Advantages: Stable | User friendly Disadvantages: Not the most secure OS | Expensive
own computer, which came with Windows ME, which looked very nice and was easily customisable, but boy was it unstable. I found that it was "crashing" several times a day and I almost cheered on the day that my next computer that came with Windows XP arrived.
I've since owned three computers that have each come with Windows XP Home installed, and have had quite a bit of experience with it over the last three years.
---Do you need the completepackage?---
This is an important question to ask yourself before buying Windows XP/SP2 Home Complete, especially as there is a huge price difference between this and an upgrade. If you are running Windows 98, 98SE or ME, then you will only need to upgrade, if you are running any other operating system (or have none at all) then you will need to buy the completepackage.
Another interesting ...
Advantages: Slighty more secure, everything is made to work on it Disadvantages: Its windows, unstable.
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INSTALLATION
Generally easy and far supreme to versions of windows that predate XP, seemed to me to be alot faster as well, although the newer spec of computer might account for this more than anything else. The addition of SP2 into the package did not slow down precedings at all.
GENERAL APPEARANCE
XP looks nice, the service pack has done nothing to touch this in any way, but yeah, it looks nice, very crisp and very clean and modern looking. The downside to this is that the settings are very processor hungry, they will slow down your computer more than you would imagine, on the plus side you can always change the settings to speed up the load time of windows.
FUNCTIONALITY
XP has deffinatly been designed for the computer illiterate. Everything has been dumbed down so most users now adays can claim to be experts, luckily again ...
Advantages: It's Windows, slightly more secure Disadvantages: It's Windows, still insecure
###Intro###
Windows is probably the most successful operating systems, software that runs software, ever.
Naturally, because of this most software is for Windows, but also most viruses/hackers are too.
###The history of Windows###
Microsoft started to make 'Interface Manager' way back in '81, it was later renamed to 'Microsoft Windows'. It wasn't a pretty sight when released in 1985, and not much software was available. It was text/DOS based and the only feature that is the same is where the menu is. No start menu though.
As this didn't sell well Microsoft created a slightly different version of Windows: Windows/286. The colours remind me of a computer off Star Trek. It still could handle some programs that may ring a bell: Excel, Word for Windows, Corel Draw!, Ami, MS Calculator PageMaker and Micrografx Designer. Still ...
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Manufacturer's product description
As you work on your computer and browse the Internet, you leave behind traces of your activity. This information not only takes up valuable disk space but also jeopardizes your privacy. Window Washer simply and safely wipes your tracks clean and removes unnecessary files for complete privacy and improved PC performance.
