XP or 2000 for video use

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Hi all, At risk of being flamed for posting off topic I seek your opinion.

Coming from 95 I have just acquired a new comp with XP Pro. My uses are simple to the extreme. Just Express/Messenger and Publisher along with photo file storage. I am seeking the simplest idiot proof system. With the only proviso that it be stable and won't hang up, drop out, freeze etc.etc. I am trying to interest my wife into editing accumulated video on the revamped old unit. She is 0/10 computer savvy.

The local wizard waxes lyrical about 2000 for the above reasons but others seem to suggest XP for its simplicity.
Q. Do I install 2000 for her and stay XP for me or both 2000 or XP.?

Cheers and thanks. Otzi.
 
otzi said:
The local wizard waxes lyrical about 2000 for the above reasons
but others seem to suggest XP for its simplicity.
Q. Do I install 2000 for her and stay XP for me or both 2000 or XP.?
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First of all, recognize that Windows 2000 and Windows XP are very similar. XP and 2000 are just marketing names; under the hood, 2000 is Windows NT 5.0 and XP is NT 5.1. So XP is essentially a relatively minor update to 2000.

I see almost no reason to consider installing them both. I would install XP because it's the newer, better, most stable version, with several improvements over 2000, minor though most of them are. There are no advantages to 2000 over XP.
 
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