Windows XP Strengths and Weaknesses (1 Viewer)

[Glenn Overholt]

Lee, you bring up another good point. Last week I made the rounds for my hardware (picked up 8 new drivers) - but on every page they had a note for XP. I didn't click on it but the fact that it was there was a little scary.
Also, with any new software they expect that you do have fairly new hardware. The next motherboard that I'm looking at has 6 USB ports. I only have 2 now, so that is something to consider.
Glenn

 

[Rob Gillespie]

quote: But I am perplexed. I have had both 98SE and 2000 on my Thinkpad T23 (1.13ghz) and desktop speed is materially faster with XP.[/quote]
This doesn't surprise me. Microsoft's claim of XP being faster will only ever apply if you have a beefier machine. You cannot add all the extra colours and hoo-har effects without hitting performance on the same machine. My PIII 600E serves me perfectly well at the moment (with W2K) and I don't see why I should upgrade just to have a 'prettier' (uglier, actually) desktop
[Edited last by Rob Gillespie on November 06, 2001 at 02:13 AM]

 

[Lee Scoggins]

Rob,
Agreed. With Win 2K, it might be a tough sell since you have the stability already.
Save the dollars for other software!
Lee