on the schools computers, that is all i know! lol.

Oh, BTW, anyone reading this who has herd the rumor that XP wipes out your hard drive after useing norton anti-virus 2002/norton systemworks 2002 it is totaly UN-TRUE. I have had windows XP since x-mas and norton system works 2002 since october and it hasn't had a problem, Infact Norton systemworks helps my PC run faster (I have 1.8 Ghz and sometimes it does slow down) than ever! so by all means keep your Norton programs, and keep them up-to-date, especially Norton Anti-virus

open source is the future. when windows finishes its ride from 95 to 98f to 98s to Mellinium to god knows what, an open source os's will be the future. i dont believe anyone can do a fare comparison on windows operating systems without getting hands on experience with windows 2000.

As far as personal computing and daily life computer use windows 2000 is by far the best and most stable operating system. I will be the first to say that Windows Mellinium is the worst ever to leave microsofts doors. Memory management in windows mellinium is poor, almost scary poor.

XP may run fine for those who have it pre-loaded on a machine built to run windows xp. However I would never suggest anyone install xp onto a system not fully specked out for it.

Thats just my opinioin I could be wrong.

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andyw99 - I could not have said it better!

Andy, I'm gonna be blunt as I can with you. When I bought this computer, it had a sticker on that said "designed for windows 98" allthought it cam pre-loaded with a pre-relise version of Millenium Eddition, and that worked.

2 yrs after (christmas 2001) I had up-graded it to a 966Mhz Processor (1.8 now) 60GB HDD and 384MB of RAM. not quite what people would call enough to run XP, but Ignoreing what people said about it, I bought XP and put it in, it worked straight off and I have never had to re-load my system since that day. I will admitt, I up-graded to a 1.8Ghz 2 months ago and that strapped a rocket to the computers back. but my point is, XP worked on my Pentium III 966 (Believe it or not I have a Celeron in it now, Celeron soket 370 motherboards are, in effect, "future proof") I'm not argueing with what you are saying, that XP may not work out aswell for some people as it did for me (one person I know, put it on his 400Mhz pc...Idiotic or what?!?!) but it does work. people just gotta remeber to do a windows Update every month or so.