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> until roughly SP2 came out, which basically was an entirely new OS released as a service pack SP2 was fantastic. For me personally, Windows XP means XP SP2.
by addicted 3y ago
> until roughly SP2 came out, which basically was an entirely new OS released as a service pack
SP2 was fantastic. For me personally, Windows XP means XP SP2. Anything before that wasn’t worth using.
- marcus_holmes 3y agoYes. XP == SP2 :)
- hulitu 3y ago> For me personally, Windows XP means XP SP2. Anything before that wasn’t worth using. That is because Microsoft had its own versioning system: - RC was alpha quality. - Releases were betas. and then starting with SP2 one can talk about a released product. NT had 6 SPs, 2000 had 4, XP had 2. Even in Windows 11 they fixed things (taskbar) after release. This really tells a not so nice story about engineering and quality at Microsoft.
- tonyedgecombe 3y agoSP2 was largely about security issues. Before then XP was riddled with vulnerabilities.
- nar001 3y agoXP had 3 service packs not 2!
- mildred593 3y agoThe only thing I remember is that I would never install SP2 because of EULA. I don't remember the specifics though. Around that time I started mostly using Linux anyway.