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**kram 2.0** · 09-16-2004, 08:47 PM

Hey,

This was just floating through my thoughts while I was looking through a Dell catalogue - what exactly does the "XP" in Windows XP OS stand for? Anyone know? Like Windows ME stands for Millenium Edt (which I may add does have major stability issues).

kram

**Force Flow** · 09-16-2004, 08:50 PM

*shrugs*

Got me. I've wondered that myself.

jamesrpm · 09-16-2004, 09:01 PM

eXPensive ?

Yuanji · 09-16-2004, 09:09 PM

eXtreme Performer? doesn't live up to its name

eXtra Payment! now we have something!

MrAustin · 09-16-2004, 09:19 PM

It looks l33t. That's all.

hobey19 · 09-16-2004, 09:23 PM

i remember a big deal about eXPerience, like it was a completely new experience, but that could have been a marketing ploy

craig

Spartan · 09-16-2004, 09:24 PM

I believe it is supposed to stand for experience, as in the "Windows Experience".

-Spartan

**Panama Red** · 09-16-2004, 09:42 PM

Yup, eXPerience it is. Found this with a google search.

The newest Windows operating system that boasts it's ease of use. The XP goes with "The smarter work eXPerience".

**kram 2.0** · 09-16-2004, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Panama Red

Yup, eXPerience it is. Found this with a google search.

The newest Windows operating system that boasts it's ease of use. The XP goes with "The smarter work eXPerience".

Very interesting...XP was the first acronyms that I thought wasn't blatenly obvious...ME MX and stuff got to me, but XP just...sounded good to me. eXPensive, that, almost all MS Windows OSs are. Must have been a trend around that time...I remember nVidia up to 2002 was using the "GeForce2...GF3...GF4" idea until they too changed to the letters FX. Funny how MS goes back to the year naming scheme after XP - Windows 2003 Exchange Server, MS Office 2003, etc.

Talking about ease of use, if you want something easy to use, get a Mac

Thanks,
kram

Hi Ho · 09-16-2004, 11:08 PM

Quote:

Talking about ease of use, if you want something easy to use, get a Mac

Well, like Hal I haven't figured that one out. I can't even figure out how to eject a CD on a Mac.

Anyway, I remember hearing a joke, or maybe it wasn't, about XP standing for "X-Paper Clip". However, it seems that Clippy is still with us.

**kram 2.0** · 09-16-2004, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hi Ho

Well, like Hal I haven't figured that one out. I can't even figure out how to eject a CD on a Mac.

Anyway, I remember hearing a joke, or maybe it wasn't, about XP standing for "X-Paper Clip". However, it seems that Clippy is still with us.

Might be personal opinion - my first computer was a Mac and I've always liked how it's simple and easy. Being that, it was back in 1995, after Win95 made its debut. The giant monitored PowerMac all the way

.

Clippy is still with the MS Office softwares - sometimes, they say some very wierd things.

kram

mattg2k4 · 09-17-2004, 04:09 AM

The first thing I do in a new install of MS Office is turn that darn paperclip off.

RJ · 09-17-2004, 05:03 AM

People who were a bit unlucky with Windows XP also called it eXtra Problems

But the official meaning is indeed eXPerience.

RJ

grasshopperbe · 09-17-2004, 04:18 PM

Well i guess they never actually said it would be a good eXPerience

.

Quote:

Well, like Hal I haven't figured that one out. I can't even figure out how to eject a CD on a Mac

wow, i feel a lot better now, i was becoming afraid mac's have something against me

. It took me half an hour or so to find that cd drive button on my friends mac. i couldnt even find where the drive actually was situated on that half globe. They do look pretty cool with that designer mouse and see trough speakers though. But if i cant build my pc myself, i dont want it.

swampdonkey · 09-17-2004, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattg2k4

The first thing I do in a new install of MS Office is turn that darn paperclip off.

I'm kinda partial to the doggie.

~sd

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hobey19 usual suspect Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: not here Posts: 2,051	i remember a big deal about eXPerience, like it was a completely new experience, but that could have been a marketing ploy craig Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ the universe is against this current wave of success i'm having. -johnny drama, entourage

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Panama Red Served with Pride Staff Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: near the left coast of Michigan Posts: 14,565	Yup, eXPerience it is. Found this with a google search. The newest Windows operating system that boasts it's ease of use. The XP goes with "The smarter work eXPerience". Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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