Windows XP Home worth the $90?

[spyordie007]

Thanks for the in-depth info Bill!

-Spy

 

[magomago]

LMAO. a guy here thinks he is bill gates 🙂

I haven't seen people who pretend they are others on the net, you are unique in that way.


Which is better?


XP or 2kProfessional. I the latter and am wondering beyond some funked up GUI (I prefer plain guis that aren't bogged down) and WMP if XP is better than 2k Professional

And if 2KP wins in that bout, how about 2KP vs XPP?

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: magomago
LMAO. a guy here thinks he is bill gates 🙂
I haven't seen people who pretend they are others on the net, you are unique in that way.

I *think* you were responding to me, and if so I think you misunderstood. When I said 'we' took a good luck at GoBack, I was refering to what I do at Symantec, not implying it was Microsoft that did that. As I also pointed out we currently license GoBack for SystemWorks.

XP or 2kProfessional. I the latter and am wondering beyond some funked up GUI (I prefer plain guis that aren't bogged down) and WMP if XP is better than 2k Professional

A bit of a thread hijack. Why don't you go read the 50 threads on the exact same question as it's been convered in painfull detail (from 2K rocks to XP rocks, to the both suck run Linux 😉)

Bill

 

[bsobel]

Don't quote me on this but I think that WinXP will still see it as one processor because it is aware of "HyperThreading" built into WinXP. Windows 2000 will see it as 2 processors though since it's not aware of "HyperThreading". We'll have to wait and see.

Won't have to wait long, from Intel: "Intel recommends enabling HT Technology on systems with Microsoft* Windows* XP Home, Windows XP Professional, or Linux* kernel version 2.4.18 installed, which includes Linux versions from Red Hat* (Red Hat 7.3, Red Hat AS 2.1, or higher) or SuSe* (SuSe 8.0 or higher). These operating systems support and have optimizations for Hyper-Threading Technology. Intel recommends disabling HT Technology via the BIOS switch with any other legacy OS such as Microsoft Windows 98/ME/NT4.0/2000, OS/2*, or any other OS not designed to take advantage of Hyper-Threading Technology."

So XP Home WILL support HT.

Bill

 

[magomago]

OH!

Sorry, I thought you were Microsoft as I glancing down..Pretty cool people who work in the actual field post here.

And yes I do have Mandrake 8.1 (hopefully I'll get RH8.0 instad) but I'm crawling in it right now.

I'd use it for my Interent Use, but i have a windmodem and I've tried often to no avail to try to install the correct linmodem dirver (which i do have)