Before everyone loved Windows XP, they hated it

Anyone with any IT savvy has known that you wait for the first service pack from Microsoft to be out for a month before thinking of going to new version of Windows. As with Microsoft's infamous SP2 that blew up computers one needs to wait and let others be the guinea pigs.

After 3 years Windows 7 is far from stable and I can crash a computer by inserting a dongle into a USB port. Unfortunately one either deals with the operating system limitations with Wintel computers or the hardware and communications limitations of Apple computers. Easy to see why the Google Android tablets have more market share than Microsoft and Apple combined.

The OP is incorrect in the subject line "Before everyone loved windows XP".

I have always and will always refer to it as "eXtra Painful" for it is.. And 8.1.. Well 8.1 is an UP grade.. what is an UP grade to eXtra Painful.. Why Ultra Painful of course. UP). it's not that we now "Love" xp, its that we hate 7 and 8 more.

Tom N, a lot of the dos just need to be compiled to an .exe program. I have done some for people over the years. I use VisualBasic 6, a old version that does good.

I remember using Workgroups for Windows v 3.11. that's my earliest recollection of windows. then 95, 98, XP and now 7. 95 to 98 was the only time I upgraded the OS on the same machine. 3.11 to 95, 98 to XP and XP to 7 all involved new PCs.

Bill.Satellite wrote:

Altern wrote:
Why is it that Mac's do not have the same type problems with OS upgrades?

My guess would be that it's because they come out with so many more so often and require an update to use the newer programs. Let's see:
Windows 3.1, Vista, ME, XP, 7, 8, 8.1 (Did I miss one?)
Apple OS 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 all with cute names like Leopard and Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!

Just screwing around here, please don't take it seriously!:S

they had a couple of versions before 3.1 but nobody used them that I know of

Windows 3.1,95,98,ME,2000,XP,Vista,7,8 (does anyone actually know how to use windows8)

I never has a problem with XP but I stayed with 2000 for at least a year after is came out, I also haven't had any issues with vista, I've been running it on this laptop since December 2007

conmoto wrote:
I believe XP came before Vista.

old timer brain fart. yes, you are correct. Vista is why I STAYED with XP until Win7 and even then I didn't upgrade to 7 until it had been out for quite a while. WinME is why I stayed with Win98. when XP was introduced and our office made the switch I loved it and bought a new WinXP desktop for the house.

the point is I found WinXP to be very, very stable. i'm finding Win7 to be the same.

Altern wrote:
Why is it that Mac's do not have the same type problems with OS upgrades?

My guess would be that it's because they come out with so many more so often and require an update to use the newer programs. Let's see:
Windows 3.1, Vista, ME, XP, 7, 8, 8.1 (Did I miss one?)
Apple OS 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 all with cute names like Leopard and Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!

Just screwing around here, please don't take it seriously!:S

salem wrote:
Windows XP on older computers? Will it still operate, you just can't get help, if needed?

Correct. I don't know what the concern is - I have an old Vista machine (that's never on the internet for anything) and it's just fine.

I liked ME, and XP is a beefier version. ME ran better as factory install, machines updated from 98 seemed to cause more operators headaches.

SMKETTNER: Thanks very much for answering my question. We were hoping that would be the case.