Best OS? Win2K or XP...

[billsbox]

I'm planning to reformat a PIII-933 currently running Win Me and install either Win2K or XP. I would like opinions as to who prefers which operating system and why. Also, comments on any installation or burning issues would be appreciated.

Thanks, Bill

[gooki]

Thank god you are leaving win ME.

Either is good, but if you don't have much ram I'd got for win2k

[ADVD]

I prefer Win2K

[scamtron]

i say xp if you are paying for it

[thxtof]

I like XP ... very cool features and more stable than w2k.

[Fox Mulder]

Windows 2000, because Windows XP shows the direction Microsoft is going:
http://www.hevanet.com/peace/microsoft.htm

[M24C]

Go with Xp Win2k is a nice operating system. But XP has more features to it makes a nice setup. and as been stated its the way Microsoft is going.

[REECYCUP]

thats not what he meant!
xp is not the way to go

[alexnoe]

XP hurts my eyes. It's so ugly colored :scared:

And what new features does XP have, except for new spyware, and that you need 512 MB RAM for the OS and 512 MB for your apps?

[thxtof]

XP is actually less memory consuming :cool:

You can switch to the "classic" theme and then all the ugly color will go away :)

But for me the best improvements are:

- less memory leaks
- optimized OS (faster than win2k)
- less death blue screens... especially with CCE !
- and a very cool remote desktop, very usuful when you work from home with VPN...

oh and also:
- built-in firewall
- built-in proxy server... you can share your high speed internet connection with as many other PC that you'd like without buying any router or expensive software !
- many many more super cool multimedia features

We are getting closer to the "MAC" experience :)

PS: no no I'm not a Microsoft sales guy :D

[M24C]

Personnally the msconfig option (not existant in win2k) makes it easier to customize what starts what doesn't just like in the older win98 era. You have to edit the registry to do the same in win2k.

System restore (though not prefect) gives you a chance to save system settings. Before a major upgrade (instead of doing a full backup) to allow you go back to system setup that screwed you over (not available on win2k)

Have done some system upgrades and it has installed many things without reboot, Even shifted motherboards without deleting drivers and its picked up and installed and not missed a beat.

Don't get me wrong I like win2k. Its a very good operating system. It seems (should I dare say) Microsoft did a nice job on the upgrade.

I don't think you can wrong with either. I use both, but the little things seems to have pursuaded me to liking XP over win2k given the choice.

M24C

[alexnoe]

- less memory leaks
- less death blue screens... especially with CCE !
Mz...less than zero?

oh and also:
- built-in firewallWhich allows IE to pass, making it entirely useless (and virus, spyware etc can use IE components to communicate with M$ or whatever, so that, once IE is allowed to pass, nothing can stop them). This packet filter is a pure fake, even more useless than ZApro

[Xayd]

The only features I see in XP that might be useful is it's ability to act as a bridge, if for some very odd reason you wanted to use your primary PC as a bridge /shrug ;). And the built in PPPoE client if you have PPPoE DSL.

[b_1_2_3]

Definitely Win2K. as mentioned in this thread XP is way too riddled with spy-ware. I dont want my pc conecting to the internet unless i want it to.

Also: any OS that tracks hardware changes in your PC is completely bizarre. I swap parts in my pcs all the time, and ive heard a few horror stories from friends where this has cuased problems.

Personally I am hoping Microsoft understands the error of their ways, otherwise I might move to linux on my desktops.