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[Dev-C++] off topic - windows XP

[Daniel G. <sp...@ho...>]

Hi, I was wondering what the common complaints are about windows XP. I know 
it reports all crashes to microsoft (unless you have a firewall up to stop 
this of course) but what other complaints have there been? I just thought 
that if I brought a PC from a store it'll have XP on it.

Also, same question for Millenium Edition (which I have).

Daniel

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Re: [Dev-C++] off topic - windows XP

[Teodorescu C. <te...@xt...>]

It's good but put a firewall because it reports to microsoft (bugs but 
who can tell that are only bugs ).
it's much better than Me but you need  computer 
{
    256 MB of ram
    900 mhz proccesor
    1Gb of free space
    32 mb video card
};
so. ..
Daniel Glenfield wrote:

>
>
> Hi, I was wondering what the common complaints are about windows XP. I 
> know it reports all crashes to microsoft (unless you have a firewall 
> up to stop this of course) but what other complaints have there been? 
> I just thought that if I brought a PC from a store it'll have XP on it.
>
> Also, same question for Millenium Edition (which I have).

>
> Daniel
>
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Re: [Dev-C++] off topic - windows XP

[Hongli L. <h....@ch...>]

On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 11:50, Daniel Glenfield wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi, I was wondering what the common complaints are about windows XP. I know 
> it reports all crashes to microsoft (unless you have a firewall up to stop 
> this of course) but what other complaints have there been? I just thought 
> that if I brought a PC from a store it'll have XP on it.
> 

Product Activation. Every time you upgrade your hardware or when a virus
formats your hard drive you'll have to call MS to get a new key.
And you can only do this 8 times, after that you'll have to buy a new
license.
The hardware requirements and performance are also rediculous. All the
eyecandy doesn't help increase productivity (but people seem to love the
"Look I'm playing"/Teletubbies-theme). Performance is worse than Win2k.


> Also, same question for Millenium Edition (which I have).

DOS is gone. So if something goes wrong I can't fix it from DOS anymore.
Some controls, like the scrollbars, have become noticably slower.
The stability is worse than 98.
And I can't remove Windows Movie Maker, even though I have no digital
camera.

RE: [Dev-C++] off topic - windows XP

[Ioannis V. <no...@ho...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev...@li... 
> [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf 
> Of Hongli Lai
> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 4:06 PM
> To: Daniel Glenfield
> Cc: dev...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] off topic - windows XP
> 
> 
> Product Activation. Every time you upgrade your hardware or 
> when a virus
> formats your hard drive you'll have to call MS to get a new key.
> And you can only do this 8 times, after that you'll have to buy a new
> license.


There is no 8 times restriction.




> The hardware requirements and performance are also rediculous. All the
> eyecandy doesn't help increase productivity (but people seem 
> to love the
> "Look I'm playing"/Teletubbies-theme). Performance is worse 
> than Win2k.


Actually application performance is better,  mainly of games.



> DOS is gone. So if something goes wrong I can't fix it from 
> DOS anymore.


But there is the recovery console.


> Some controls, like the scrollbars, have become noticably slower.
> The stability is worse than 98.


!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course not. The opposite is very true. NT were always
more stable than 9x.


Ioannis

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RE: [Dev-C++] off topic - windows XP

[Hongli L. <h....@ch...>]

On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 01:42, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> 
> There is no 8 times restriction.
> 

Sorry, my mistake... it's 12.
http://www.arachnoid.com/boycott/


> Actually application performance is better,  mainly of games.
> 

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-rt4/

> 
> But there is the recovery console.
> 

But not on ME.

> > Some controls, like the scrollbars, have become noticably slower.
> > The stability is worse than 98.
> 
> 
> !!!!!!!!!!!! Of course not. The opposite is very true. NT were always
> more stable than 9x.
> 

I'm talking about ME.

RE: [Dev-C++] off topic - windows XP

[Ioannis V. <no...@ho...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hongli Lai [mailto:h....@ch...] 
> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 1:23 PM
> To: Ioannis Vranos
> Cc: dev...@li...
> Subject: RE: [Dev-C++] off topic - windows XP
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 01:42, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> > 
> > There is no 8 times restriction.
> > 
> 
> Sorry, my mistake... it's 12.
> http://www.arachnoid.com/boycott/



I do not think the particular information provided by the site is valid.




> 
> > Actually application performance is better,  mainly of games.
> > 
> 
> http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-rt4/


I do not know about those pipe tests, but i have read many benchmarks
concerning games on Windows XP vs Win2k vs Win9x and the results on XP
were better than Win2k.



> I'm talking about ME.


Windows ME *sucks*. I suggest win98 second edition if you want to use
some "win9x" version.



Ioannis

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