http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/VM Ware on the other hand is.]]>Apr 29th 2008 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/
XP SP3 is apparently delayed.

http://www.crn.com/software/207403064

HMPH.]]>Apr 29th 2008 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/We use VirtualPC in our electronics lab because it lets you access serial ports. Certainly the free version of VM Ware does not (we tried, it was fraught with errors)...]]>Apr 29th 2008 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/
All my licenses are legal though, so I have no idea how it works on pirated copies.]]>Apr 29th 2008 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/
the wierd thing is, i remember back in the day when windows 98 came out and 98SE and then xp came out, everyone i knew was all about upgrading and trying the newest thing out...even if the upgrade broke the computer...nowadays everyone is scared (including me) to upgrade major OS software like this if anything isnt broken about the version you are currently using...

times have changed i guess....
i feel old....give me my walker...]]>Apr 29th 2008 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/
Really, with all the hoopla about SP3, like Chaj says (3 posts down), if you kept up with regular updates SP3 isn't a big deal at all.]]>Apr 29th 2008 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/
Just remember not every update is good for 100% of people. I've had at least 2 or 3 updates (off the Windows Update site) break different computers I've owned in the past.

A service pack, by definition, is a bundle of updates, and each one increases the likelihood that something could fail. Hopefully this will not happen, but there's no guarantee. So, some people just want to wait and let early adopters find the bugs and let Microsoft fix them before getting such a large update.]]>Apr 29th 2008 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/
...oh wait]]>Apr 29th 2008 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/
Screw you apple fanboys.]]>Jun 17th 2008 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/
The only reason I made that comment is that there's no denying OSX did have the visual refinement Vista has now for quite some time, and OSX is much better organized. But I actually like Vista more. It has a gigantic list of problems, but I'm more comfortable in a Windows environment than an Apple one.

...and don't EVEN get me started on engadget's fairly obvious bias towards Apple. I remember reading the Microsoft Keynote at CES and almost every single line would include some kind of bash on Microsoft and promoting Apple. But thats all I'm gonna say, because I still respect engadget, but now I just avoid any article that has the word 'apple' 'iphone' 'ipod' or 'mac' in it.

Now Apple is just trying to shove itself in to the limelight and their gray hairs are starting to show, which leads me to believe Apple will be running out of steam soon.]]>Apr 29th 2008 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/
I can remember Microsoft showing their Longhorn stuff at PDC 2003, for anyone to watch. They showed off desktop search, widgets, AERO interface, all before Tiger came out in 2005. (hey, it's Tiger's b-day today!).

And I don't know why people keep saying it's a rip-off as it's a bad thing. Adding functionality that people want integrated in their OS, is a good thing. Who cares if someone got it (out to the market) first? I can say that Leopard is a rip-off of what many other companies have had for quite a while. Though I could care less. ]]>Apr 29th 2008 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/
I sure this thing can be slipstreamed easily....]]>Apr 29th 2008 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/
WHAT HAVE I DONE?


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Phew!]]>Apr 29th 2008 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/
So do you.]]>Apr 29th 2008 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/
I hate to fullfill your anti-vista "fanboi" stereotype, but Vista just isn't that impressive.
spell as epic fail?]]>Apr 29th 2008 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/]]>Apr 29th 2008 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/windows-xp-sp3-now-available/Apr 29th 2008 9:59AM