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Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 Upgrade Version for PC (E8502666)
AUTHOR'S RATING: 4/5 stars
piratepanda's Review: Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 Upgrade Version for PC (E8502666) provided by Epinions.com
4/5 stars Tried & True
May 31, 2008
Pros: Robust compatibility
Cons: Vague error messages
The Bottom Line: This OS is sure to keep going strong until a new Windows is released. Even if you want the latest and greatest, the OS will do what you need.
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Windows XP SP2 is still going strong today. Microsoft has put out SP3, but aside from that it is the same OS. Even with Vista taking over the scene, there's still a hardcore fan following for Windows XP. There are even those people that would take a shiny new Vista PC and wipe it out to install XP. Windows XP does have its flaws though... namely in the method of error reporting. Many of the error codes are so vague that looking them up on the Microsoft database bring up solutions that would never be appropriate for Windows XP (including Windows NT fixes) There also tend to be a slew of error messages that can always be seen on random forums spotted around the internet in which a consensus has not been made as to the true meaning of the error or its solution. When everyone is having the same problem but nobody knows how to fix it, then we question Microsoft’s error reporting/solutions. Windows Vista may be the new big thing, but for some, Windows XP is still the only OS until Windows puts out yet another OS.

The reason XP Pro SP2 is so popular: Its ease of use is incredible compared to previous versions of Windows. Just the usb recognition alone saves time and hassle as flash drives, so prevalent now but still on the rise when XP came out, and so many other devices don’t need drivers loaded on every machine you hook them up to. If you’ve got XP, you’re
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