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View Poll Results: What is the better OS?
Windows 2000 professional 3 10.00%
Windows XP professional 27 90.00%
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Old 06-December-03, 02:25 PM   #1 (permalink)
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i have been wondering what is a better operating system i have both at my home and i am currently running windows 2k but some say xp is better and some say xp is a memory hog and slows down your comp. i really need to know so i can get the most performance out of my computer
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Old 06-December-03, 02:33 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I have 'em both too, and I have to say, i depends on what you like doing.
XP PRO does a lot for you, and doesn't bog if you know how to tweak it.
2kpro has a lot going for it, but not enough to make it "better"
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Old 06-December-03, 02:34 PM   #3 (permalink)
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XP Pro all the way. Yes it is a memory hog, but that can be compensated for real easily and cheaper than in the past. I no longer see the need for Ram to be a burden, put 1 GIG of Ram in your computer and your set (even 768 will do).
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Old 06-December-03, 02:35 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I got 256 in mine, and it rocks. Not slow at all.
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Old 06-December-03, 04:23 PM   #5 (permalink)
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XP Pro is the way to go. I use 2K on some of my rigs, but my main ones all run XP.
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Old 06-December-03, 04:46 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Defently XP pro..
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Old 06-December-03, 04:51 PM   #7 (permalink)
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yup XP for me
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Old 06-December-03, 06:23 PM   #8 (permalink)
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XP pro unless you have some seriously slow hardware. but at that point 2000 wouldnt be that much better anyway.


Yeah XP definately rocks. I found it funny that when i bought it release week people were trying to tell me how much it sucked... now its the greatest thinng since graphical dos.
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Old 06-December-03, 08:16 PM   #9 (permalink)
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well, i got 2000pro on one but i really like XP. i kinda breezed over 2000pro after ME so i dont really know the advantages compared to XP, but i can tell you that if your into customizing WIN OSs, both are on the same playing field for the most part.
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Old 06-December-03, 08:44 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I use XP because I prefer the additional features..... mailny skinning without a third party app. 2K does have it's bebefits though.... it's much more accepting of some hardware and I've found that I can get another 200+MHz OC with 2K (stable too) than with XP.... dunno why, but that's the same on both of my machines.

So, it depends what you want to get out of it.
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Old 07-December-03, 03:51 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I'd say XP Pro for the driver database and it seems more accepting of the plug n' play devices.
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Old 07-December-03, 05:02 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Old 07-December-03, 06:58 PM   #13 (permalink)
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xp cuz you can tell it to emulate win95/98/me for older programs that just dont quite like 2000
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Old 07-December-03, 07:06 PM   #14 (permalink)
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2k all the way!
Its uber stable, and it never crashes...XP hates me...
And if it doesnt run on 2k, its not worth running anyway...
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Old 07-December-03, 11:46 PM   #15 (permalink)
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ok awesome this is technically for my little sister because she just got alot of stuff for her comp and wants a OS so i figured i would ask here so i would know what would be the best for her

I am one cool big bro
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Old 08-December-03, 01:19 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Alos I believe you need windows XP to take advantage of the AMD performance boost indicated by the funky marketing game AMD cooked up to rate their cpu's.
The XP24000+ on win2k will only perform as a 2.0GHZ cpu (Actual clock speed) instead acting like a 2.4ghz cpu with XP
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Old 08-December-03, 01:27 AM   #17 (permalink)
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XP.

2000 I used for 2 weeks, in that time, it crashed constantly (which surprised me 'cause it was supposed to be so much more stable), wouldn't find the drivers for my camera (XP picks it up automatically), and I hate having to download 3rd party software to emulate crap like "msconfig"...

For performance, a little tweaking can go a long way.
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Old 08-December-03, 01:41 AM   #18 (permalink)
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XP....for all the reasons listed above.
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Old 09-December-03, 01:27 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Windows XP is Windows 2000 with some extra icing. To name a few advantages:

-Remote terminal client
-Using remote terminal client from XP machines doesnt suck a terminal services lisence! YAY!! (like anyone cares but freakes)
-Built-in firewall
-Built-in CD burning
-Built-in Zip file support
-Driver Rollback
-Skinnable GUI
-Fast user switching
-Cleartype
-WebDAV

much more...

on the downside you get the fisherprice interface
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Old 09-December-03, 08:56 AM   #20 (permalink)
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XP is not 2000 with extra stuff.. They reworked windows completly to get win xp..Win xp is closer to NT than 2000.
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