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.