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[arethinn]

Right now I'm running Win2K on my computer. I bought an XP upgrade disc just in case I decided I ever wanted to switch to XP. So, tell me some reasons why I might or might not want to do that, aside from the activation thing (which I haven't decided if it bothers me enough to make it a no-go), or networking features, which are unlikely (although not impossible) to ever be used in my household.

Edit: two comments so far are "greater stability". I haven't had Win2K crash at all since I've been running it, not that I can recall. Granted that's only been a few months now, but actually, I very rarely crashed Win98, either. I don't know whether this is luck or because my computer likes me, but as stability has really never been an issue for me, getting any more of it isn't of great importance.

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[soundwave106.livejournal.com]

The main new feature is just more stability. I think the rest of the differences really are kind of minor at this stage of the game. I think Windows XP has somewhat of a cleaner feel, but you have to learn a new set of annoyances.

I think the one thing I liked about XP was the built in multimedia picture viewer / slideshow in Windows Explorer.