Customer Reviews for Microsoft Windows XP Professional Upgrade [OLD VERSION]

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Upgrade [OLD VERSION]
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Software Reviews of Microsoft Windows XP Professional Upgrade [OLD VERSION]

Customer Review: This is one sweet operating system but not 4 old technology
Summary: 5 Stars

Windows XP Pro is quite arguably the most reliable operating system that Microsoft has come out with yet. Additionally it comes with the option of converting it to a Windows 98SE desktop appearance, for those who don't want to fuss with learning new instructions to get the old things done. It does so much more though.
One note of caution; do not install XP in an older machine, with older hardware. Your sound card vendor may have stopped making software drivers a long time ago for your now discontinued device. The problem is that they do not want to spend the resources to create drivers for a product that they no longer make. So if you have an old video card, audio card, modem, etc, it quite possibly won't work with XP. If you try to install XP you will get all kinds of incompatible error messages. So do yourself a favor and put old wine into old bottles, and new wine into new ones; consider getting a newer machine if you are going to upgrade to XP. You might wind up spending close to the same amount of money upgrading your components to make it work, as you would to just simply buy a new one. Check with all of your hardware manufacturers to see if they produced XP drivers for your existing hardware. Hope this helps.

Customer Review: Excellent operating system
Summary: 5 Stars

After finding out that Linux does NOT and has NO functionality to speak of. I purchased XP-Pro upgrade. To sum it all up, one word - AWESOME! Do yourself a favor and try this, it is plug and play to the extreme, is fast booting up and tons of applications available. Also purchased was Office 2003 Professional, the email client OUTLOOK is the best to date.

Overall, you cannot go wrong with Windows XP-Pro.

Customer Review: THERE SHOULD E A NEGATIVE RATING ALLOWED
Summary: 1 Stars

Where to begin with this tumerous mound of bloated software? In the beginning (before all the security problems were found - and continue, sometimes several times a day) XP home ran well. Now, no doubt, large chunks of code have been patched, re-patched and entirely replaced.

The result is this rotting pile of dung that goes sooooo slowly.

Unlike other notorious monopolists, Gates trumpets his great innovation.

(...). Each and every product of Microsoft is either a look back (often to Apple) or a buy-in. Each and every MS initiative (remember.NET?; remember XBOX?) has been a failure. Gates spends billions to produce technological failures.

XP is the most glaring example of this. Gates would do well to XPlode XP and start over.

Customer Review: Very Stable OS.
Summary: 4 Stars

Windows XP has been the best OS from Microsoft yet. It is not perfect, but it does not crash very often. I'm running XP on 3 computers that are networked. My laptops came with XP, but my desk top came with Windows 98, which was not very stable (it crashed daily). I tried using ME, but that was the worst operating system ever. Upgrading my older Compaq 667MH Celeron was very easy with XP. I downloaded a XP compatibility checker before installing XP to see what software and drivers were compatable. Downloaded the required updates and Windows XP installed very easy. XP is very easy when it comes to upgrading and installing new hardware.

I highly recommend a clean installation when upgrading. Saves a lot of headaches. Also beware that a lot of software that you use with 95,98,and ME are not compatible with XP. I also recommend having atleast 256MB RAM.

The reason I will not give Microsoft XP 5 Stars is that MS does not allow installation on more than one computer and having to activate the product. I'm buying the software to use as I need, not as Microsoft wants me to use it. That's like purchasing a Music CD and having to get a activation code and only being allowed to play on your home CD player. Are you listening MR. Gates????????????????????????????

Customer Review: i think win suck
Summary: 1 Stars

i give it one star become i have had win xp and wi me and 95 and up to now i cant stan it i ge ton lone on my old gateway and on my dad new hp and i get cut off and i am playing game and the comeputer cut me off so when i can get the money i am liveing win pc for good and go to apple i love apple ox so for me when i get my apple i will naver by a win pc

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