Windows 7 - a great operating system.

Advantages: looks great, easy to use, nice new taskbar, high compatibility
Disadvantages: cost is still high

...larger icons in squares. Instead of quick launch you have to "pin" items to the taskbar, which basically means they're always there, even when they are closed. When a program is open the square around it gets emphasized. There is a new feature called aero peek which is a little square in the bottom left which when you hover over it fades all of your open windows away and shows your desktop. When you click it then all of your windowd minimize and it takes you to your desktop. Another new feature is "aero snap" which is where you click and drag a window to either side of the screen to make it take up that half of the screen, or drag it to the top to make it maximise. Overall Windows 7 is a very good improvement over Vista, which in my opinion was still a good operating system, but Windows 7 is definitely better....

ellisbodds 15.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate

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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Review of Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition w/SP2 Complete package

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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Review of Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition w/SP2 Complete package

Experience Windows XP!

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

...Windows XP is the most commonly used version of Microsofts popular Windows operating system or OS. It is feature packed and has low requirements so it will run on most PCs. The Look Microsoft has really jazzed Windows XP up compared to the previous dull grey looks of Windows 2000. As soon as you boot into the Windows interface you will be greeted with a friendly blue Welcome screen with the colourful new Windows logo. To begin you simply click your username, which will be displayed along with a little picture of your choice, you can pick from a car, frog to a cute dog or add your own picture if you prefer. Once you have entered your password and clicked the green enter button you will be taken to the new Windows Desktop. Here the new look is also in full effect as we get a new blue Taskbar with a bright green Start button, along...

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

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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Review of Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition w/SP2 Complete package

Windows - XP, A life.

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

...Firstly, and to avoid any confusion I will explain in brief terms what a service pack is and why it is necessary. Whether it is down to bad testing, or a very limited time, Microsoft seem to have always had the problem of bringing out software before it was due. Example of this can be seen everywhere, and not just with the Operating Systems, in software as well, they always seem to leave programs half finished and add little bits and bobs back into them whenever the mood takes them. It is with this in mind that we see the complete necessity for service packs, they are basically updates en mass. Unless I am very much mistaken SP 2 was designed mainly to combat some security issues that had been found with the previous version of XP. A problem arose with many people when they updated thier exsisting XP with this new service pack...

borninblood 15.04.2005 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition w/SP2 Complete package

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

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

...go to a place like micro direct and planet micro you can get the OEM version which will set you back around £70. All operating systems are this price so you shouldnt really complain. Appearance - - - - - - - - - Windows XP looks and feels great to use (i need somthing to look great before i feel comftable with it). Everything is fully customizable including the Screen saver, desktop, colours, sounds and even the start menu is changable. You can even make menus fade in and out which looks brilliant. Changing sounds is easy, and when you perform a task you can have a sound of your choice playing, but that can become very annoying. All this customizing is done in the control panel. Features - - - - - - - - Reliabilty is a main reason why i bought XP as ME and 98 regulary crashed and nothing was compatible, so i had to upgrade...

kornkid2001 18.10.2001 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition w/SP2 Complete package

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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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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