Windows XP "Saved" the PC Industry?

[TheAnt]

Before Windows XP came out, I thought that I read or heard from computer industry pundits that they were hoping XP would inject some "life" into the PC market. There sure seemed to be a lot of hype from Micosoft's camp (Billy Gates), how XP was a revolutionary thing for "mankind" (that's my exaggeration).

Anyway, XP has been out for a couple of months and I do not sense any kind of massive resurgence/comeback of the PC market.....I still hear news that it is still slow. Possibly not even XP can overcome the general economic slowdown/levelling off?



[This message has been edited by TheAnt (edited 12-27-2001).]

[Gallaeglagh]

It's just not a revolutionary product such as Win 95 was in its time. Heck if you listened to Microsoft Win Me was going to storm the market. I suppose MS will tell us every product they release from now on will be huge. While Xp is more stable than 98 and more consumer friendly than 2000 it's not revolutionary.

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[sea69]

I can't get XP Pro to crash!

I currently have 10 IE windows open (two are downlaoding things), OE6, zomealarm pro, quicktime movie playing, outside security camera on, playing a file in win media palyer, sisoftsandra becnchmark (byrn in), (5) win explorer windows open, two M$ games running in the background, movie editor, xp-plus mp3 converter, and anything else I can find to open up... so far still doing whatever I want all at once.


'nuff said.

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[This message has been edited by sea69 (edited 12-28-2001).]

[mjc]

Sea, let my kids at it for a day or two............ http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

Ain't marketting hype great?

I think that everything is going to change the world...now if it was half as good as the hype says it is then it might have something going for it. But I know that I'm not going to it soon.....no real desire to give myself headaches/ulcers trying to get it to work on this machine... http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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[sea69]

didn't get to edit above spelling mistakes^


mjc- "no real desire to give myself headaches/ulcers trying to get it to work on this machine... "

you would be nicely surprised.

if my antique athlon (COMPAQ even) can more than handle it nicely with 256 sdram.>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pretty sure your're more up to date hardware wise than me!

hehe

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[This message has been edited by sea69 (edited 12-28-2001).]

[iisbob]

Not going to step on Sea's enthusasim here; but not only have i crashed XP, i've seen it happen at a public expo!

It seems to be more stable than even W2K, but it will still give up the ghost if you push it too hard. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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iisbob
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[iisbob]

Not going to step on Sea's enthusasim here; but not only have i crashed XP, i've seen it happen at a public expo!

It seems to be more stable than even W2K, but it will still give up the ghost if you push it too hard. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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iisbob
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[sea69]

I know it can be crashed.. just that as hard as I actually tried to crash it on purpose it didn't lock up.

did they not include BSOD's in this M$ version??

lol

you have a link to that expo crash??

like to see it.

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[This message has been edited by sea69 (edited 12-28-2001).]

[iisbob]

Sorry Sea , it was at a local convention on their rollout for XP ( on 10/25 ).

They wouldn't let private individuals film there; imagine that.?! http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/tongue.gif

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[mjc]

Sorry, sea...not this HP (your Compaq is actually more update than my main machine...) and its restircted BIOS....it needs permission from HP in order to take a dump.....I will have XP fun soon enough, my sister's machine...new build, probably XP, clean install (and I'll play with it before I let her have the machine, burn in test and all that.. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif)

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[rond36]

I have crashed XP. Two lockups three mini dumps in one day all trying to install Microsoft Works Suite 2002. Give me an operating system I will crash it! It is all fixed now but there for awhile I was crashing it daily. I haven't seen a BSOD yet think they replaced them with the mini dump. It just reboots and runs scandisk

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[This message has been edited by rond36 (edited 12-30-2001).]

[sea69]

hmmmmm it seems to have accepted everthing I wanted to add thus far.

I installed Word 2000, and a bunch of my old apps from my C Drive (win98se) which I can access as easily as anything on my Ddrive(XP) drive.

I like that.

Thinking of installing Norton System Works 2002, anyone try that yet??

mjc "test burn"..

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[Tim1]

I do not have XP because this computer came with WIN Me.It is 150$ Canadian for me to up grade to XP (home) http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/eek.gif.What would I notice for that much money this thing runs pretty good to me,even my old Win 98(not even SE)runs great to me. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif

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Operating System: Microsoft Windows ME
Processor: Intel Pentium® 4 @ 1.5GHz
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400
Total Physical Memory: 512MB
Motherboard Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Motherboard Model: D845HV
Monitor 19" KDS i190

[Gallaeglagh]

What would I notice for that much money this thing runs pretty good to me,even my old Win 98(not even SE)runs great to me. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif



If it ain't broke...



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