Xiaofan Chen wrote:

> I feel strange that many users here seem to like Windows
> 2k. I only had short experiences with Win2k and I did not think
> it was any better than XP.

You know: it does less, and better - to some extent like Linux does.
And, my biggest concern is that Win2K does what you ask it - XP does 
"something else" all the time.
My favourite example is:

Shift-move cursor into an Explorer folder to select some files;
leave the keys;
Press shift-DEL to delete them all, and press RETURN to confirm.

On 2K, it will work as expected; on XP, the OS will attempt to run all 
of those files (maybe asking for confirmation - this is smart, I agree)...
Looks like the RETURN reached the OS *before* the shift-DEL.

I like to do the above quite fast, I like to fly on my keyboard :)
and I find the above amusing.
And something similar happens all the time. In my opinion, all of the 
"background" tasks that the OS executes to make a user's life easier, do 
slow down the experienced users.


> And do not blame Microsoft for what Microchip did wrong. ;-)
> Example: http://forum.microchip.com/tm.aspx?m=312114

definitely agreed!

> The biggest complain to Windows XP is the security issue.

well, of course :) though it can be blamed on the internet and all of 
those hackers out there!

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