Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition [Old Version]
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Software Reviews of Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition [Old Version]
Customer Review: A Disaster
Summary: 5 Stars
There were times that I thought to myself, Man! Microsoft is good. But now with all the security flaws that this product has, I 'm thinking how stupid can Microsoft Security experts be?? As far as I know they are highly overpaid for the job that they're doing, and even the patches contain virus!! Not that it'd utterly their fault, but come on people. Microsoft is suppose to have the highest QA. I know a lot of die hard microsoft fans are out there, and they will believe what they wanna believe no matter what. But it is really hard to make a case for the quality of this product. Sure it's fancy and has lots of eyecandy but so Mac O/S achieves even more in that department. The Ms search is really bad and crashes the system and system cleanup has gotten way slow. Honestly the only positive thing about this product is the Hearts (game)! Skip this one and get Fedora or even lispire. 1 star for hearts and 1 star for the graphics. Add -10 for security and there you have it -8 stars.Customer Review: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Summary: 1 Stars
I currently and unfortunately own and use this operating system.I have owned and used other Microsoft Operating System software in the past and compared to them, Windows XP Home Edition stinks. Out of all of the past operating systems, I feel that Microsoft Windows ME is the best of the best. Windows XP is just a lot of hype and is not even close to operating systems in the past.
Customer Review: Great OS
Summary: 5 Stars
Just did a complete new installation of XP, which only took one hour. Coming from 98 this system is totally crash proof. The ease of use and format are leaps and bounds above 98. Would recommend this OS to anyone.Customer Review: Better than Windows ME
Summary: 4 Stars
I have Windows ME on my desktop computer and have constant problems with it. I can't even install AOL 9.0 on it because it doesn't work with ME.I have Windows XP on my laptop computer (the one I almost always use now). I think that it is far superior to ME. The graphics are better and I have encountered fewer problems with software incompatibility.
I'm glad that Microsoft didn't take a bad product (ME) and just add a few things to it. They seemed to have actually attempted to work out some of the problems so XP will have fewer glitches.
If you are in the market to upgrade from an older operating system (Windows 95, 98, etc.) or you have ME and hate it, XP is the way to go. You don't have to completely relearn everything about Windows, and you get a system that gets the 'evil blue screen' (System is Busy OR System Not Responding) far less.
Please keep in mind, this is my opinion. :c)
Customer Review: Microsoft need a better grip on their products.
Summary: 3 Stars
I have been a Windows user and lover from when I was nine years old (I am thirteen years old now). Windows '98 has never disappointed me because I used it for simple things. As I progessed into technology, I bought Windows XP. Windows XP has more pros than cons, but the cons are really that terrible. Sure, everyone loves fast, easy-to-understand computers with neat programs.
As a review reader, I like to look for cons first, so:
- Too many security flaws. Microsoft needs a definate grip on that. XP, so far, has got to be the most worst off when it comes to security. Honestly, the anti-virus programs can barely help now. I'm tired of installing and restarting my computer every time Microsoft has urgent 'upgrades'.
- If you're a furious file downloader like me, you're going to need more megabytes. XP tends to lag a bit slower, and after uninstalling and deleting over one hundred somewhat files, it's still slow (using a 256 MB system).
- I don't know if it's just me, but it happens so every month; my computer would just automatically restart without warning. Very bad flaw, I have yet to find out why it's even doing this.
- Microsoft Word is good, but it's missing something Windows '98/2000 had: better WordArt options and styles (seriously). This is extremely important to me when I wish to do headers for projects.
- I've tried installing some Windows '98 computer games onto my computer, but ta-da! It didn't work. Some faulty error messages popped-up instead. I had no trouble installing '95 games on my '98 back then, so why now?
As bad as some cons are, I'm not going to recommend Apple or Linux, because Windows, if you don't mind those poor cons, is quite superior with all the new options they give you. I advise considering buyers to wait a while before they purchase a product from Microsoft though... there's a rumour going around of a new Windows version (Windows Longhorn), so hang in there. :)