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Thread ID: 28542 2002-12-22 21:24:00 This may be a silly question... WinXP tones_malones (611) Press F1
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108347 2002-12-22 21:24:00 i was thinkin last nite/this mornin, and i was wondering what the "XP" in Windows XP stands for?

Xperience Preferred?

Or was it just randomly generated and Mr Gates liked it? I'm sure the answer is simple!!
I'm being a curious cookie hehehe...

Tones

Merry Christmas to all!
tones_malones (611)
108348 2002-12-22 22:25:00 eXPerience godfather (25)
108349 2002-12-23 01:19:00 eXpensive (to customer) and Profitable (to Bill).

There are no silly questions, but there are always silly answers :D
Graham L (2)
108350 2002-12-23 01:40:00 thanks guys you satisfied my cuiousity :P

Tones
tones_malones (611)
108351 2002-12-23 03:19:00 I think XPendable, while mine isn't exactly in the trash can it might as well be. I haven't used it, nor needed to, for a couple of months. It's the (unused) 2nd boot option on dual boot setup. rugila (214)
108352 2002-12-23 04:15:00 rugila,

Your first boot option is??????

.Clueless
Clueless (181)
108353 2002-12-23 04:54:00 Win98 (first ed!). I've spent a lot of time sorting out its problems, but now (my version) does pretty good. Currently tossing up whether (when modern software gets too much for the old OS) next to
wait for post-XP or go to MacOSX (or update of that when I decide).
But for what I use my machine for mainly now plus the given state of my peripherals (scanner, printer, phone line for modem, etc.) I'm fine. Do a fair bit of visual basic work, photo work (high res scanner and Adobe Photoshop 5.5), rarely play computer games, general internet surfing incl occasional visits to PressF1. My main bottleneck re internet work is my very ancient phone line, 500metres of underground 28 years ago and impossibly expensive to upgrade.
Whatever you do has limitations, learning to live with them and constantly trying to improve is the my view of the scene. Are you trying to sell me XP?
rugila (214)
108354 2002-12-23 04:59:00 >Are you trying to sell me XP?

No

.Clueless (98SE & SuSE8)
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