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Originally posted by TheMajor
I don't see why you should wait for service packs. I am running XP without service packs, but I have the hotfixes installed, and everything is running fine.
I'm not switching to Vista because I don't need it yet, and I don't want to bother with drivers. That's the reason why many people wait.
As far as security is concerned, there's no need to wait for service packs either. Most vulnerabilities have not yet been discovered, and SP1 or SP2 barely prevent spyware/adware at all. I never have spyware or adware, or a virus, but other people who don't know how to use a computer have tons of them, even though they are running SP2 and anti-virus.
Just use a proper browser and you'll be fine. Also use AV.
I haven't used any firewall in almost 2 years and nothing happend (afaik, lol) |
actually XP without service packs has a 137gig hard drive limit. SP2 fixes that, so in a way you are crippled if you have a big hard drive. when i made my latest rig i had to use partition magic to find the rest fo the drive and format and then merge ,not fun.