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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: XP vs. 2000 (was: Avos and strategy (was: avos))Re: XP vs. 2000 (was: Avos and strategy (was: avos))
From: roland <for_spam_at_gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:21:07 +0100 > I did find that 2000 was slighly more stable than XP, > but only slightly. XP's improvements are worth it. stability depends on the device drivers, too - maybe most crashes of OS`s are because of buggy drivers. i had several issues with my vga-driver on my notebook. but - some of those crashes resulted in XP recognizing the crash and automatically switching to standard vga at 640x480 ! and that`s a point where even linux can`t compete - at least i have seen several linux boxes crashed completely (no ping from network anymore) due to buggy Xserver/videodriver. maybe this is better now in Xfree 4.2.x - but i don`t know. regards roland ----- Original Message ----- From: "H C" <hccebay_at_yahoo.com> To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 6:03 PM Subject: Re: XP vs. 2000 (was: Avos and strategy (was: avos)) > Hi, All. > > To me, the Remote Desktop feature, that was added in > XP, is worth the upgrade alone. I use that feature > daily. It is faster, more stable, and better > integrated than any of the other remote-control apps I > have ever tested, and I have certainly tried most of > them. The speed really shines over a high-speed LAN, > where other solutions simply can't keep up. > > My only regret is that they left it out of the Home > edition. > > I did find that 2000 was slighly more stable than XP, > but only slightly. XP's improvements are worth it. > > Soundman > > --- roland <for_spam_at_gmx.de> wrote: > > > I've used XP and 2000 extensively. I had 2000 at > > home and moved to XP. At > > > work I still use 2000. I have found the stability > > and robustness of XP to > > > be superior to 2000. I have also found that it > > sports various improvements > > > including faster startup and shutdown and better > > compatibility with older > > > apps. I also appreciate some of the little > > touches, like the way that XP > > > has the ability to sync with time servers and its > > ability to natively handle > > > ZIP files. As soon as you go away from the hokey > > XP interface and go back > > > to "classic", everything is good. > > full ACK. > > don`t call Xp _that_ "worse" - it really _is_ the > > "best" (or at least the "fewer buggy") > > Microsoft OS. i heard a colleague at work say: damn > > 2000/XP - NT4 is the best! that > > colleage is known to be someone, who really doesn`t > > like to dig into new things and > > he judges about things, he doesn`t really know. > > furthermore, i heard the brother of a girlfriend > > say: naaahh, XP is crap. i get worms > > from the internet, when i use it. so i better stay > > with win98 - i`m safe there :D *hahaha* > > > > sure - some things changed in XP, maybe some things > > are even worse than in 2000 - but > > all things considered...... > > regards > > roland > > > > ps: > > ooooppps - this is offtopic. let`s stop :D > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Fred Maxwell" <rockbox_at_anti-spam.org> > > To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 4:32 PM > > Subject: XP vs. 2000 (was: Avos and strategy (was: > > avos)) > > > > > > > Chris Holt wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:29:39 -0500, Fred Maxwell > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > In other words, if > > > > > you bought a peripheral that worked with > > Windows 2000, then the > > > > > drivers should have been updated at no > > additional charge to you so > > > > > that it would work with Windows XP. > > > > > > {snip} > > > > > > > I agree with you, except I can't figure out why > > someone would want to > > > > downgrade their OS like that. ;-) > > > > > > I've used XP and 2000 extensively. I had 2000 at > > home and moved to XP. At > > > work I still use 2000. I have found the stability > > and robustness of XP to > > > be superior to 2000. I have also found that it > > sports various improvements > > > including faster startup and shutdown and better > > compatibility with older > > > apps. I also appreciate some of the little > > touches, like the way that XP > > > has the ability to sync with time servers and its > > ability to natively handle > > > ZIP files. As soon as you go away from the hokey > > XP interface and go back > > > to "classic", everything is good. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Fred Maxwell > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree > Received on 2003-12-16 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |