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re: Question about 'What's the difference between Windows 2000 and Windows XP?'
Monday, February 25, 2002 at 7:03 am
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by james
(363 messages posted)
One thing I do not like about XP is "activation" the required process of registering
yourself as a user of XP. Microsoft is well on its way of developing technologies
that look like quasi per use/fee-based software that will have us paying more and
more for our OS use and software use. *Kerching*. Load XP with no programs and
you use around 84 mb of ram. Win2K around 64 mb. Lack of crashing? As a admin
on a 250+ network and helping many others with issues outside of work I also have
seen XP display far more crash dumps related to hardware installation. True not
that many, but far more than Win2K. Also if you build your own boxes XP limits the
number of hardware component swaps before you have to re-register the product. What
a pain. There's my 2 cents.
On Wednesday, February 20, 2002 at 6:34 am, Me wrote:
>What type of usage do you want it for. If you want more than very basic game support
>then use XP if you want a system that is 100% rock solid use XP Pro (I have never
>been able to crash it) if you want something that is 90%stable but is cheaper than
>xp use win2k. WinXP is better for the basic user and really makes win2k obselete
>but win2k is a lot cheaper. Look at what you want it for then decide. I personaly
>would use XP instead of win2k no matter what my use. But it really depends on what
>you want out of your system. One thing winXP will be the standard for the next 2
>or so years so you might have some hardware and compatability issues with some programs
>with 2k. But it is a simelar case with XP some older programs and hardware wont
work
>with XP. Hope this is readable...Me
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>On Tuesday, February 19, 2002 at 7:01 pm, Ed wrote:
>I have a question about win xp vs. win 2000. I just installed w2k and I was wondering
>if I made a mistake? I just built my computer and I am trying to decide which operating
>system to go with, wxp or w2k? As I get deeper (more commited) into my new computer
>I am wondering if I should just go with wxp?
>Any help is appreciated.
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