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~~Leroy77~~ · 11-04-2005, 04:27 PM

I must agree with you that XP SP2 is the best Microsoft O.S. ever released. It's good for anything you wanna use it for. But offhand I can think of a few reasons for using 2000.

#1. Price. Windows 2000 Professional can be had for under $150.00 U.S.
Compare that to XP Pro at twice the cost. XP Home is cheaper still, but it's networking isn't quite up to professional standards so it's undesireable for those purposes. Still good for gaming and home use though.

#2. Works on machines too slow for XP. XP is a wonderful O.S. for computers that can handle it, but older boxes will Run 2000 at a much faster clip. And it provides most of the stability and features of XP making it a great upgrade from 98. (ugh!)

#3. No activation procedure after install. The OEM 2000 Pro disc I own can be erased from one machine and transferred to another without Microsoft involvement.

XP takes the prize for startup speed In my experience. Especially on laptops. I upgraded a former laptop of mine to 2000 Pro from 98 (ugh!). I had a minute and a half startup, even with only a bare minimum startup. But on a desktop computer I've found the wait is still longer than XP but FAR less objectionable and nowhere near what I saw on the laptop.

So while 2000 isn't king of the hill anymore, I'm not throwing away my 2000 disc anytime soon. (Unlike my 98 disc, I think I'm just waiting to give it to the needy)

11-04-2005, 04:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
~~Leroy77~~ Permanently Banned Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 236 OS: Windows XP Pro/2000 Pro	I must agree with you that XP SP2 is the best Microsoft O.S. ever released. It's good for anything you wanna use it for. But offhand I can think of a few reasons for using 2000. #1. Price. Windows 2000 Professional can be had for under $150.00 U.S. Compare that to XP Pro at twice the cost. XP Home is cheaper still, but it's networking isn't quite up to professional standards so it's undesireable for those purposes. Still good for gaming and home use though. #2. Works on machines too slow for XP. XP is a wonderful O.S. for computers that can handle it, but older boxes will Run 2000 at a much faster clip. And it provides most of the stability and features of XP making it a great upgrade from 98. (ugh!) #3. No activation procedure after install. The OEM 2000 Pro disc I own can be erased from one machine and transferred to another without Microsoft involvement. XP takes the prize for startup speed In my experience. Especially on laptops. I upgraded a former laptop of mine to 2000 Pro from 98 (ugh!). I had a minute and a half startup, even with only a bare minimum startup. But on a desktop computer I've found the wait is still longer than XP but FAR less objectionable and nowhere near what I saw on the laptop. So while 2000 isn't king of the hill anymore, I'm not throwing away my 2000 disc anytime soon. (Unlike my 98 disc, I think I'm just waiting to give it to the needy)