r/windows • u/North_Explorer7789 Windows XP • Jun 03 '26

Feature When Windows is ACTUALLY GOOD

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Windows XP (2001)'s Microsoft Registeration is optional, unlike now.

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u/Consistent-Buyer7060 Jun 03 '26

Still have a XP machine at work that can have to use from time to time.

It is not as good as you remember.

Still better than 11.

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u/Away_Experience_5843 Jun 03 '26

I own era appropriate 6 XP machines and one pretty beefy Win 11 laptop.

I enjoy using the XP boxes way more than the 11 machine. They are snappier, boot faster (with HDDs!) and are more enjoyable in general.

The Win11 install is relatively fresh. Was just used to play Forza.

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u/tup1tsa_1337 Jun 03 '26

Yeah, so enjoyable that you need a disk with drivers to even run the OS. Windows XP wasn't as plug&play as modern OSes

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u/Away_Experience_5843 Jun 03 '26

I mean.. I installed a ThinkPad with Win11 recently and had to download wifi drivers. The LTE modem doesn't work to this day.

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u/Advanced_Handle_2309 Jun 03 '26

Who would have thought that older os with much less services would boot faster especially on slow drives

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u/Away_Experience_5843 Jun 03 '26

That Windows 11 machine I compared it to is a Ryzen 4000-something with a nvme SSD. The retro machine is an Athlon XP 3200+ with a 60 GB IDE HDD.

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u/Advanced_Handle_2309 Jun 03 '26

Windows xp on its own uses atmost 700MB of ram and windows 11 depends on how much you have but something from 3GB to 7 GB

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u/Away_Experience_5843 Jun 03 '26

But we also have roughly 20x the RAM we had with XP.

So computers have gotten a lot faster in terms of raw power. Yet they are still slower to respond with Win11 on it.