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To: Road Walker who wrote (131033)	3/28/2001 12:19:05 PM
From: ericneu	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

I'm hoping that Windows XP has some compelling features, and is introduced with the same marketing hoopla that Microsoft used to do so well in the past. I don't think that the increased stability alone will prompt widespread upgrades, despite the complaints about existing Windows OS. Maybe I'm wrong. --- Crosspost from Message 15573412 : Windows XP: It's great zdnet.com Microsoft's new Windows XP--at least the beta builds I've been playing with--combines the best of Windows 2000 with what I like about Windows Me, and then goes a step further. And this is good. Even the beta is a big improvement over any Windows I have ever used. It doesn't crash and has some pleasant improvements to the user interface and visual design. So far I have run two builds of Windows XP and will receive the third, the formal Beta 2 release, later this week. I have written columns using Windows XP, and the machine (a Compaq notebook loaned by Microsoft as a review platform) is on my home network. I've used it as I use everything else, though I haven't been brave enough to take it on a trip--even for a visit to Microsoft. But I probably will soon. THIS IS THE FIRST DAY I can write about the beta under terms of the non-disclosure agreement I had with Microsoft. With Beta 2 now on its way to testers, Microsoft figures the world is going to find out all the details anyway, so the NDA has been lifted. During the month I have been running Windows XP, the OS has never crashed. It's slowed down a few times, but always recovered. Apps crash only very occasionally--and they never take the operating system down with them. I am even running a beta of Office XP atop the Windows XP beta--something I was specifically warned not to do--without any real problems. - Eric

To: Road Walker who wrote (131033)	3/28/2001 3:13:05 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 186894

John - Re: "I don't think that the increased stability alone will prompt widespread upgrades, despite the complaints about existing Windows OS. Maybe I'm wrong." Whether you're right or wrong, if Windows XP has the same stability as Windows 2000, anybody who DOES upgrade from Windows 9x/Me will discover what computing STABILITY really means. Clearly, some will and some won't - but over a period of years, Windows 9x/ME will just go away as Microsoft drops support for it - and all new computers ship with Windows XP or Windows 2000. Paul