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I don't know why folks said XP was really bad. I just know that there is a cadre of MS haters who do that with every new Windows release. They always hate the new one and love the old one (the same one they used to claim to hate) just to dramatize their point.

"DanS" <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Xns9A30D0987A21Athisnthatadelphianet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:84B9E15D-E5B4-49D4-831E-2CBD4FEF9482@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:

Oh I know. This is the beginning of the same sort of thing that went
on about how bad XP was and what a failure it was back when Longhorn
was first being mentioned in the press.

Hmmm. Why do people keep saying that....that when XP was first released is
was really bad.

Maybe to help Vista not turn out like Windows Me ? (I am *not* saying Vista
is the new WinME. Only time will tell.)

Because XP wasn't bad at all at it's initial release. I don't think anyone
I know, when upgraded to XP, didn't want to keep it.

Yes, there was some issues with drivers, but not to the extent seen with
the release of Vista. If a device had an NT driver, chances were better
than not, that the NT driver would work satisfactorily in XP.

Win 3.11
Windows95...step forward.
Windows98...small step forward.
WindowsME...well...at least one step backward in terms of stability &
compat.
WindowsXP...good step forward from 98...several forward from ME.
Windows Vista...a lateral step from XP...at best...for many, seen as just a
new theme.

Next, Windows 7..hmmm. I can't even begin to imagine. I mean, how much more
eye candy can you add, how many more popular 3rd party apps will be stolen
and added as 'part of the OS' ? What else can you add ?

How about going the other way....how much can we remove in an *attempt* to
make a lean, stable, secure OS ? (I'm sure it could be severly
'muntzed'...if any of you are old enough to remember that term....if not
see: http://www.smecc.org/mad_man_muntz!.htm)

OR, like 98Lite/vLite/micro98, maybe MS could create an installer that
let's you easily choose ONLY what parts of the OS you want installed ? Why
install stuff that's never going to be used and just complicates the
configuration ?

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