Talk:Features new to Windows XP
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[edit] Features not new to Windows XP
- Support for ACPI existed in Windows 2000 (including sleep, hibernate, etc.)
- The interface enhancements in Windows Me came from Windows 2000 development (even though Me was released first).
- Support for WinSxS existed in Windows 2000.
—Kbolino 09:06, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
- I recall Standby and Hibernate being in Windows Me, and I'm pretty sure that Standby was in Windows 98. Also, Windows 2000 was released first out of Windows 2000 (February 2000) and Windows Me (September 2000), despite having a slightly higher version number. --Evice 19:30, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
- Apparently both of those are also present in Windows 2000, though hibernation is disabled by default. --Evice 19:38, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Improper comparisions to other O.S.-es
In this article, most Windows XP's features are compared with Windows 98 and Me's features. Although 98 and Me were predecessors to Windows XP in terms of marketing positions (Home usage market etc.), from technological view XP and 98-Me operating systems have very little in common. Windows XP is a direct derivative of Windows 2000. As far as I know, XP is just a slight polish-up of Windows 2000. In my opinion, Windows XP should ONLY be compared to Windows 2000. By comparing XP to Me and 98, it makes it look very advanced and superb, and someone may think that Windows XP was a milestone product, but (as two other wikis said above), most of XP's features were already present in Windows 2000. --Nihad Hamzic 14:37, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
- As you said earlier in this post, this is primarily in comparison of the Home market and doesn't necessarily apply to the business side of the OS market. Even so, an improvement on it's differences from Win2K would be a good idea. Chris (Talk) (Contribs) 02:30, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Windows XP themes
Shouldn't there be mention of Windows XP's new themes and visual style in this article? Perhaps it wouldn't be seen as a new feature, but I think that the new visual interface is a big enough change that there should be at least some reference to it. There is a seperate article (Windows XP Luna) about this, but I think there could at least be something. --Tech Nerd 02:21, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
- Definitely, I thought that was actually in the article, but I guess that's only a vague point made in the introductory image. Chris (Talk) (Contribs) 02:26, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah, I actually added that image just yesterday because I thought that area looked empty, and that was an image that actually showed something new about Windows XP. Thanks for your addition, I think it looks great. --Tech Nerd 22:54, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
