XP or 2000?

[Peter]

I am about to set up an old spare machine for someone else.

Would it run better with Windows 2000 or Windows XP? Is XP too "heavy" for
it?

The spec is:

AMD Duron (?) 800MHz
256MB RAM
GeForce 440MX 64MB graphics
20 GB HD

Thanks.

 

[Ken Blake]

In

I am about to set up an old spare machine for someone else.

Would it run better with Windows 2000 or Windows XP? Is XP too
"heavy" for it?

The spec is:

AMD Duron (?) 800MHz
256MB RAM
GeForce 440MX 64MB graphics
20 GB HD

It won't be a speed demon, but I see nothing in those specs that
would steer me away from XP. My wife runs XP here on a much
lesser machine.

But run the Microsoft Upgrade Advisor at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/upgrading/advisor.asp
tp be sure there's nothing in else in the configuration that
might be a problem.

 

[Dan G]

You can do either. XP can be set to remove all the eye candy and look like
2K, which frees up some resources. Personally, I find 2K to be more stable.

 

[Lars-Erik Østerud]

Peter skrev:

Would it run better with Windows 2000 or Windows XP? Is XP too "heavy" for
it?

My experience is that 2000 is heavier (might be because XP is more
scalable or so, 2000 expects a fast business-type PC I guess

 

[Bruce Morgen]

I am about to set up an old spare machine for someone else.

Would it run better with Windows 2000 or Windows XP? Is XP too "heavy" for
it?

The spec is:

AMD Duron (?) 800MHz
256MB RAM
GeForce 440MX 64MB graphics
20 GB HD

Thanks.

Perfect for Win2K, marginal
for XP imo -- ymmv.




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[Bill Crocker]

Previously, I would recommend Win2k, without question. However, I think
Microsoft has been doing a better job keeping WinXP updated for hardware,
and security. Plus, there are new release of various software that will run
on nothing less than WinXP. Adobe Photoshop, and Photoshop Elements, for
example!

Bill Crocker

 

[Kenny S]

go for XP... it will run great

 

[Alias]

:I am about to set up an old spare machine for someone else.
:
: Would it run better with Windows 2000 or Windows XP? Is XP too "heavy" for
: it?
:
: The spec is:
:
: AMD Duron (?) 800MHz
: 256MB RAM
: GeForce 440MX 64MB graphics
: 20 GB HD
:
: Thanks.

I have an AMD Athlon 800 Mhz
256 MB PC-100 RAM
Invidia 32MB graphics
30 GB HD, set to two partitions of equal size.

It used to have Win 98 SE a la HP on it. Now that it has XP Pro SP2 a la
Microsoft, it's a completely new computer and runs like a dream.

Go for it.

Alias


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[Bruce Chambers]

I am about to set up an old spare machine for someone else.

Would it run better with Windows 2000 or Windows XP? Is XP too "heavy" for
it?

The spec is:

AMD Duron (?) 800MHz
256MB RAM
GeForce 440MX 64MB graphics
20 GB HD

Thanks.

You could go either way, assuming all of the hardware is compatible.
However, as the hard drive is rather small by today's standards, I'd
lean towards Win2K. The typical WinXP installation requires roughly 1.5
Gb just for the OS.


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[old whats his name]

I am about to set up an old spare machine for someone else.

Would it run better with Windows 2000 or Windows XP? Is XP too "heavy" for
it?

The spec is:

AMD Duron (?) 800MHz
256MB RAM
GeForce 440MX 64MB graphics
20 GB HD

Thanks.

W2000 is much better.
XP is just a kludged up 2000 for appearance sake only and also has
Microslouch silly key business. W2K does not have that problem.
XP has a lot of resouce hogs that you would have to turn off.

 

[John R Weiss]

I am about to set up an old spare machine for someone else.

Would it run better with Windows 2000 or Windows XP?
The spec is:
AMD Duron (?) 800MHz
256MB RAM
GeForce 440MX 64MB graphics
20 GB HD

Assuming you will NOT upgrade any of the hardware, Win 2K will be better. It
takes less HD space and less RAM to run, so you will have more resources left
for apps.

 

[Donald Link]

You just failed to pay attention to the orginal posters hardware
requirements. Look before you speak. XP is just to much for his
hardware. Win2k should run reasonably well with a smaller footprint.
The solution for the orginal poster would be for him or her to junk
his present sysem except for the video card and even then a lot of the
more inexpensive machine have intrerated video. He could double or
even triple his present machine for less than $300.

 

[mark3567]

I am about to set up an old spare machine for someone else.

Would it run better with Windows 2000 or Windows XP? Is XP too "heavy
for
it?

The spec is:

AMD Duron (?) 800MHz
256MB RAM
GeForce 440MX 64MB graphics
20 GB HD

Thanks.

You should be good to go with either, but I recommend the WinXP

 

[luminos]

W2000 is much better.
XP is just a kludged up 2000 for appearance sake

Completely false.

 

[Sandman]

If you have the slots, I would upgrade memory to at least 512megs.......
That would be a significant factor.

 

[Ken Blake]

In

You just failed to pay attention to the orginal posters
hardware
requirements. Look before you speak. XP is just to much for
his
hardware.

Sorry, but that's simply nonsense. My wife runs Windows XP on a
400MHz PII with 256MB of RAM and a 10GB hard drive--considerably
less than Peter's hardware. It's no speed demon, but it runs
adequately for her needs, mostly IE, Outlook 2000, and
WordPerfect 10.

I've more than once even offered to upgrade her system, but she
always turns me down.

 

[Donald Link]

Yeh1 upgrade to 512 memory on a 20 gig hard drive. The best thing is
not to spend another dime on this machine. The memory will probably
be plain SDRamm and if and when the time to upgrade the total machine
the memory will be wasted since new machines will almost always
requier DDRam memory. Do not do anything that will require spending
any additional money. The machine at the present will run Win2k okay
and do NOT upgrade to xp until you change computers which will most
likey come with xp installed unless you build your own.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

W2000 is much better.
XP is just a kludged up 2000 for appearance sake only and also has
Microslouch silly key business. W2K does not have that problem.
XP has a lot of resouce hogs that you would have to turn off.

Spoken by someone completely unfamiliar with _both_ operating systems
in question.

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[Bill Baka]

Yeh1 upgrade to 512 memory on a 20 gig hard drive. The best thing is
not to spend another dime on this machine. The memory will probably
be plain SDRamm and if and when the time to upgrade the total machine
the memory will be wasted since new machines will almost always
requier DDRam memory. Do not do anything that will require spending
any additional money. The machine at the present will run Win2k okay
and do NOT upgrade to xp until you change computers which will most
likey come with xp installed unless you build your own.

512 MB is probably the least you want to run for any recent Windows. I
had 256 and the memory stick committed suicide so I am now running 128
MB at a noticeably lower speed with much more hard disk activity. If the
memory is PC100MHz or 133MHz it is probably time for a newer motherboard
unless it requires an upgrade to the case and power supply, as in going
from a non-ATX to an ATX form factor. Even this is a 'watch out'
scenario since the latest thing that will be coming out is a BTX form
factor, courtesy of some groups that want better cooling, which will
mean that even the ATX will become obsolete. I think the manufacturers
have something going to 'FORCE' the consumer to upgrade so they can make
sales. AGP is supposedly going obsolete because of PCI-Express, which
just means serial instead of parallel, just like IDE/ATA to SATA for the
drives. Staying about a year behind the leading edge makes it a lot
easier on the budget.
Best of luck,
Bill Baka

 

[Bruce]

I am about to set up an old spare machine for someone else.

Would it run better with Windows 2000 or Windows XP? Is XP too "heavy"
for it?

The spec is:

AMD Duron (?) 800MHz
256MB RAM
GeForce 440MX 64MB graphics
20 GB HD

Thanks.

My son has a 1997 Gateway PII 350, 256mb ram, 10gb hd, dvd-rom, and
integrated graphics. It's running XPHomeSP1, and it runs fine. He
watches DVDs and plays old video games like Doom 1 and 2. It's
networked to the rest of the machines in the house, and has a broadband
connection. He has chosen to use the classic GUI, but only because he
likes it better.

Bruce