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Product: Plus! for Windows XP |
Final Results And Overall Mark
| Table Of Contents |
| 1:
Introduction 2: Digital Media Features 3: Games & Themes 4: Conclusion |
Well we have reached the end of the review. Here are my final comments, notes and grades for Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP.
Final Comments
| How It Grades |
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Installation:
85% |
All in all, Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP is an interesting add-on for Microsoft’s flagship operating system despite the lack of themes, visual styles and some limited features for the digital media applications. All the enhancements brought by Plus! for Windows XP are clearly designed for home users and are, overall, pretty cool especially the games. With an affordable price, this Plus! pack is a must have for geeks and users that want to add something to Windows XP, but it could have been clearly better.
| Specs & Package | |
| Overall Score | 73% |
| Version Reviewed | Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP |
| Release Date | Out Now |
| In The Box? | 1 Plus! for Windows XP CD |
| The Good Points |
Cool Digital Media Goodies Some nice themes Great Games Bunch of screensavers |
| The Bad Points |
Awful WMP Skins Buggy WMP Visualizations Unable to convert WMA into MP3 No new visual styles for XP Not enough speaker profiles for the WMP speaker plugin Limited HyperBowl Game |
| Reviewers Specs |
Pentium 4 2.2 GHz |
| PC Required |
Pentium III 500MHz or higher |
