Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade [OLD VERSION]

Pros:
-The computer will tell you when updates are avaible
-Most games are compatible
-Good amount of card games to play

Cons:
-Doesn't work well with wireless internet
-Freezes frquently
-WordPerfect can drive you insane
-Takes a while to start up
-Saving pages on the internet doesn't work

Overall, Windows XP isn't very good. You're better off with Windows 2000.


Absolutely Horrible   January 11, 2004
 14 out of 23 found this review helpful

I reluctantly upgraded to Windows XP because certain programs I wanted to run were not supported by Windows Me, my previous OS. It's been nothing less than a disaster. I upgraded two months ago and have yet to restore the functionality I had before. I haven't had this many problems with compatability since my last girlfriend. Be warned: "upgrade" to XP and you're likely to find much of your hardware and software no longer works. How Microsoft became a dominant market force making garbage like this is beyond me. It's almost time for me to retire my old laptop, and I can guarantee it will be replaced by an Apple. Congratulations, Microsoft. I'm through with Windows-based PCs.


I don't like it   January 7, 2004
 8 out of 11 found this review helpful

1st, unlike other reviewers I do not like the "look" of windows xp at all. It looks like someone turned up the saturation of a bad cartoon. The startmenu pulls up a complicated box instead of the simple list of all the older windows. I liked the list of the older windows.

2nd Constantly asking me for microsoft passport passwords. It makes you miss constantly blue screening in previous windows.

3rd Pop up "reminders" are annoying

4th various microsoft control measures that many writers have already talked about at length. Why should I call microsoft to ask permission to activate their software?

5th less keyboard shortcut ability -- minor complaint.

I used this operating system on school and work computers to the extent that I know that I don't want it. Wind 2000 is just fine if you want a modern win os. W 95, & w 98 are much more flexible if you like dos games. W 98 is getting awful hard to find, though. I don't know anything about how it compares with Win Me. If choosing between w 2000 and XP, I would pick w 2000. 2000 was a very stable OS and layed out fine.

To say something good, I do like the "biggerness" of the icons, etc. I like seeing things better.


DON'T BE SPOOKED......   January 6, 2004
 12 out of 13 found this review helpful

......by some of the scary reviews here. I just did an effortless upgrade of a Compaq 800mhz Celeron Presario which had been running ME. Needless to say, XP is a MUCH MORE STABLE operating system. I did choose to do a "New Installation" after installing the upgrade CD; essentially it wipes your hard drive clean. The upgrade provided necessary drivers for my modem, and I therefore had no trouble getting into the Net, where I FIRST downloaded Norton AntiVirus 2004. Then I went to the Microsoft site to download a LARGE package of XP security updates. I then added in my software, which I had already checked for compatibility by downloading the Microsoft XP Upgrade Advisor several days before my XP installation.( You also can check compatibility with the XP upgrade CD, but I wanted to know ahead of time which software I'd need to replace)

XP ran quite well on the 128mb which were originally on my machine, but I chose to add another 128mb after looking at my system information.

Don't hesitate. For less than $100, XP upgrade is a GREAT bargain. It's certainly much cheaper than buying a new machine!!


Should have upgraded a long time ago!   January 6, 2004
 3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Wow! Those are the only words I can use to describe my new Windows XP Home Upgrade. My computer is about 2.5 years old and originally came installed with Windows ME. It was always locking up and becoming unstable and I would have to reboot it quite often. I actually reinstalled ME twice and when it was a fresh install it worked pretty well. I read all the reviews about how great XP was etc so I decided to give it a try. Since installing it my system works so much better. It's almost like I have a new computer. I've had very little problems with programs becoming unstable and locked up and the very few that I've had I just close them down and they don't affect the rest of the computer system. Installation was easy. It took about 2 hours for my computer to install this program. I had to go to HP's web site to get a couple of drivers for an old HP scanner that I had but that was no problem. Overall I wish I would have gotten this upgrade a long time ago. Definitly worth the price of the upgrade!!!!