Windows Xp Home Edition

Advantages: Easy to use, Main operating system, Great help available
Disadvantages: Prone to viruses, still some bugs

...Windows XP, my one and only ever operating system! I have tried Mac and tried Vista on other computers, and i don't think they compare to XP! Vista is trying to be an Apple product, and i don't think you can enjoy a mac after years of Microsoft!!! I love all the hidden features of it and trying to figure stuff out with it! Admittedly its a very dated OS nowadays but millions of computers still use it! It's a powerful operating system and it's good at what it does! Fair enough there are bugs in it still that need to be eliminated, and it is prone to viruses unlike an Apple Macintosh but i think what XP needs more than anything is a second release, exactly how it is but with all the bugs eliminated! XP2 =] Because no amount of Special Packet updates can fix an operating system! It needs to be independently and professionally improved...

lallofrall 26.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition w/SP2 Complete package

my review on windows xp home edition

Advantages: easy to use
Disadvantages: none that i know of

...hello im lewis and im going to tell you the ups and downs of xp home edition windows xp home edition is great for home computing and will be sutible for anyone who dosent think they could use vista xp is a very very stable operating system and does not contain a qautre of the bugs vista contains. home edition is specifficly designed with you in mind it includes things such as home network set up,movie maker,media player and so much more unlike xp professional xp home edition is made for anyone who wants a easy to use not advanced operating system i used professional my self for several years in the work place and found it extremely advanced but then when i had had enough i one day switched my laptop to xp home and i had a great time it went faster,ran smoother and was very easy to use if for example you have an older computer and want...

techieboy66 15.02.2009 · Read review
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Nice System- Windows XP Home Edition

Advantages: safty, easy to use.
Disadvantages: no much features.

...this is a very nice product, easy to use, have been use it alot of time. product with a reasonable price, which is afordable for most ppl. it is a very safty system, I do not use extra firewall to protect my computer. the revert system is very helpful, when your system does not works well, you can easily sort it out by reverting your system to the back. home edition does not have so many features as the professional edition, but it is enough for personal use, and the price is much cheaper than the professional. SP2 is emphasis on the safty of system in my understanding, i kept upgrade every week, and I surf on net everday, but have never get spyware from internet. The only disadvantage is the there is no much features on this system, it is not beautiful as some other systems....

gaosha 24.05.2007 (25.05.2007) · Read review
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Windows 7 overview

Advantages: Easy to use, Aesthetically pleasing, User friendly
Disadvantages: Not enough variation from vista, no desktop button

...and themes and lots of new gadgets that are moveable anywhere around the screen (unlike in vista). This can make the whole windows experience slightly more enjoyable and fun to use. One of the main difficulties I have with the new taskbar in windows 7 is that there is no longer a desktop button which instantly minimizes all windows which I used to found very useful. I?m sure this is rectifiable but I have so far been unable to find an option to open the desktop. Overall I think of Windows 7 as a great system but cannot help but feel it is not a new Operating system but just Vista plus. I would seriously recommending getting this if you have troubles with vista as it is very user friendly and much more aesthetically pleasing. But it does come with a heavy price tag £149.99 for home premium and £229.99 for ultimate. Luckily I recently had to buy...

joshsmit 10.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Windows 7 - The Best OS Yet!

Advantages: Great new toolbar, excellent personalisation, overall brilliant design
Disadvantages: Really similar to Vista.

...In July, I downloaded the Release Candidate of Windows 7 to evaluate the new operating system and I have to say it's the best version of Windows yet! It surpasses Vista in every way. Windows 7 is not available yet but I'm encouraging all Vista uers to upgrade in October as soon as the software is released. In the rest of my review I will outline some of the key features. For starters, the toolbar has been changed dramatically. In previous versions of windows, the active windows (i.e. open programs and applications) would appear seperately as tabs with the symbols and titles of the programs (with the option to group similar windows together under one tab, such as all the internet explorers open). In Windows 7, the toolbar features the start button (the windows logo), followed by programs pinned to the taskbar and open programs, then...

tb240904 31.08.2009 (13.09.2009) · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Windows 7 - it makes Vista look like a beta

Advantages: smooth, quick, easy to install and use, pretty to look at, simplified for the masses
Disadvantages: Vista should have been like this - Microsoft robbed us!

...can customise it with your own images to give W7 your own personal touch. Its nice. Yet not system heavy. Windows 7 just feels better in all honesty. Quicker, smoother, Sleeker. I have the 64 bit version of Home Premium installed and that?s all you need on a modern PC. The box comes with the 32bit version for old pcs too though. There is no real need for ultimate. Windows Vista Ultimate had a lot more to offer, but you only seem to need Windows 7 Ultimate if you are a corporation or connect directly to a domain. Just google to see the differences. The average home user, even gamer, only needs Home Premium. Its worth the money too, from what I?ve seen so far. Im sure there?s a lot I haven?t found yet. Just wish my work place ran it too, would make life a lot easier with the snappy features....

AgeUK 04.11.2009 · Read review
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Windows Vista Home Premium

Advantages: Speed, Durabliity, Function, less memory use & ease of Use
Disadvantages: Some product in-compatible

...Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium is far better that any version of windows I have used, to start at the beginning the installation is more automated and easier, making a quicker installation, although in my opinion I would not recommend an upgrade, but moreover a clean install, I would also recommend you installing Microsoft compatibility software, which can be downloaded from their website. If there is incompatible software, its a nightmare to remove and correct, i.e. when I first installed I did a direct upgrade only to find my SATA drives (64 bit incompatibility only) and Zone Alarm Internet Security was incompatible (later editions compatible, except when running 64 bit architecture). Some Software after the direct upgrade could not be removed as the Install/Uninstall programs had been removed by the upgrade (These...

Martyn79 01.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium

New bottle, old Wine, microsoft windows vista home basic

Advantages: Easy to use, improved features
Disadvantages: Find out

...windows vista home basic Operating System. This is one of six Microsoft's new version of Operating System. Users can install it to a Windows or Macintosh based Computer, along with upgrading from the previous xp versions. A Computer user interface, is the graphics, the layout of the software program. In simple terms it is what the user can see on the screen. The home version that I am reviewing in comparison to my existing xp home Computer Operating System seems as the name suggests to offer just the basic new features. Is it any good? The start button is smaller and squarer than that in xp home. The design based on what you see on the Desktop screen is far clearer and more professional from a design and quality perspective. Upon running the start menu, there is a Search Toolbar that enables fast browsing and access. Also...

costas1234 09.03.2008 (27.05.2009) · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic

Microsoft Windows Xp home with SP2

Advantages: easy to run, is compatible with most software
Disadvantages: bug prone, easily becomes unstable

...a complicated proccess. The improved search features in XP are ok, but i have heard better things about the index searching in Vista . The default settings within search are not very well setup if you are trying to work at a deper level than just seearching your my documents folder, this is becuase "seaching in system and hidden folders" is disabled as default. This may, however, just be a personal thing i have with Windows as i feel it is more sutied to users who are not overly competent with computers, although there are tools out there that allow you to edit win xp, for the more technological savvy of you out there!. I would strongly reccomend that you purchase a specific security suite, to replace the windows firewall system as, in my experience, it is not very effective and is very crude in its settings and config. Its only use i found...

joemadagascar 10.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition w/SP2 Complete package

To Window or Not To Window?

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...

andersonfamily 30.11.2004 · Read review
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