RE: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad and Now etc etc... Win XP ??

I'm behind in my message reading, so sorry to backtrack, but I'd just
like to chime in: (I have no technical sophistication with regard to
operating systems or much else compared to what I read on this list
but) On XP-Pro, I average 2 or 3 "Send Error Report to Microsoft"
messages a day. Certain webpages eg Neteller consistently crash the
browser (but not since I got around to moving to Firefox--but I still
get a couple Error Reports with firefox). Even My
Documents/Windows Explorer hangs and crashes about 10-20% of the
time.
The reason I sought out XP over 2K was because according to my
research XP supports the extended desktop over an external monitor
and 2K does not. (I imagine there probably is a way to do it with
2K... .)

Just to reflect that people's experiences seem to vary widely, from
highly, to hardly, stable.

--- Starfire CT <starfirect@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I gotta throw two cents in the air here.
>
> Every modern OS has lots and lots of patches, be it Microsoft,
> Apple,
> RedHat, etc. Not sure how that makes one more unstable than the
> other.
> Especially when there's been what, 4 service packs for Win2000?
> Wouldn't
> that make it unstable, too? I just don't get the comparison.
>
> Also, I can turn a computer on an leave it in the corner running a
> webserver
> on [insert server OS here] and it probably won't crash for 5 years.
> Does
> that make it a better OS than the one that ya beat on every day?
> Some how I
> don't think so.
>
> I remember arguing with a manager about whether or not our software
> was J2EE
> compliant, and how that didn't really mean anything. I told him to
> put a
> server in the trunk of my car that had a Java on the HD somewhere -
> would
> that make my car J2EE compliant? He didn't think so either.
>
> >From: "Bart Howard" <bart.howard@juno.com>
> >To: Thinkpad@stderr.org
> >Subject: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad and Now etc etc... Win XP ??
> >Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:43:11 GMT
> >
> >
> >
> > > Windows 2000 and XP Pro have proven themselves to be very
> stable OSes >
> >that have the ability to maintain an environment for years without
> > > requiring the 'purge and rebuild' process so well known with
> Win9x
> > > based versions
> >
> >What's this? soemone extolling the virtues of XP...???
> >I personally found it to be horrendously unstable. It requires
> 512Mb RAM
> >to work really efficiently and still it hangs on every possible
> occasion.
> >Just the humungeous amount of updates coming out for it shows how
> >vulnerable it is. I have experimented with XP for every machine
> I've built
> >(and I've built dozens) and none of them lasted
> >with XP more than a few weeks, as I have 3 licensed versions of
> XP; - XP
> >Home; and 2x XP-Pro (one of which came with an IBM) neither of
> them lasts
> >without crashing or hanging for more than a fortnight.
> >
> >However, W2K is an entirely different kettle of fish, and this
> machine has
> >run on win2K for two years without crashing.
> >
> >Apart from the local security aspect, WIn98SE I also find to be
> very stable
> >and I run a TP 560X which lies uncharged for a month or so (until
> I go
> >travelling), then I blow off the cobwebs and it runs my WiFi and
> NIC and IR
> >connects to my home without a whimper. It has never hung or
> crashed in the
> >3 years I have had it.
> >
> >Win XP?... I only keep the discs in case I have to repair someone
> else's.
> >regards
> >Bart
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Received on Thu Dec 23 15:49:12 2004