Windows XP Who here is going to buy it?

[RTSgod]

Having to call M$ for a new key after installing a new piece of hardware is going to bite.

Windows 2000 forever! 4me

 

[Noriaki]

I'm still deliberating...but I think it's going to be Win2k Pro.

 

[Shudder]

I haven't bought any MS OS's, why start with XP which seems to be a pain in the ass?

 

[igiveup]

Nope, sticking with 2000 pro. Sorry MS, no more money, especially when you get stupid.

 

[mofo888]

prolly leech a corp copy when it's out

 

[Blayze]

probably going to stick with Windows 2000 Pro.
I dont like the ideal of having to pay to use the operating system every year or having to call them for a key everytime I format.

 

[Biggs]

Plus it'll be bug-ridden since it's a new OS. Besides, I'm sticking with the semi-tried and tested Win2K Pro!

 

[Riddler]

same here, w2k pro.
as many times i install and reinstall os's, there's no way that would work for me.

 

[KeinSpeil]

Not I, I am staying with Win2K Pro.

 

[SendTrash]

I will try the "free" final version of XP when I can

 

[potz]

i'm sticking with win2k... xp is just win2k dreesed like a clown. and plus they're adding all that content protection crap.

 

[Davegod75]

buy? MUHAHAHAHAHAHA

sticking with w2k pro

 

[Nitsuj]

I'll buy.
No you wont have to pay for it every year.

Think about XP This way, MS wants to migrate the entire 9x User base to the more solid NT/2000 kernel, saving them money by lowering the number of support calls. Two things they have to do to achieve this:
1 Make it more compatable than NT/2000
2 Make it easier to use than 9x

The cool thing is MS is making XP better than Win2000, so even Win2000 users will have a reason to upgrade.

But since allot of you probably don't pay for any MS OS you use, why should I try and convince you.

 

[Priit]

Count me out. IMHO last thing MS made that deserved any money was DOS 6.22.

 

[SaturnX]

<<The cool thing is MS is making XP better than Win2000, so even Win2000 users will have a reason to upgrade.>>

Well, lets take a look at MS's os history: (9x Kernel)

Win 95 A
Win 95 B
Win 98
Win 98SE
Win ME

ME was supposed to be better than 98SE, yet it's plagued with more bugs and bloatware than ever before and removed many options that helped tweak your system, so that those who don't know much about computer don't mess up the OS. Most will agree that ME not better than 98SE (while comparing 9x kernel OSes)

Now look at the NT History: (Starting at NT4.0)

WinNT 4.0
WinNT 5.0 (Windows 2000)
WinXP (Basically, this is Windows 2000 ME)

According to information about XP, MS toses in some more applications that advanced users will never use, more restrictions, (ie. Content Control) make it more colourful with more active desktop like features, in result using more RAM (using ME as a fine example). In addition, 2K already has great compatability. Lastly, with the new protection system on XP, if you add HW, and reformat you gotta call up MS. Also WinXP doesn't give Win2K users a reason to upgrade because 2000 is overall the best OS ever released by MS (with Dos 6.22 as the exception). 2K isn't full of bloatware compared to the new &quot;user-friendly&quot; MS OSes, and has high compatibility with software/hardware.

Mind you, that's just my opinion.

--Mark

 

[Pyxis]

There's no way I'm going to buy it.

 

[FOBSIDE]

im sticking with win2k on my tower. although i am getting a G4 titanium power book too. who knows where things will go...my curiosity may lead me to go with xp as my curiosity led me to buy a mac.

 

[JellyBaby]

Undecided. I'll probably end up dual booting both XP and 98SE. If the product activation, subscription pricing and &quot;rights&quot; control stuff is just too much I'll prolly just get 2000 and be done with it.

 

[sojin]

yeah, xp is a facade in many ways...

but core enhancement is there too...

I will run it, not sure to buy...

 

[gmh]

Using 2k now.
It depends on previews or reviews if I go to XP pro

 

[randomlinh]

that whole callin in thing was already hacked wasn't it? just a registry entry of some sort?

 

[Quaggoth]

priit, the last good version of DOS was 5.0. It had the fdisk that would get rid of just about any type of partition.

 

[JellyBaby]

DOS 3.3 was the most stable. Then folks wanted > 640 KB of memory (imagine that). DOS 4.x was buggy, DOS 5.x was nearly as stable as 3.3 and had loads of &quot;extra goodies&quot;. DOS 6.x added....doublespace and a nice help.com file?

Then Winny took over and it's been blue screens, er skies ever since..

 

[Aaron1982]

i will buy it as soon as it's available, it will be as stable as win2000 was when it was released.

 

[Wik]

Well so far I like what I see in XP. The built in CDR CDR-W software is pretty nice and the DVD playback. There are a few issues that bother me but this is still beta. If M$ sells it like they have the rest of the OS I would buy it. If they go to this reg system crap I will not. I change my system way to much to have to deal with that crap. Also a timed fee is also out of the question. It is something worth buying if it is only a one time deal.