Windows XP Professional versus Windows 2000 Professional

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Hello. I am part of a rather lively debate at my office. We are looking to
get 2 new computer systems and I want to get Window XP as it is much quicker
and is pretty much the standard these days. But the only other technically
adept person in our office insists that we stick with Windows 2000
Professional as she maintains that it is the much more stable OS for a
network environment. We currently have Windows Server 2003 Standard with 6
desktops running Windows 2000. At this point we don't have the money to
upgrade our existing stations to XP but since we are getting Dells and it
comes with the package I would like to get XP for the new computers. So
would we be sacrificing system stability for speed as my colleague maintains,
or is Windows XP now better suited to network environments than maybe it was
a couple of years ago, like I suspect it is? Any advice, information and
suggested helpful links would be appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

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| Hello. I am part of a rather lively debate at my office. We are looking to
| get 2 new computer systems and I want to get Window XP as it is much quicker
| and is pretty much the standard these days. But the only other technically
| adept person in our office insists that we stick with Windows 2000
| Professional as she maintains that it is the much more stable OS for a
| network environment. We currently have Windows Server 2003 Standard with 6
| desktops running Windows 2000. At this point we don't have the money to
| upgrade our existing stations to XP but since we are getting Dells and it
| comes with the package I would like to get XP for the new computers. So
| would we be sacrificing system stability for speed as my colleague maintains,
| or is Windows XP now better suited to network environments than maybe it was
| a couple of years ago, like I suspect it is? Any advice, information and
| suggested helpful links would be appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Ron Martell]

Hello. I am part of a rather lively debate at my office. We are looking to
get 2 new computer systems and I want to get Window XP as it is much quicker
and is pretty much the standard these days. But the only other technically
adept person in our office insists that we stick with Windows 2000
Professional as she maintains that it is the much more stable OS for a
network environment. We currently have Windows Server 2003 Standard with 6
desktops running Windows 2000. At this point we don't have the money to
upgrade our existing stations to XP but since we are getting Dells and it
comes with the package I would like to get XP for the new computers. So
would we be sacrificing system stability for speed as my colleague maintains,
or is Windows XP now better suited to network environments than maybe it was
a couple of years ago, like I suspect it is? Any advice, information and
suggested helpful links would be appreciated. Thank you.

Windows XP is basically "Windows 2000 Second Edition" and if anything
it improves on the stability and reliability of Windows 2000.

The internal version number of Windows 2000 is "Windows NT 5.0" and
for Windows XP it is "Windows NT 5.1".

And you are already running one computer with a Windows XP (like)
version in the form of your Server 2003. The development of the
server version of Windows XP was severed from the workstation (Pro and
Home) versions during the development process, and when the server
version was finally released it was given the name Windows Server 2003
rather than Windows XP Server.

Good luck.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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