Win2K or WinXP?

[The Seabat]

I'm running Windows 2000 right now and I was wondering exactly what
the benifits would be if I were to upgrade to WinXP? I've heard that
they are both the same basic OS, but WinXP just has more eye candy and
bloat. I'm thinking of building a new box this winter and was
wondering if I should invest in a copy of WinXP.

I considered Vesta, briefly, very briefly, but I figure that it will
be another couple of years before they get all the bugs, patches and
critical updates under control.

Later on I'll have some questions about CPUs (AMD). I've been reading
up on them trying to decide on which one to purchase for my new box,
but my hair hurts right now from all the freaking data I've been
trying to digest! It was a lot easier to select a processor half a
dozen years ago!

Thanks.

 

[Mike T.]

I'm running Windows 2000 right now and I was wondering exactly what
the benifits would be if I were to upgrade to WinXP? I've heard that
they are both the same basic OS, but WinXP just has more eye candy and
bloat. I'm thinking of building a new box this winter and was
wondering if I should invest in a copy of WinXP.

I considered Vesta, briefly, very briefly, but I figure that it will
be another couple of years before they get all the bugs, patches and
critical updates under control.

Later on I'll have some questions about CPUs (AMD). I've been reading
up on them trying to decide on which one to purchase for my new box,
but my hair hurts right now from all the freaking data I've been
trying to digest! It was a lot easier to select a processor half a
dozen years ago!

Thanks.

OK, I'll make it simple for you. Core 2 Duo and Windows XP. That's all
that's worth building with, right now. If you are an AMD fan, the only
choice is to build Intel Core 2 Duo, right now. I'm an AMD fan, btw. -Dave

 

[crazyal]

defently winxp more stable less bugs alot more stylish alot more
Features.

 

[Jon Danniken]

"crazyal":

defently winxp more stable less bugs alot more stylish alot more
Features.

lol - More like more bugs and bloated crap. As far as stylish, well, I
don't buy an OS to be "stylish", I buy it to be functional, something Win2k
does flawlessly. I'll be sticking with Win2k for the next few years at
least.

Jon

 

[John Doe]

"crazyal":

lol - More like more bugs

Of course it has bugs. But what bugs are noticeable?

and bloated

Well yeah.

don't buy an OS to be "stylish", I buy it to be functional,
something Win2k does flawlessly.

Does Windows 2000 run everything Windows XP runs? Games?

 

[Nil]

I'm running Windows 2000 right now and I was wondering exactly
what the benifits would be if I were to upgrade to WinXP?

I don't find there's any tecnical advantage to XP over 2000. However,
when I build my next computer, I'll be forced to install XP in order to
run an application (Cakewalk Sonar) that won't run on 2000. You're more
likely to run into similar situations as time goes on.

 

[Guest]

Of course it has bugs. But what bugs are noticeable?


Well yeah.


Does Windows 2000 run everything Windows XP runs? Games?

Absolutely. I've been running the same 2K install for nearly
seven years and haven't run into a single game (or other app)
that doesn't work flawlessly.

Unless MS drops their silly activation nonsense Win2K will
be my last MS OS. As for Vista, it's a catastrophe waiting
to happen.

 

[Rod Speed]

I'm running Windows 2000 right now and I was wondering exactly
what the benifits would be if I were to upgrade to WinXP?

Quite a few useful features, most obviously system restore, the files
and settings transfer wizard which greatly simplifys a clean OS install
if you ever need to do one, the wireless wizard makes like a lot simpler.
Quite a few conveniences like starting the appropriate app when you
plug your ipod in etc.

I've heard that they are both the same basic OS,

Correct, but obviously quite a bit has got enhanced since 2K,
particularly being able to run the occasional dinosaur Win9x app etc.

but WinXP just has more eye candy and bloat.

That is a mindlessly silly pig ignorant claim. There's more than JUST that.

I'm thinking of building a new box this winter and
was wondering if I should invest in a copy of WinXP.

I would, and have.

Main downside is the activation which XP has which 2K doesnt.

I considered Vesta, briefly, very briefly, but I figure that
it will be another couple of years before they get all the
bugs, patches and critical updates under control.

Its arguable how long it will take, but yes.

Later on I'll have some questions about CPUs (AMD). I've been reading
up on them trying to decide on which one to purchase for my new box,

You should also consider the Intel Core 2 Duo now.

but my hair hurts right now from all the freaking data I've been trying to
digest! It was a lot easier to select a processor half a dozen years ago!

Yeah, things have got more complicated.

 

[JAD]

I'm running Windows 2000 right now and I was wondering exactly what
the benifits would be if I were to upgrade to WinXP? I've heard that
they are both the same basic OS, but WinXP just has more eye candy and
bloat. I'm thinking of building a new box this winter and was
wondering if I should invest in a copy of WinXP.

I considered Vesta, briefly, very briefly, but I figure that it will
be another couple of years before they get all the bugs, patches and
critical updates under control.

Later on I'll have some questions about CPUs (AMD). I've been reading
up on them trying to decide on which one to purchase for my new box,
but my hair hurts right now from all the freaking data I've been
trying to digest! It was a lot easier to select a processor half a
dozen years ago!

Stay with 2000 until your forced out. It will happen soon enough.

 

[johns]

The Feds have stuck with W2K.

johns

 

[Rod Speed]

The Feds have stuck with W2K.

The feds are completely irrelevant, they've
always done things in completely ****ed ways.

 

[JAD]

The feds are completely irrelevant, they've
always done things in completely ****ed ways.

Yeah thats funny stuff using the 'feds' as an example of an entity to
follow in the footsteps of. Besides I think they are running software that
Elliot Ness wrote.

 

[Guest]

Yeah thats funny stuff using the 'feds' as an example of an entity to
follow in the footsteps of. Besides I think they are running software that
Elliot Ness wrote.

With a little research you'll find the bulk of corporate America
also ignored WinXP. For very good reasons. Win2K business
installations still outnumber XP by a large margin.

 

[JAD]

With a little research you'll find the bulk of corporate America
also ignored WinXP. For very good reasons. Win2K business
installations still outnumber XP by a large margin.

I have no doubt...If you run a couple pieces of software (sometimes
proprirtary) and it runs in (whatever environment) why would you change? I
run Windows ME on the machines that do my large media printing. The color
correction is down to perfection, and everything runs smooth as silk. I'm
not going through all that again just to run XP, cause its securer(if thats
a word), I don't scare that easy. LOTS of things are sold with fear(sex too
for that matter), however I don't base my business decisions on that.

 

[JAD]

With a little research you'll find the bulk of corporate America
also ignored WinXP. For very good reasons.

and the biggest reason -justification of the spending of " MONEY ", which
always leads them down the path of 'open source', and by the time they are
through discussing that 6 months go by and ...low and behold they still made
money without changing. go figure!

Win2K business

 

[mcheu]

Of course it has bugs. But what bugs are noticeable?


Well yeah.


Does Windows 2000 run everything Windows XP runs? Games?

If you patch it to the latest service pack and install the latest
DirectX runtime, yeah. That's really the only real complaint anyone
can really have about win2k. It actually can do anything that XP can
do, since XP was a .1 upgrade to windows 2000 (winXP is windowsNT 5.1,
where Win2k is windowsNT 5.0).

Patching it up to the latest version of win2k will bring it up to
roughly the same place as winXP as far as functionality (at least to
where it was last year, when MS cut off support). Where XP might be a
bit better is in the userfriendly features. Even if you disable the
Luna interface, and get to a win2k-like view, winXP is still more user
friendly in some ways. Some of the features that are readily
available to XP users were "hidden" features in win2k. Everything,
like the compatibility mode is there in win2k, but they didn't haven't
made it very obvious that it even existed, much less how to access and
use it. On XP, you just right clicked on the shortcut and checked off
the compatibility mode. With win2k, you had to modify the shortcut by
hand, adding stuff to the run line. Not sure if the latest SP changes
that to the XP behavior or not, as I haven't run win2k in a while, and
never really played around with SP4

In my view, if you've already got a boxed copy of XP in a drawer
someplace (either from school, a gift, work, or whatever), there's no
reason not to install it. It's definitely nicer. However, if you've
got to pay full price to do the upgrade, there's no pressing reason to
do so.

 

[Rod Speed]

I thought he programmed using machine guns.

With a little research you'll find the bulk
of corporate America also ignored WinXP.

Bare faced lie.

For very good reasons. Win2K business
installations still outnumber XP by a large margin.

Clearly they aint ignoring it NOW, stupid.

 

[applicant]

I'm running Windows 2000 right now and I was wondering exactly what
the benifits would be if I were to upgrade to WinXP? I've heard that
they are both the same basic OS, but WinXP just has more eye candy and
bloat. I'm thinking of building a new box this winter and was
wondering if I should invest in a copy of WinXP.

I considered Vesta, briefly, very briefly, but I figure that it will
be another couple of years before they get all the bugs, patches and
critical updates under control.

I'm running win2k and haven't had any problems with any games or
programs. AFAIK it's the same program. I've even heard some
programs that "don't support" win2k actually work, it's just the
companies are too lazy to offer phone support for win2k.

As for Vista, puke. Who wants it ? I'll go apple and linux first.

 

[The Seabat]

Thanks for all the info. I guess I'll just limp along with my copy of
Win2K for while longer. <smile>

Thanks for the input. Much appriciated.