upgrading to xp pro

[Greg Krawczyk]

I have an old Dell PII 450 running Win 2000 Pro. Are there any negatives to
upgrading to XP Pro.

Thank You

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Windows XP Upgrade Advisor
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HOW TO: Prepare to Upgrade Windows 98 or
Windows Millennium Edition to Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;316639

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| I have an old Dell PII 450 running Win 2000 Pro. Are there any negatives to
| upgrading to XP Pro.
|
| Thank You

 

[Greg Krawczyk]

Thanks

Ran the advisor and found one minor problem which can be fixed. The
question now is, Do I gain any benefit if I upgrade to XP or should I just
keep Win 2000 until I get a new computer?

 

[Plato]

Ran the advisor and found one minor problem which can be fixed. The
question now is, Do I gain any benefit if I upgrade to XP or should I just
keep Win 2000 until I get a new computer?

Please state exactly what features of XP you need.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I have an old Dell PII 450 running Win 2000 Pro. Are there any
negatives to upgrading to XP Pro.

Thank You

"Glacial" is a term that comes to my mind, I'm afraid. If you
turn off all of WinXP GUI eye-candy, it will still be slow, but usable
for simple word processing, email, web-browsing, etc. It won't be any
good for graphics-intensive applications, and most newer games.
(During the public preview period, I tested WinXP on a 500 MHz machine
with 256 Mb of RAM.)

1) Right-click the Task Bar > Properties > Start Menu, ensure
"Classic Start menu" is selected.

2) Right-click an empty spot on the Desktop > Properties > Themes >
select "Windows Classic."

3) Right-click My Computer > Properties > Performance > Settings >
Visual Effects, ensure "Adjust for best performance" is selected.

Can you obtain OS-specific device drivers for your PC's
components, and any necessary motherboard BIOS updates?


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[Alex Nichol]

I have an old Dell PII 450 running Win 2000 Pro. Are there any negatives to
upgrading to XP Pro.

On the whole I wouldn't. XP is more demanding on CPU and especially on
RAM (at least 256MB), and is not going to offer the typical 2000 user
enough to make it worth the effort and expense. I see it as the step
from NT4 or from Win9x systems