Re: XP? I think not!
From: Ken Halter (Ken_Halter_at_Use_Sparingly_Hotmail.com)
Date: 06/16/04
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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 13:33:59 -0700
Karl E. Peterson wrote:
> Hi Folks --
>
> Let's get this outta the way. I don't like XP. The reasons are many, and I hate
> listing them when asked. So, why not make a list ourselves? This post is a classic:
SP2's sure causing a lot of grief for some... even if it hasn't been
released yet <g>
Life and death (XP sp2)
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&th=5d95d02094f263b9&rnum=1
Plea for help with SP2 issues
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&th=958e9b5bdeee4d30&rnum=1
..plus there are still (after all this time) a few hardware vendors whos
drivers fail while running XP. You go to their site, download the "XP
driver" and the first thing you see is that "this may not work on XP"
notice you get when the driver isn't "signed" or "verified" (can't
recall the terminology).
If it weren't for the hardware driver problems and the looming SP2
concerns, I'd be an XP fan. Like I said in another thread, I'm already
used to (and spoiled by) a few of XPs features.... but if SP2 prevents
me from playing the online game I'm hopelessly addicted to then it's
Sianara XP, Win2k here I come <g>.. at least on my home PC.
Also, we're forced to downgrade (sidegrade?) to Win2k before shipping
most of our systems to customers.
They give us a list of requirements when they place the order and 99%
want Win2k... most of the time it's due to the rest of their network
running on Win2k and they don't want to support more than one OS (gives
their network admin a brain cramp I suppose <g>) In their defense, these
are "big name" companies (most with only 2 or 3 letters in their "name"
if that's any hint at all <g>) that have thousands of PCs to deal with
so I guess their requirement for using a single OS throughout the
organization makes sense.
So.... I like XP... to a point. If all of the features worked the way
they should, hardware vendors broke down and "verified" (or whatever)
their drivers and SP2 wasn't such an issue, XP would be great.
-- Ken Halter - MS-MVP-VB - http://www.vbsight.com Please keep all discussions in the groups..
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