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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