Re: Ensure your New PC will run Vista

On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 20:10:57 GMT, George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

That's because Apple moves their OS forward with new features and
capabilities, while "new" Windows OSes are just service packs for the
"same old ***." XP isn't a much different experience from Win98 and is
certainly just as clunky.

Excuse me, but Win2000 and XP are as different from 98 as OS X is from
OS 9.

Among other MANY things, 2000/XP:

- got rid of user and gdi heap space limits
- went to NTFS from FAT32
- 32 bit code throughout
- vastly improved home and wireless networking
- gave us much more robust PnP
- added support for more Web services
- offered protected files (still needs work)
- improved multitasking performance
- much faster bootup and shutdown
- cleaner software uninstalls
- much improved RAM/VM management/performance
- improved overall OS stability
- much more logical Control Panel
- improved account management
- prefetch
- faster hibernate and standby
- removed limits on file size
- Media Edition capabilities added
- much improved file search
- much faster application start
- improved video performance
- improved language support
- improved support for the disabled
- etc.

Of course, since it more or less looks the same in Classic view, you
think it has not changed. Based on that, the only difference between
OS 9 and OS X is prettier icons and the Dock.

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