Re: [Thinkpad] 600x and XP

Bruce:

Looks like SP2 might be out soon. This should 'increase' the
reliability of XP, however it is still very large and 'needs' the latest
and greatest hardware. I recommend installing/upgrading only if your
machine is/was built with XP in mind. The 600E systems were built for
Windows98, and my A22p was built with Windows98SE/W2K in mind. Of
course, my system has added memory and I upgraded to a larger and faster
hard drive and (in theory) should have no problems upgrading to XP Pro
(I would not consider installing XP Home for my purposes.) However,
before installing I would get the SP1 CD from Microsoft or have someone
burn a copy of it for me. I would install XP, install both a firewall
and anti-virus software package before bringing it onto the Internet. I
would definately have a backup strategy in place, and backup the 'raw'
system before installing any new software to allow the reconstruction to
a known state.
BTW, I don't use Microsoft based operating systems on a regular basis,
but find the discussion about upgrading to XP very interesting, because
the same thing happens with other operating systems, such as Linux. One
should not upgrade without a backout method, such as a full system
backup with system restore disks.
Note: I don't 'bash' XP as it is the best effort of Microsoft, and if
used properly is very stable (something that cannot be said of some
versions of Windows.)

James McKenzie

Bruce Markowitz wrote:

>I avoided it before SP1 was available. But it really is stable, and stuff
>works
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "STeve Andre'" <andres@msu.edu>
>To: "Ray Bayles" <canyonlands@theriver.com>
>Cc: <michaelhicks@csi.com>; <thinkpad@stderr.org>
>Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 11:06 PM
>Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] 600x and XP
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>>I don't doubt you or Bruce, which is one of the parts of XP that I
>>find so puzzling. But I've seen enough problems with it, and have
>>heard enough others screaming at it that I just avoid it.
>>
>>I'm glad some have had a reasonable time with it.
>>
>>--STeve Andre'
>>
>>On Friday 05 March 2004 08:52 pm, Ray Bayles wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have seen a lot of Thinkpads, and no problems at all with XP other
>>>than the cost, and the fact that you cannot use it on more than one
>>>machine... as for trouble, I have seen none. I use W2k myself and am
>>>extremely happy with it. But see no reason to avoid XP Professional or
>>>Home.
>>>
>>>Ray Bayles
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Switch back to Win2K. I'm serious. I have seen at least 6 systems
>>>>now running XP which have all been a little "weird". Two of them from
>>>>friends who are real MS fans; I worked with both trying to get XP to
>>>>work right, and failed both times. My suggestion to upgrade to Win2K
>>>>was finally taken in both cases, and... the problems evaporated.
>>>>
>>>>I'm seeing this regularly. I won't say that XP can't work as it
>>>>
>>>>
>should,
>
>
>>>>but I have a lot--too much, really--of evidence that says XP just
>>>>
>>>>
>plain
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>>>>reeks. And is slower. I'm slowly converting the few ThinkPads I have
>>>>that run XP to Win2K. So far, every time I have done this the owners
>>>>
>>>>
>go
>
>
>>>>away, because things "just work".
>>>>
>>>>My thoughts. Please remember that I am an MS bigot., but think that
>>>>Win2K comes closest to a real operating system of anything in the
>>>>
>>>>
>Windows
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>>>>world.
>>>>
>>>>--STeve Andre'
>>>>
>>>>
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