Author: Marc van Hal
Date: 12:47:59 10/27/01
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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. >Now, say something... >Fernando I already did post the same problem with Century on the chess forum It is by the way a big fat lie that dos is dead it still lives in xp But it it hided use an other file for io.sys and the problem is solved you will have 100% dos again I only don't have a cleu when this file will come out but this is oly a matter of time One simply reason that does still exist is a the way you have to install xp is in dos-mode and it would not start up with a black screen Or did they should have use unix now as head os The very bad thing about windows is you loose more and more control And Microsoft want you to think it is the other way around Like Windows runs on dos And Microsoft want you to think it is the otherway around And I already have seen more bleu screens then in 3 years Windows Me Mcafee is also on te list of working AV And if you own a nvidia based videocard the xpversion from there website is a good upgrade Which is ofcourse www.nvidia.com And also sub systems with AV from Mcafee or Norton For now i still hang on with 2 Operating systems Maybe it is best to install win95 again hehe
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