Quote:anyway, here are the reasons why i don't like win xp:
i have a via apolo pro motherboard and i had to install the 4in1 to make xp work faster.
So?
Quote:i have a conexant 56k modem and i had to install a driver to make it function.
So?
Quote:i have a voodoo 5 5500 and u know the rest.
OK, I agree it isn't the best situation...
Quote:i have a monitor that is not well supported in xp and keeps shuting down with no reason.
Now THAT is a bad problem
Quote:i am having problems with my sound card defualt drivers in xp (creative vibra 128 ) so i had to install new drivers.
So?
Quote:xp keeps locking, freezing, shuting down with no reason.
...Sounds like you have serious problems
Quote:having problems with my hard disk when cash-writing is on (seagate 20gb 7200rpm).
Big problem, there.
Quote:some games don't work at all or have bugs.
Yah, agreed, but it's much better than Win2K.
Quote:very annoying driver installation method (the device manager making me mad).
Odd, that's one of the tings I like best about Windows/
Quote:100% lack of support to any hardware before 2001
Hell yeah. But we have to move forward some time. If you have old hardware, XP is most likely not for you.
Quote:takes too much ram for the services running in background and even when turned off still grabs a lot of ram.
That's probably my biggest gripe.
Quote:very depended on updating from microsoft.
What version of Windows isn't?
Quote:stupid troublshooter.
It plain sucks, you mean.
Quote:ilogical error reporting system that shows critical errors on hardware or software that has nothing to do with the error itself.
*shudders* All the Mac had was numbers, but at least they meant something definate. I got an error once trying to browse an FTP site with Internet Explorer, "ERROR: A system call that should never fail has failed."
Quote:takes 1.2 gb space.
A little optimization can get that down to about 750MB
Quote:an automatic operation systems that basicly locks manuel control over it and makes your life difficult.
Yeah... they hide all the good tools. But don't worry, they are there, they're just buried. Deeply.
Quote:TOTAL LACK OF NETWORK DEFENSE SYSTEM although it was built for this purpose.
Screw the memory thing. THAT is my biggest gripe.
Quote:and the most annoying is the usage of NT based system.