Comments on: The death of XP has been GREATLY exaggerated! http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/06/the-death-of-xp-has-been-greatly-exaggerated/ Mobile News, Reviews, and Views. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:20:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Pony99CA http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/06/the-death-of-xp-has-been-greatly-exaggerated/comment-page-1/#comment-16830 Pony99CA Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:59:44 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2009/06/the-death-of-xp-has-been-greatly-exaggerated/#comment-16830 <blockquote>XP took a little while to be adopted. Still ... I don't remember any previous version of Windows settling down to the point that XP has.</blockquote><br>Well, 95 to 98 was say 3 years; 98 to ME was say 2 years; ME to XP was maybe one year; XP to Vista was 5-6 years. So it's not surprising XP has settled down more.<br><br>I suspect a similar argument can be made for NT/2000/XP Pro.<br><br>I don't think that means XP was "better" than those other versions; it just had more time to get the bugs out. :D<br><br>Steve

XP took a little while to be adopted. Still … I don't remember any previous version of Windows settling down to the point that XP has.

Well, 95 to 98 was say 3 years; 98 to ME was say 2 years; ME to XP was maybe one year; XP to Vista was 5-6 years. So it's not surprising XP has settled down more.

I suspect a similar argument can be made for NT/2000/XP Pro.

I don't think that means XP was “better” than those other versions; it just had more time to get the bugs out. :D

Steve

]]> By: CodeBubba http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/06/the-death-of-xp-has-been-greatly-exaggerated/comment-page-1/#comment-16827 CodeBubba Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:59:18 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2009/06/the-death-of-xp-has-been-greatly-exaggerated/#comment-16827 Agreed; XP took a little while to be adopted. Still ... I don't remember any previous version of Windows settling down to the point that XP has. I'm using both Vista and playing with Windows7. They're both fine - but to sit here and tell you that upgrading to them absolutely revolutionizes anything would be a lie. Adoption of Vista and even W7 is going to be harder than it was for XP because of the stability and functionality XP now has. Will it happen? Yeah. It just won't be as quick. Agreed; XP took a little while to be adopted. Still … I don't remember any previous version of Windows settling down to the point that XP has. I'm using both Vista and playing with Windows7. They're both fine – but to sit here and tell you that upgrading to them absolutely revolutionizes anything would be a lie. Adoption of Vista and even W7 is going to be harder than it was for XP because of the stability and functionality XP now has. Will it happen? Yeah. It just won't be as quick.

]]> By: Zealot http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/06/the-death-of-xp-has-been-greatly-exaggerated/comment-page-1/#comment-16826 Zealot Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:26:09 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2009/06/the-death-of-xp-has-been-greatly-exaggerated/#comment-16826 When it came out, XP was nearly as universally hated as Vista is, unjustly or no. I wonder how much of that hatred, and the Vista-hatred now, was really about the software, about disliking Microsoft, or about fitting in with the cool kids on the web?<br><br>Beyond that, it seems we always prefer the devil we know and at this point, most of us know XP pretty damn well. When it came out, XP was nearly as universally hated as Vista is, unjustly or no. I wonder how much of that hatred, and the Vista-hatred now, was really about the software, about disliking Microsoft, or about fitting in with the cool kids on the web?

Beyond that, it seems we always prefer the devil we know and at this point, most of us know XP pretty damn well.

]]> By: Pony99CA http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/06/the-death-of-xp-has-been-greatly-exaggerated/comment-page-1/#comment-16823 Pony99CA Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:05:36 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2009/06/the-death-of-xp-has-been-greatly-exaggerated/#comment-16823 <blockquote>A more compatible and solid piece of software has never been written[....]</blockquote><br>Well, except for the numerous security holes. :D<br><br>And, if I recall correctly, when XP first came out, quite a bit of software had compatibility issues with it. Sure, everything is compatible with it <b>now</b>, but people have had 8 years or so to get things right....<br><br>Steve

A more compatible and solid piece of software has never been written[....]

Well, except for the numerous security holes. :D

And, if I recall correctly, when XP first came out, quite a bit of software had compatibility issues with it. Sure, everything is compatible with it now, but people have had 8 years or so to get things right….

Steve

]]> By: Gadget Feed http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/06/the-death-of-xp-has-been-greatly-exaggerated/comment-page-1/#comment-19221 Gadget Feed Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:52:58 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2009/06/the-death-of-xp-has-been-greatly-exaggerated/#comment-19221 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">[MobilitySite] The death of XP has been GREATLY exaggerated! http://tinyurl.com/mlxdjf</span></span> [MobilitySite] The death of XP has been GREATLY exaggerated! http://tinyurl.com/mlxdjf

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