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Article: Seeing through windows.(Microsoft Windows XP, operating system software)(Evaluation)
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- Popular Science
- Article date:
- October 1, 2001
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Windows XP is a nice upgrade. But when do we get. something that's really better?
YOU CAN ALMOST FEEL THE BIPOLAR SENSE OF anticipation and dread building: Microsoft is about to release a major new version of Windows, the operating system software that makes most of our computers run--or halt, depending on the operating system's whim. We'll be getting lots of new housekeeping functions in Windows XP, some "enhanced reliability," and probably an improved Internet browser, depending on the U.S. Justice Department's capriciousness.
That's all just keen. But will we get the improvements we really need? Well, let's see. I've got 18 years of MS-DOS and Windows ...