Windows XP was one of the most popular operating systems to come after Windows 98. We all know how much of a failure Windows ME was, oh don’t get me started on that. Windows XP came out and introduced a whole new experience to PC users worldwide. It started selling like hotcakes. Compatibility to the max with every driver. Plug and play (keep in mind this was at the time Windows 98 was famous) and a very calming new interface. It was an amazing OS and it received its due share of respect from owners worldwide. But of course there is evolution and it does takes its toll every now and then. When Windows XP came out, Microsoft stopped giving out updates for 98, which was kind of sad at first but it was all for a greater system in the end. The sad part happens when Vista comes out.
Vista wasn’t that popular as XP, it was cursed with a compatibility flaw and had other major issues that needed to be solved beforehand but weren’t. My personal concern was, for someone who wasn’t ready or willing to move to Vista, what’s to become of Windows XP. Soon after the release, Microsoft started referring to XP as “Earlier Version Of Windows”, if users installed two OS in their PCs and one happened to be XP, it didn’t show as XP in the OS selection screen.
A while back, Windows 7 came out. By far the most perfect version of Windows to date. It too referred to its long lost brother as “Earlier Version Of Windows”. It’s a sad cruel world out there.
I mean it’s a shame, they just couldn’t have the courtesy to replace the entire condescending sentence with “Windows XP”. We love you XP, you will always be in our hearts, even if you’re not in our PCs.