Windows XP

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...

mightyred 13.02.2006 · Read review
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Windows Media Center 2005 - My HTPC

Advantages: User Friendly, Easy to Use, Value for Money, Comprehensive Operating System.
Disadvantages: Poor Documentation, Titanic Struggle Installing Operating System

...for Recorded TV, TV Guide, Live TV and DVD Menu on the remote. There is a central Media Center button which allows you to fire up the operating system at any time. The one thing I have really noticed with using this variation of Windows XP is that lack of stalling or system crashing. In fact I have not had a single problem thus far in almost 2 months use! In case you are not aware, Windows Media Center 2005 runs behind Windows XP Professional. Depending on your setup, you can start in either version of XP or you can have a menu system at boot up to allow you to go into either Media Center or XP Professional. Conclusions. Once the niggle of compatibility and installation are condemned and your system up and running, I think you'll find Windows Media Center a throughly entertaining option to use with its clean new interface. It seems...

thehitman 21.11.2005 (22.11.2005) · Read review
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MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP SP2

Advantages: Stability
Disadvantages: Expensive

...Tough Microsoft Windows Vista is a super star for Windows lovers, I see Microsoft Windows Experience (XP) still exists in its fans? personal computers. Since XP was launched, the operating system (OS) has been revised twice, namely XP Service Pack 1 and XP Service Pack 2 ? and some resources say that Service Pack 2 (SP2) is the last revision or update for XP, and Microsoft is concentrating on their new popular OS ? some Vista editions. And some XP users who have purchased the earlier versions of XP, they can download the SP2 on Microsoft official site. Certainly this service is free of charge! WHAT MICROSOFT SAYS ABOUT THEIR SP2 Top 10 reasons to install Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) 1. Help protect your PC from harmful attachments. By alerting you to potentially unsafe attachments, Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) helps...

djohan 11.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows XP Professional w/SP2 Licence and media

Experience Windows XP!

Advantages: Many features, reliable, OEM version is priced well.
Disadvantages: Vista is out, DX10 not supported (not currently an issue)

..., integration of Windows Media Player and a handy customizable built in search bar. I would use it but as most of the malware on the Internet is targeted at Internet Explorer as it is the most common browser I prefer to use Mozilla Firefox. To access your Emails Windows XP has a built in version of its very popular mail client Outlook, this is called Outlook Express which is a stripped down version. Here you can easily manage your emails and address book but there are no calendar and notifying facilities that you get with the full version of Outlook. Multimedia is easily accessible on Windows XP through Windows Media Player, this will play all your music, videos, DVDs and so on. The interface is quite slick and has been modernised. It includes some really interesting visualizations you can watch while your music is playing and can become quite...

hackersupr 05.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade with Service Pack 2

Windows Xp - Im Indifferent!

Advantages: very good stability
Disadvantages: Not Good for advanced users

...say it? Windows IS bloated. It's got those preschool looks to it now, unless you set it to classic. It comes with things I?d never use, like MSN Explorer, MSN Messenger, Windows Media Player, and Outlook Express. I may use MSN messenger, but I only use it in Trillian. The MSN program looks a lot like XP when you first install it, which reminds me a lot of AOL, the Internet newbie browser. I used to be a Windows Media Player fan, until I found Winamp, the elite media player. It's visualizations are 1000x cooler; it?s got tons of skins, uses way less RAM than WMP, and uses ZERO % CPU to play my MP3s. MSN Explorer ? nobody would ever use if they had IE sitting right there, come on, Microsoft! And don?t get me started on Outlook. Windows XP is a very stable operating system. My friend went 2 weeks before rebooting on a Pentium 3, I seem...

uska123 18.05.2004 · Read review
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windows xp... the way forward.

Advantages: it is fast and realiable and safe.
Disadvantages: none yet.

...Most of us will have heard of Microsoft, wether it is from playing there games, to using there operating system, and we may as well say, every pc you buy in any shop in the high street now adays has a Microsoft operating system installed in it. we have gone from the very very old 3.1 Windows version, upto windows 95, through windows 98, upgrading to windows 98se, and them windows millenium edition, and we are now at windows xp. i am guessing that all home personal computers will have Microsoft xp - Home Edition installed on it, so i am guessing you know what this operating system is. it is basically what makes your pc operational, as in software terms, because without a os, or Operating System, your pc would just sit there idel, twiddling its thumbs and fingers. So Windows xp is one of the latest operating systems around, there...

mentalmickey100 30.04.2003 · Read review
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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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Windows XP, Windows eXPerience.

Advantages: A nice basic operating system, a few cool features.
Disadvantages: Getting old, programs are too basic for my liking.

...Windows XP, a great long lasting operating system. Although planning to upgrade to vista (Due to its sleeker looks, and to up up with technology) XP is still a great operating system, and has served me well for the last 4 or 5 years. Now as you can already tell this is going to be a very long review, as this is an operating system, and I'm not gonna pull a fast one on this. So lets go over the design of windows XP, for starters if you didn't know what XP stands for, it means eXPerience, good idea right?! Anyways when you first have entered all your details you will be showed with a welcome screen, which welcome has no capital, and actually, looks quite silly. Anyways, here will list your current users, you can click on them (And enter the password if you have one, for extra security) You will then be presented with a screen called...

cbgordon2 12.01.2008 · Read review
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Windows - XP, A life.

Advantages: Slighty more secure, everything is made to work on it
Disadvantages: Its windows, unstable.

..., which you could pick up for free in magazines, or download. Problems lay because some programs that where designed with XP in mind were not flexible enough to cope with the changes that were made to the system when this new service pack was installed. The majority of problems I have heard about or encountered relate to the internet, alot of ISP programs did not seem to like the new settings, and of course with no connection, getting support for the problems was kinda tricky. This is why Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 was introduced, it was a way to solve problems for people because if it was pre installed with XP than any configuration errors could not happen as nothing had previously been conflicted. (Try saying that 5 times when your drunk!!) Anyway, enough of the background to the product, let me start my actual review...

borninblood 15.04.2005 · Read review
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Windows is a XP above the rest

Advantages: internet Explorer 6, Windows Media Player 8, More Reliable, Compatible with nearly everything, it looks and feels great, Totally Customizible
Disadvantages: Costs around £75

...and flexible and is also very fast when loading up web pages. You can access favourites, history, chat and also media with the internet explorer toolbar. Privacy is also a big feature and also this is improved greatly. Music And Video - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Windows Media Player 8 is another exclusive feature to XP. It includes DVD playback, cd burning and you can export video to other devices connected to computer. New improved controls and a new layout and interface makes this easier to use and the best media player to date. Auto recognition is a usefull function. When you insert a music cd, a dvd or a zip,jaz file windows will open the application which runs. For example, if you insert a music cd then windows media player will automatically start and play the cd. Burning to a cd is as easy as burning to a floppy drive, you only have...

kornkid2001 18.10.2001 · Read review
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