Review by Joe Albanese

Perhaps I’ve become so jaded that all Windows systems now look the same.nI’m ashamed to say just what was the first version of Windows I used but I will go on record stating that I have owned Windows 95, 98, ME and now XP.nAs it is an Upgrade, I suppose that’s why there is no significant difference once I get going. On the plus side however, there is a big improvement on starting up. It loads almost immediately. Negatives? Well, what you gain in booting up, you lose in logging off. It is the slowest process yet! And XP did not find either my PALM Pilot or my Iomega Zip drive although both have been attached to the computer since Windows 98.nIs it different? No. It looks, feels and acts the same. Is it better? Well, it seems to me that Windows ME managed to get the crash bugs out of it so here’s hoping that this version is just as reliable. But I wouldn’t have noted this as a major improvement over previous versions so, if you’re happy with 98, 2000 or ME, don’t expect this to be the Promised Land.