Originally posted by DBOY@May 22, 2003 @ 07:23 PM
I use Windows XP, not Linux. I use it because I like playing games -- which I couldn't under Linux. I use it because every office I ever worked at uses Microsoft Office -- which under Linux I couldn't.
Microsoft isn't evil, but I think this upgrade is currently a buggy pile of shit. I'll wait till at least two fixes are out before I try it again.
It was not fun reformating my computer so I could get WMP8 and DirectX8 since Microsoft doesn't give you the option of downgrafing back to your old version. And being able to play Royal Blood II, Heroine Anthem, Xian Xian Jian Qizia Chuan, You Cheng Huan Jian Li, and Magna Carta are infinitly more important than being able to say "I have the latest DirectX libraries -- which nothing uses yet."
And if all you need are the new Windows Media Player 9 codecs, you can download them off their website and use them in your current WMP. There's really no reason to upgrade it. Unless you're just DYING to try one of the new skins (yeah right).