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For one, because DOS has no TCP/IP networking

without additional setup. That's an example of a useful resource being utilized by the newer OS. Updated application libraries (e.g. DirectX) would be another. But the thing is that you have these on XP, so there is not the nearly same drawback as going back to DOS.

Things like animated 3D desktops and gadgets are examples of not-so-necessary resources, for at least a good portion of the population. So the difference between XP and DOS, to me anyway, is that you can run modern day applications on a modern day computer on a modern day network on XP whereas you cannot on DOS. And the difference between XP and Vista is that Vista has more eye candy and more out-of-the-box security (the latter being no small detail) but XP has more resources for other apps and with care can have similar security capabilities.

Posted by: Michael Kelly   Posted on: 01/08/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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