[geeks] Re: Windows XP?

[Andrew Weiss]

On Friday, February 7, 2003, at 10:47  AM, Kurt Huhn wrote:
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>
> There's also the intangible reason - XP is "icky" for some reason.  I 
> can't
> quite place my finger on it, but there it is.  To me, 2000 is just the
> addition of some multimedia support onto NT4 - an OS I actually *like*.
>
The icky is from the random errors and borkeness that pops up after 
extended use (especially Java stuff), the fact that you have to 
activate service packs, and the Fisher Price "You're a baby" Poop UI 
(which can't be totally gotten rid of... )

Two reasons to like 2000

Non Stoneage DirectX support... so it runs everything as well as or 
better than Win9X
Robust network OS services (Active Directory (LDAP), MMC, and robust 
tools now built-in rather than an afterthought (free remote admin via 
Tservices))

Andrew