RSSNew York Celebrates XP
By David Worthington | Published October 26, 2001, 4:53 AM
Under the watchful eye of security, events kicked off in New York beginning with Wednesday's Windows Experience Pavillon where Microsoft partners touted goods and services designed to work with the newly christened operating system. The exhibit area was divided into sections that showcased the different experiences Windows had to offer. Wednesday night's events culminated in what was intended to be "midnight madness," however Gateway and CompUSA stores across the city were host to lukewarm receptions.
The third floor of the Marriott Marquis Theater became a virtual bazaar of vendors showing off XP-ready products featuring digital music, photography, networking, security, and digital video capabilities. Microsoft estimates that Windows will offer the US economy a much needed $100 billion boost in combination with its partners. Noticeably absent from the festivities was industry giant AOL Time Warner.
Both Gateway and CompUSA watered down their celebrations and opened up at 9:30 PM as opposed to midnight. The overwhelming anticipation customers harbored for Windows 95 did not see a repeat performance. Instead, crowds were modest at best - never projecting outdoors.
Gateway CEO Ted Waitt and Bill Gates were on hand offering free autographs to customers who purchased boxed copies of Windows XP at Gateway's Columbus Circle store. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres were complementary for those who were lucky enough to receive word of the rescheduling.
Midnight madness ended shortly after 11 PM in Gateway country, and BetaNews observed customers at the CompUSA store -- located directly across the street -- browsing for bargains on items other than Windows XP. New York City Firefighters made an appearance at the Columbus Circle Gateway and received a hero's welcome complete with as many requests for autographs as the industry bigwigs themselves.
Gateway's mascot cow also graced the streets of New York, causing quite a stir by confused onlookers.
Despite the lackluster night, Thursday rang in an upbeat day that included an early morning CEO panel. The panel brought together leading OEMs and retailers on stage alongside Bill Gates preceding his keynote address. The day was topped off by Sting's concert to the thousands in attendance at Bryant Park.
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|The xp is just a copy of the px model i made in my basement like a year ago. Bill Gates, how could you steal my idea after i let you in on that session?
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|youre an idiot kid! bill gates doesnt even like you
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|How could this possibly be titled New York Celebrates XP? What a joke!
Windows XP is Microsoft's third try at a stable operating system. Too bad it takes a 400 MHz processor with 256 MB of RAM to work at a decent speed.
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|It may be their third try, but they did it. I ran Windows XP on a 400 MHz PII before upgrading to a 667 PIII and it was fine. Besides, a 400 MHz computer is getting pretty ancient these days. So what are you talking about?
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|have u ever ran xp or are u just talkin s*** out of your mouth?
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|Out of curiousity I went to pricewatch to see how expensive your 400mhz and 256MB is:
PII 400 Mhz - $47
256MB Ram - $10
Motherboard (if you need it) - $40.
That is less than the cost of the OS!
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|This is exactly what the problem with Windows is. An O/S should never cost more than the hardware it runs on! LOL!!!
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|New computer runs without case, power supply, hard drive, floppy, cd rom, monitor, graphics card, modem, or any other additional hardware. Merely requires a four year old motherboard and processor. Amazing!
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|Computers have no problems whatsoever running without a case, cdrom and modem....But I'm guessing he was assuming you had all the other bits and pieces you just needed to upgrade the necessary components to run XP.
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|I as of course assuming an upgrade was in order. The only thing that I should have mentioned was a case because if he is pre-pii then he might be AT and not ATX. He also might be using some other oddball form like NLX or whatever. My favorite case for clients is a little mini-mid that costs about $45.
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|Extending your theory then you should definitely never buy software that costs more than both the hardware and O/S combined (i.e. anything from Adobe).
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|No, I disagree. Only the core O/S.
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|So Microsoft charging $100 for the core of the computer (I believe you actually said that in an earlier post) is bad but Adobe charging $600 for a photo-editing application is ok.
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|Yes, exactly. When a consumer purchases a computer what they don't usually understand is that up to 50% (depending on the PC mind you) is spent strictly on the software that gives you control of the machine when you turn the PC on. Consumers should not have to pay for the core O/S period, it should be open, and free to all users. (I've made this arguement a few times ) Ya don't pay for an engine to be bundled with your car, you get a basic engine, then if you want to put something else in it then you should see an added cost. It should work the same way with computers. If it did, then you wouldn't see proprietary, or one platform applications anymore. It would open the market up just like it did with gas stations. You have several choices, all will work in any car. I'd like the same with software. I'd like to know that I can go to best buy, and pick up black and white, get it home and install it without a hitch on either my OpenWindows PPC desktop, or my Linux Intel laptop. That is what the market needs in order for the consumer to win. ;-)
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|and what about Mac's? OS X costs £100 or so but a decent Mac costs about £1000+. Windows aint that bad in comparason. also it isnt microsoft who make the hardware so they dont directly decide the price. although i will admit that the prices do depend on when microsoft releases software!!
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|50%!!! Where are you buying your computers? I would say it is closer to 5-10%. A Dell computer that goes for say $1000 would have XP Home for $100 on it - that is 10%. And that is assuming that Dell doesn't receive any price breaks on the OS from Microsoft.
As for your utopian "one o/s" world - you might as well be smoking crack. One-size-fits all is not a computer term. There will always be the Mac lovers and Linux geeks but most people use Windows and see no reason to switch. To these people it just works. The department I support has gone years without blue screens, whether on NT4 or 2000.
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|I did not say "One O/S" read it again. ;-)
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|Fewt, you really need to talk to me about getting a new system, if you are being charged THAT much for an OS! My basic system I sell for $900 CAN'T be 50% OS cost, can it?? I would say a bit less than 10%, and that is if you want Win98SE, WinME, or XP Home installed!
James Wheat
http://belprecomputerwizard.com
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|Well either you are assuming one O/S or that all applications be written to work with all O/S's. Or do you want the consumer to compile from source each application. What is your vision? Lay it out for us.
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|$199.00 for the O/S and $500 for the system. Yes I can get a good system with TWO processors mind you for $500.00. :-P
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|I am envisioning things similar to the way they are today, but ultimately one CD would contain the application for all platforms, open O/S's would allow for the best cross compatability especially when designing an application.
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|This is just what New York needs.
To forget all of their current problems, and celebrate the release of something that matters very little to their lives.
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|woo frikin hoo LOL!
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|Everyone needs something to celebrate- no matter what it is. Some just celebrate having beer in the fridge, hehe....
James Wheat
http://belprecomputerwizard.com
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|and kick that AOL' ass!!
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|One little comment... remeber Windows 95 people were mad to retire the 286... same thing :) But worth it this time....
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|What, I can't run XP on my 286? I recently OC'ed it to 10mhz using liquid cooling, and maxed out the SIMM's to 4x1MB for 4MB of Ram. I am thinking of also upgrading to EGA too.
Let me know,
Thanks.
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|yeah you shol upgrade that s***
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