Win XP

[xcsarDOTcom]

anyone else have it?
if so what do you think of it?
so far its great from what i have seen.

[xcsarDOTcom]

here are two screen shots:
http://www.xcsar.com/xp/1.gif
http://www.xcsar.com/xp/2.gif

[WorldWarGeneral]

The entire "copyright protection" crap built in is keeping me away from anything "XP" (well, that and the high system requirements ;) )

[niv]

win 2000 will always kick every other winOS ---!!! :)

[Chicken]

Are there any drivers available with XP? Do your programs run well? Any proplems? I can see installing it and having a program/driver nightmare...

[xcsarDOTcom]

i upgraded from MinME to XP no problems all i had to do was update my dvd decoder at the most it has been using 7% of my cpu that with a lot of crap running too. uses win2000 drivers and/ or win me.


system specs:
AMD t-bird 1.33gh 266 fbus
Asus a7a266
pc-2100 256mb
ati all in wonder radeon

[rockergrrl]

I payed for the Beta program, and last week my credit card was charged, and I haven't seen the CD of RC1 yet - then again, I paid for it before I moved - so it had to go through the mail forwarding system....

I'm not really bothered by the whole XP verification system... I plan on upgrading my computer before I upgrade to XP (if I do)... So I really don't have to worry about having to call them up afterwards -- plus you get a 30 grace period before you need to validate your system...

[WorldWarGeneral]

Well, I suppose the validation thing isn't that big a deal, I'm sure the hackers of the world are already hard at work developing and releasing ways around it. It's just the idea that it's necessary at all...

[Coolin]

I have Windows XP build 2481... But I don't use it... It sucks :mad:

[LastActionHero]

BTW the validation thing has already been cracked.

[coolguy23]

ya, it was cracked months ago

[Homeygwiz]

I heard XP like Win ME will have major driver issues....

HGW - ' A little birdie told me. '

[timdawg]

is it any good for games??

[niv]

it is, but count on it to slow down your machine.

[Coolin]

Recommened Requirements for XP is something like:
600MHz Processor
128-256megs of RAM.

Count on this OS to make your system feel like the old days.

[Bruce]

Win XP RC2 doesn't run too bad on my machine. It seems to be running pretty smoothly.


Originally Posted By Coolin
Count on this OS to make your system feel like the old days


I don't need the OS to do that. My system is like the old days without it. I guess that what you get for having a 475mhz system with 120mb ram.

[Coolin]

Run something processor intensive and see the difference.

[niv]

Originally posted by Coolin
Count on this OS to make your system feel like the old days.

running this OS on my old 450 Mhz (512 MB RAM) machine test box will make it run like a 16 Mhz NEC 80286SX running turbo.exe on slow mode. ;)

[TheSpaceDude]

Originally posted by Coolin
Recommened Requirements for XP is something like:
600MHz Processor
128-256megs of RAM.

Count on this OS to make your system feel like the old days. :rolleyes:

I'm running Windows XP build 2505 (RC1) on my notebook right now and it runs nice and fast :p

AMD K6 2 366mhz
96mb RAM


http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/preview/systemreq.asp

Preliminary System Requirements
To use Microsoft Windows XP Professional RC1, you need:

PC with 300-MHz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system);*
Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended
128 MB of RAM or higher recommended (64MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features)
1.5 GB of available hard disk space*
Super VGA (800 X 600) or higher resolution video adapter and monitor;
CD-ROM or DVD drive
Keyboard
Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

[meow]

The above specs say it all. Above that it's *U*G*L*Y*. I don't wan't it. Windows95 is suberb. So there.:mad:

[Bruce]

Oh... I'd take Windows 3.x over 95 anyday ;)

[LeX]

Originally posted by Phrozen
Oh... I'd take Windows 3.x over 95 anyday ;)
Me too!!

[coolguy23]

anyone wanna space some ram for me? :D

[Coolin]

Spacedude: That's preliminary requirements.

The recommended requirements are much higher...

Have you tried installing Windows 2000 on a Pentium 200 MHz? (it's minimum requirement)

[xcsarDOTcom]

XP has not slowed my comp at all it boots up faster then when i have ME

[Bruce]

Anything will boot up faster and run smoother than Win ME. That was the OS that was built on Neanderthal technology...

[sailorjoto]

Originally posted by meow
The above specs say it all. Above that it's *U*G*L*Y*. I don't wan't it. Windows95 is suberb. So there.:mad:


I use Windows 95.........never failed me.......

[LeX]

I use Win98 SE... always fails me. :D

[sailorjoto]

-_-;;

[meow]

Originally posted by sailorjoto
I use Windows 95.........never failed me.......
WIN95 FOR PRESIDENT!!!! YEY!!!! :)

[LastActionHero]

Originally posted by meow

WIN95 FOR PRESIDENT!!!! YEY!!!! :)

arghhhh LINUX FOR PRESIDENT

[Coolin]

Windows 95 is easier to use...

[meow]

And they rule over different countris. :)

[Coolin]

Windows rules the world :(
Except for some of China... :D

[meow]

I'm going to try Linux soon. I'm sure I'll go crazy. :(

[Coolin]

I tried it... And I didn't know how to make LILO boot into Windows, so I trashed all my partitions and reformatted everything.

In the process, I also lost many of the webpages I made but never uploaded =(

[meow]

I don't even know what LILO is. I'll play it safe though. I'll install LINUX on this machine when I've got my new one and moved everything there. :)

[Coolin]

LILO is Linux's boot manager... It's supposed to be able to boot any OS if you know how...

But I don't :(

[meow]

In a couple of months I can join you not knowing.

[Coolin]

Be 1337 liek Coolin!
Order your Coolin T-Shirt now!

[meow]

I can take a free sample. Doing some painting soon.:rolleyes: