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 - Rotten service!!!!!!!Srtongly recommend not to purchase any product sold by Amazon vendors and not directly by Amazon. If Amazon cannot provide it, find someone else. Rating:  - Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition FULL VERSION with SP2Good System Software but not as user friendly as Mac OS. Rating: - Apple's Boot Camp and Windows XPI took the plunge and downloaded Apple's Boot Camp for the Intel based Macintosh. I had some old PC games so I thought this was worth giving a try. Apple's setup process was seamless for partioning a seperate drive I installed just for Windows XP. Then you get to the Windoze part of installation with the famous blue screen. It does look antiquated, but I followed Boot Camp's instructions to install. Windows XP took about 90 minutes via the "standard" insall method. Apple's OS X as I remember installed in about 10-20 minutes! Since my installation about four months ago, Windows XP has been running just fine. I have actually gone onto getting additional PC games of my Windows XP disk. So this is great for those who want to have a Mac OS X side for work and a Windows XP side for play. Plus it looks like there won't be many games available in the future for OS X. Apple's latest version of Boot Camp includes Windows Vista support, however I think I will hold off given the written reviews here on Vista. Windows XP does just fine for gaming. Rating:  - How does the world run on this junk?I've been using a Mac for the last 10+ years and I had assumed that Windows had gotten better since Win 94. Boy was I wrong. It amazes me that the entire world runs on this awful excuse for an OS. Rating: - Could it be.... AN INFORMED REVIEW? First, I'd like to inform you that many of the low star reviews are ignorant and were probably written by OS Biased fools. Windows XP is near flawless when properly and sensibly used. Not only does the OS support thousands upon thousands of devices out of the box, without any sort of obnoxious installation CDs required, but it's three or four steps up in stability from Windows previous incarnations. Crashes are literally unheard of, and usually aren't from the OS itself being faulty, but by the user themselves. I, myself, have had 2 crashes in approximately FOUR years of using XP over six-seven PCs. While virii and spyware may seem like a problem to some, free low profile software is available. Not to mention free software firewalls such as ZoneAlarm which completely deter anyone looking for a PC to break into. Rather than actually attempt to get into a somewhat secure, patched Windows PC they will go after a different target who doesn't know any better. Security is a moot point to anyone who can click a download link and follow directions, while at the same time not downloading every last thing they see. Common sense is a REQUIREMENT for using Windows. Without common sense, you're screwed. While the 200$ price may be high, you have to realize you are buying the most widely supported OS as of now, which is, in my opinion, Microsoft's greatest work. And whoever said you'll need to frequently reformat(every 30 days...HAH), they're sadly mistaken. I reformat every 2 years or so, and that's just to be on the safe side. Not only that, but you can set it to format only the windows system files...leaving other data intact. You have to realize that Windows isn't all cut in dry. Holding 90+% of the market they have HUGE advantages. You're NOT required to use integrated software like IE at all. For instance, we have the superior Opera and Firefox browsers from which to choose from. Also, to the one review which stated messenger being active by default...um..excuse me..this is service pack 2, not service pack 1. The messenger and alert services are disabled in service pack 2 by default. This is definitely an example of someone who doesn't know what they're taking about, and an example of someone whom should be ignored. If you're looking for an OS that lets you control every little thing you do, requires moderately high levels of computer literacy, complimented with buggy open source applications(though some are nice) and lack of widespread support, then go linux. If you're looking for an OS that supports literally everything, plays games, and runs near flawlessly, with not only a command line interface but an advanced point and click system, go Windows.(AGAIN, COMMON SENSE RECOMMENDED AND REQUIRED--- Do your research if you're worried about security) If you're into graphics and nothing else, go Mac. There's really no other reason to go Mac other than being a rabid apple supporter or rabid windows hater. OSX is purdy though.
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