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Windows XP - The eXPerience Thus Far?

Posted by Cliff on from the hope-it's-been-a-good-one dept.

An Anonymous Coward asks: "So Windows XP has been out long enough for those of us in the IT field to have our managers, users, and vendors hitting us up for it (Redmond's marketing apparently worked). So, how has Windows XP affected your IT department and company thus far? Are you using it, or planning on using it? What made you decide to migrate? What problems have you run into, and what features have you found beneficial? Please leave out the anti-MS/pro-Linux rhetoric unless it is directly related to an issue you have with XP. Thanks!"

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  1. Am I the Exception? by Nater · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You know, I have yet to see Windows XP other than in its packing on a shelf at a store. Or in ads of various stripes. It kind of reminds me of when Windows 98 came out and I didn't see it actually running until about six months later. When I finally did, it wasn't impressive in the least. Not that it needs to be impressive, it is just an operating system after all, but for all those people who were running Windows 95, I couldn't see anything in Windows 98 worth the price of upgrading. I expect to have approximately the same experience when I finally see a running XP system.

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  2. Waiting and seeing by Sobrique · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The place where I work has decided to 'wait and see' because there's apparantly no real cost-benefit to leasing software when we had to buy NT. So we're going to be sticking with 4.0 for the near future at any rate. I've been trying to convince them that linux is a 'suitable' substitute, but it's not working especially well. Our purchasers seem to be of the opinion that since they've already paid the 'Redmond Tax', Windows must be used.