Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP1, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP1a - for PC - English - Quantity: 1, 3 - 1 user - CD-ROM
Advantages: Many features, reliable, OEM version is priced well. Disadvantages: Vista is out, DX10 not supported (not currently an issue)
plug your device in and whether it be a USB memory stick or a Printer, Windows will probably detect it and you will be able to use it straight away! You may not get all functionality from the basic Windows drivers and have to download and install them but at least you can use your device!
Security is important to WindowsXP and it has been given a brand new Security Centre in its update to Service Pack 2, here you can configure Windows Firewall, which will protect your PC from anyone trying to hack you. You usually have to pay to get a firewall so the fact that Windows provides one for free is very welcome. Windows Automatic updates are also accessible from here, no longer do you need to visit Microsoft.com to get your updates (you can if you want to) it is so easy to configure Windows to automatically update itself with all the latest ...
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: Tried + tested Disadvantages: Windows Vista soon?
Lets face it - 90% of PC users use a Microsoft OS (operating system). The vast majority of those will be using XP. So you're not exactly going to be alone if you do decide to buy this.
So, is it a good idea to go with the masses? Yes. Unless you are really techy and know software and hardware as if it were your job. Then you might plump for Linux or something similar.
XP was released ages ago - about 2000 if memory serves correctly. As someone who started out on DOS, moved to windows 3.x, then Windows 98 and then XP (via Millenium for about 1 month ;) ) then I've had a history with OS's. XP is by far the most reliable - providing you do things properly then there is generally no problem.
If you are completely just after something that you are not going to fiddle with then - no problems. If you are likely to uninstall ...
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