Win 2000 Vs XP

[Adrian]

<font color=blue> Ok I got a sweet installation of win2000, been running it for about a year now, no problems whatsoever, What really are the benifits if I upgrade to XP? Basically I love the look of XP is there a way to add these looks to 2000, or will there be in the future. I had windows blinds installed, it did the job, but that programme was buggy as hell. </font color=blue>

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[RWSchlatter]

Hi !
That's a new look and feel for the XP series and cannot be retrofit on Win2K. Has something to do with the new handling of themes.

What's the benefit of the upgrade:
Less administration - especially necessary for the SOHO and home market. More multimeadia support, CD-RW and DVD especially, digital photography and video support.

But before you move to XP, evaluate if you have been using local user groups. This is not a feature anymore on a standalone XP machine. It's plain Administrators and Users only, and Users may be somewhat restrictive.

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Regards - Richard<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by RWSchlatter on 09/23/01 17:04.</FONT></P>

[Adrian]

<font color=blue> Sounds sketchy to me, in your honest opinion, are you gonna upgrade, I know sooner or later we all will, but I just want to know if it's worth it to Jump on xp the band wagon A.S.A.P. </font color=blue>

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[RWSchlatter]

"...are you gonna upgrade..."
J will keep running for some time with previous versions of Windows, at least until J have XP compatible versions of all software J am using. And maybe J will even wait for SP1. But all this has also to do that J am very conservative as far as the GUI is concerned and will continue to use "old style". J don't need all that colourful flashy stuff for my business work.

"...sooner or later we all will..."
sooner - J have started to look at RC2 version a couple of weeks ago, to check out what's coming, and J have just passed a long night with a first test installation of the final WinXP-Pro build 2600 in a standalone version. But that's the development environment - the playground.

"...want to know if it's worth it to Jump on xp the band wagon ..."
as always in computers: "leading edge - bleeding edge".

marketing info at
<a target="_blank" href=http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/default.asp>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/default.asp</a>

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Regards - Richard

[drpiano]

I changed to XP Porfessional, not for the interface (which I dont like, thankfully you can "turn it off"), but rather, cuase it ran everything that I wanted to run. This eliminated the need to dual boot 2000, to run all my work software, with a Win9x program, to run all my games that didnt run in Win 2000.

Thats just my opinion, I really didnt like dual booting!!

[Adrian]

<font color=blue> With the recent release of the Windows 2000 Compatability Update, I have been running all software now, not to mention games, I think this is what windows 2000 needed from day 1, cause it's now perfect. </font color=blue>

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[nimda_suxs]

Windows XP is still not out so wait till it get all its bugs fixes and service packs before you do anything

[RWSchlatter]

for some, such as MSDN subscribers of the Universal (/images/forums/icons/smile.gif like me /images/forums/icons/smile.gif) and Professional programs, but also a few early customers of pc manufacturers, XP/Final build 2600 is available and running.

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Regards - Richard

[nimda_suxs]

thanks but how do i order it i got the money just tell me how to order it

[myanimator]

XP comes out on the shelves in the US @ the end of this month.

I've been using it off and on since Beta 2 (Oct 2000) and recently was using the final release. I ended up going back to Windows 2000 because not all the drivers are at the XP level and the integrated CD Burning in XP caused waaaaay to many problems.

[inspiration]

Frankly, as much as I enjoy XP Pro, your sweet 2000?, stay with it or dual boot. Many interesting features but OS you are happy with is primary factor would think.