Yoda Power
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Here on the fanatics forum´s ive met so many people that really hate xp. Why? I think its pretty good.
Why does everybody hate Windows XP?
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insurgent
Exhausted
I have XP, and it works just fine for me.
It's just the traditional Microsoft-bashing - something I am proud to say that I participate actively in.
It's just the traditional Microsoft-bashing - something I am proud to say that I participate actively in.
Panda
Metal head
Shouldn't this be in the Computer Talk section? 
1.) The graphic artists were snatched from Kindergarten - I mean, come on...
2.) It's a resource hog
3.) Still, it's no more stable than 98
4.) The horror to get older games to work!
5.) It ruined an otherwise great LAN party for me.
As horrible as it may sound, but 98 is still my choice OS.
1.) The graphic artists were snatched from Kindergarten - I mean, come on...
2.) It's a resource hog
3.) Still, it's no more stable than 98
4.) The horror to get older games to work!
5.) It ruined an otherwise great LAN party for me.
As horrible as it may sound, but 98 is still my choice OS.
Yoda Power
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1. You can change back to the old style if you want.
2. Not sure what you mean.
3. It is atleast as stable as win 98
4. I never had such problems
5. Are you saying that its not possible to play on LAN with xp?
2. Not sure what you mean.
3. It is atleast as stable as win 98
4. I never had such problems
5. Are you saying that its not possible to play on LAN with xp?
Panda
Metal head
2. I mean it uses way too much resources for my liking.
3. Well... Lucky for you I guess...
5. At the LANs we arrange, having XP as your OS meant no gaming for 9 out of 10 people.
As a gamer i use win 98 second edition and it work very well, one of my friend decide to use millenium and he was laughing at me, but not very long, after a few day, i was laughing at him, then he try win pro 2000, i laugh even more, then he use win XP but several driver are missing, so i laugh about him again ( he start the war so...). He s no more my friend now ( too much stupid )
So win 98 second edition is still the best gamer choice IMO. I have no problem with modern games like civ 3 and i can play old game like red alert.
So win 98 second edition is still the best gamer choice IMO. I have no problem with modern games like civ 3 and i can play old game like red alert.
Ahmad
Warlord
I've tried 98 and 2k pro.. 98 kept crashing on me and 2k pro gave me the blue screen of death..
At first I had some driver and compatability issues with xp pro but after downloading all the updates xp has been running like a dream.. my LAN is working just fine..
At first I had some driver and compatability issues with xp pro but after downloading all the updates xp has been running like a dream.. my LAN is working just fine..
Wolfe Tone
Which Way Did He Go?
I don't use XP but a friend of mine does. He hates it, it is constantly crashing on him. Thankfully he has partitioned his hard drive and has Linux installed.
onejayhawk
Afflicted with reason
Backwards compatability is the big issue. There isnt any. It may be more stable than ME, but even Win95 programs often need patches. For those of us that like old comfortable things, it
is a total pain in the donkey. MS has no interest in compatability, since new programs require bigger faster machines, which lead to more shipped with system sales. It is so bad the Microsofts game, Age of Empires, has problems.
Another issue, that does not bother me personally, is the licensing, which is draconian. People that add on and upgrade frequently have had to purchase new OS's. Or so I've heard. In short its the Win95 story all over again.
J
is a total pain in the donkey. MS has no interest in compatability, since new programs require bigger faster machines, which lead to more shipped with system sales. It is so bad the Microsofts game, Age of Empires, has problems.
Another issue, that does not bother me personally, is the licensing, which is draconian. People that add on and upgrade frequently have had to purchase new OS's. Or so I've heard. In short its the Win95 story all over again.
J
funxus
Orange Cycloptic Blob
We have three computers at home, all have three different OS's (98, Me and XP) and my lan runs perfectly so far. I have only played newer games multiplayer and they work, I've also got civ 2.42 working. My problem with XP though is that it crashes as much as all the other OS's from MS
amadeus
Bishop of Bio-Dome
Using Windows 98. It works just fine for me, so why should I bother upgrading?
I'm using Windows XP, and I've never had a better OS. Maximum stability and user-friendliness matter most to me, and XP provides that.
I have tried all Microsoft Windows versions, and from experience, I can tell you that this is by far the best.
I have tried all Microsoft Windows versions, and from experience, I can tell you that this is by far the best.
Agreed. It's too bad that some of my really old MSDOS games won't work anymore (those in which you have to attrib IRQ numbers to get the sound card working, remember guys?), but other than that it's the most stable and the fastest OS I ever got from Microsoft.
), XP is a good OS. Fair enough, might give it a try then.
Silverflame
OBJECTION!
My friends brother has an XP, and the only problem I can see is that it leaks memory...but it goes pretty dang fast.
GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
I have Windows XP and I have no trouble with it 
Perfection
The Great Head.
XP is just the latest step in Wintel's planned obsolecence. The thing goes like this the latest versian of Windows requires a faster chip to spur intel into creating faster chips when they really don't need it, then windows makes the old versian obsolete with new incompatible office tools that force them to buy the chip. They force computer manufacturers to buy the latest versian of windows and not 98, 95 or 3.1 so that it keeps spurring the scheme forward.
