anyone tried or seen XP lately? anybody worried about the "competition"? i thought not...
i installed XP on my box (may the Source save me...) out of curiosity and to make sure all my knowledge was still up to date (i also heard it was faster than 2K). it is. XP is Win2K with fluff. regardless, if anybody is interested in seeing this new toy (i call it that because that's what it is) please reply. i'll bring my box to the clinic on thursday, and "repair" the installation so you all can see the defaults. i'm not sure where the 'ol computer is going after this (probably back to Debian/Win2K), but XP isn't coming along for the ride, so this is the only offer i'm going to make. it's not *nix, so don't read any further unless you're interested in my views on XP. i thought this might be kewl for all you *nix and BSD "missionaries" out there who like to see before they "preach". --------------------------- Justin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --------------------------- some interesting things about XP : you can now disable the delete confirmation dialogue. no more "save you from yourself". i'm surprised it took them this long. of course, this makes things worse for my two finger "delete", "enter" approach because i end up executing some pr0n movie right after i delete a document off the desktop... if you check user permissions, several strange accounts (which are not available or even seen), including guest, have some powerful permissions. "guest" is disabled by default, tho. MSN messenger starts automagically (and won't go away...) for that matter, most of the built-in programs have subtle (or not so subtle) hints towards using Passport. the default "start" menu is cluttered and confrusing. if you leave the (mac) graphics enabled, it will remain that way no matter what you get rid of. extra themes and "skins" are only available using a third party program called WindowBlinds (as far as i can tell...) so you're stuck with the basic three, unless you get "Plus", which adds three more. yay. either way, my roommate and i were very disappointed that we couldn't get it to look like OS 9. XP has new, more suspicious services available for you to disable, including the ubiquitous "Cryptographic Services". while faster in some applications (and boot-up), XP seems a bit flaky with my programs. Win2K, while an M$ product, was quite stable and forgiving in it's approach (even before SP1...), and i never found myself restarting the system because the display resolution was taking over a minute to change... matter of fact, i've restarted more times in the last four days than i have with Win2K in four months. about the only exciting thing i found with XP was the ability to "lock" toolbars so they stay in the exact same position. no more active programs and quick launch icons crowding the address bar... in conclusion, if any of you IT'ers are stuck with M$ products on workstations, use 2K or NT 4, not XP. otherwise, you're in for a world of trouble. i spent nearly an hour disabling all the extraneous crap that comes with it. then again, if eavesdropping on your employees is your game, XP is for you.
