Author: Sally Weltrop
Date: 21:25:52 10/26/01
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On October 27, 2001 at 00:24:15, Sally Weltrop wrote: >On October 26, 2001 at 19:20:47, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >>I all: >>A couple of days ago I wrote a list of some programs that does work and those >>that does not in XP environment. No reply appeared, so I ms asume I left all >>people in amazement, frozen in awe so nobody could write a word. >>Well, I like that. Kind of an exercize in humility. So here goes the second one >>about XP perfomance. I have been using it intensively for 5 days and this is it: >>Pros: >>It has not hang at all >>It has not frozen until now >>No blue screen >>My internet connection -by now a simple Dial-Up one- is running two or three >>times faster. >>Fritz 6 went from around 390 Knodes to near 500 in the same 500 Mhz AMD-K6 where >>I runned Windows Me. Maybe I did a bad measurement before? >>Faster loading of all programs, including itself. >>Far prettier interface. >>Cons: >>It is not very friendly with AMd cards, but, although putting an unhappy face, >>it has worked with every driver on the integrateded card I use. Until now... >>Some chess programs definitively does not run: the worst case is century and to >>my chagrin as it is one of my favourites. >>Until now is not easy to find an AV program that is compatible. I found one that >>is more or less so, Panda Platinum, but still give me some reports of >>malfuntioning. But I have not tested NT AV's. Maybe they fits better. > >NAV 2002 works fine and so does AVG 6.0 WinXP is a great O/S! Everything runs much faster and compatibility problems are with Utility programs and burning programs, most of the latest releases in such solve the problem >>Now, say something... >>Fernando
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