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Hellboy
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n°862811
06-16-2008 at 10:41:27 PM


http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=9103&tag=nl.e550

So here is the end of IMHO the best operating system so far by Micro$oft.


Vista has ended up being a major backside pain and is more bloated ( if possible ) than Windows ME.

Direct X 10 has not proved so far to be that much greater than DX9. ( oh and dx 10.1 cards are still being waited for by nvidia )

its slower than xp, not as stable, not virus proof as promised, still got some crappy drivers ( non beta xifi ones ) and its bloated.

Game and software have issues that just should not be and UAC turned on by default is just crap....



Good bye XP, old friend :(

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n°862814
06-16-2008 at 11:01:58 PM

*Begins making backups of XP discs*

Zoron
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n°862827
06-17-2008 at 08:21:49 AM

You must be referring to Vista at release... because the performance difference between the two is almost negligible nowadays. More bloated than ME... hmmmm... XP is more "bloated" than ME... you're really reaching by comparing Vista and ME.

UAC was created because many people (like Steve Gibson for example) complained that administrator access (ie: Root priviledges) were granted by default to anyone that created an account on the computer. MS made a small comprimise so that root priviledges aren't granted by default and people whine and complain about it.

Blame Creative for the driver woes... they have been writing crappy drivers for quite some time. Ever owned a SB card with a VIA chipset motherboard? No, the issue STILL hasn't been fixed... and it has literally been YEARS. Creative's drivers are Creative's fault, not Microsoft's.

What games and what software? All games I've played on Vista run just fine (Bioshock, World of Warcraft, Age of Conan, Command & Conquer 3... the list goes on).

Everything you've complained about (with the exception of UAC) has been said about XP when it was released. After 7 years, it's time to let go.


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n°862999
06-26-2008 at 11:16:07 PM

Hate to be a funeral crasher but........ <opens casket>

XP is alive and well :bounce:

http://www.informationweek.com/new [...] =208800494

and here you were going to bury it alive :lol: :pt1cable:

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n°863000
06-26-2008 at 11:32:30 PM

By that logic... Win 2K is still "alive and well"... even though it has been discontinued for some time. MS's original plan would have had XP being supported until at least 2011... they've only extended it three years. However, XP will still be discontinued long before it's support is terminated.


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n°863002
06-27-2008 at 12:47:01 AM

Even though XP will for some time be covered with security updates, once the XP sales stop, then software developers will shift there concentration to Vista, so Vista is coming to you sooner than you may think, or else you may just pick up a game one day thats Vista only.

Of course theres always compatability mode.

But Gee, that would only work with Vista, Oh Well.


Message edited by 4ryan6 on 06-27-2008 at 12:51:30 AM

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n°863003
06-27-2008 at 01:28:33 AM

crosshares wrote :

Hate to be a funeral crasher but........ <opens casket>

XP is alive and well :bounce:

http://www.informationweek.com/new [...] =208800494

and here you were going to bury it alive :lol: :pt1cable:






Apparently, your "new" article is old news:

Microsoft Announces Extended Support for Windows XP.


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Microsoft announces extended support for XP
By Jeremy Reimer | Published: January 24, 2007 - 12:03PM CT

Today, as Microsoft prepares for the consumer release of Windows Vista, the Redmond-based software company quietly announced that they are adding additional support for Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE). With this announcement, XP and XP MCE will be covered by five years of Mainstream Support (ending in April 2009) and five more years of Extended Support. This move matches the support timeline that had previously been offered for Windows XP Professional.

According to Microsoft's software support policy, "Mainstream" support includes paid, per-incident support, security updates, non-security related hotfixes, no-charge incident support, warranty claims, design changes, and feature requests (it's pretty unlikely that these will be honored for XP at this point, but it's in there), and access to information about the product through the Microsoft Knowledge Base and other online support areas. The "Extended" support phase drops non-security hotfixes, no-charge incident support, warranty claims, and feature requests.

Continuing support for older operating systems and applications in this way is not a new thing for Microsoft: the company officially supported Windows 98 until June 2006, extending their initial extended support deadline from January 2004 after receiving numerous requests from users.

Despite this history of extending support for older products, Microsoft, like any software company is sometimes accused of threatening to remove support in order to convince people to purchase new versions of their products. While it is true that Microsoft wants to promote its new offerings as vigorously as possible, especially Windows Vista, its history of extending support periods shows that Microsoft isn't in the business of forcing customers into upgrades by yanking the carpet out from under them.




Microsoft had already pledge support for Windows XP until 2014... even before Vista's release. (This was due to Vista being delayed)

More FUD debunked...


Message edited by Zoron on 06-27-2008 at 01:53:15 AM

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