When you first take a look at Windows XP Home Edition, you'll be stunned by the shiny new user interface. It's sleeker and more colorful than the Windows 9x user interface, thanks to enhanced features designed to make navigating and performing frequent tasks easier. For instance, the Start menu has been redesigned in a two-column format, as shown in Figure A.
On the left-hand side, you should see your e-mail and Web browser, along with a list of the last five programs opened. The right-hand side provides you with task-oriented access to the most commonly performed operations, such as working with documents, pictures, configuring your system, or accessing the Help system. The task-oriented design on the Start menu carries over to other areas of the operating system as well.
If you open the Control Panel, you'll find that it's been broken down into categories, such as Appearance and Themes. These categories provide access to pertinent items: changing desktop themes, desktop background, and screen savers, for instance. Wizard Bottom Line: Nice, but not really worth the cost of the upgrade.
If you've been using Windows 98 or Me for awhile, you may find that these enhancements are more of a pain than a benefit. On the other hand, they do spruce up a tired looking user interface; once you get past the shine, you'll be able to get an easy handle on navigating the new operating system. This fact alone gives the new home user oriented operating system much greater stability. For example, as I mentioned in my article " Using the Windows Resource Meter ," the depletion of a small chunk of memory known as the system resource pool can seriously crash Windows 98 or Me.
Since the size of the system resource pool is hard coded into the operating system Kernel, it can never change, no matter how much RAM you have in your Windows 98 or Me system. In contrast, the NT Kernel--and subsequently, the Windows XP Home Edition operating system--doesn't have any sort of limitation on the system resource pool. This equates to better performance and increased stability. Wizard Bottom Line: Definitely worth the cost of the upgrade!
However, you can be sure that the same issues that bring Windows 98 or Me to its knees ten times a day will merely be a thorn to Windows XP Home Edition.
These conflicts can probably be resolved without crashing the entire Windows XP operating system. Poorly designed device drivers also pose a big threat of crashing Windows 98 and Me.
Almost every third party component that you stick into or connect to your computer, such as videos cards, sound cards, network cards, printers, or scanners, require driver software. The function of driver software is to act as a liaison between the device and the operating system. Essentially, you can think of a driver as a language translator helping two people who speak different languages communicate with one another. If the translator isn't well versed in the exact rules of both languages, the communication will be flawed, leaving both the parties confused and possibly angry or upset with each other.
So if communication is flawed because of a poorly designed driver, the net result is the same: Your device and the operating system will have problems working together. To nip this problem in the bud, Microsoft is taking a more solid stance with its driver support.
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