Guys for a heavy gamer and Internet user which OS is better?
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win2k and xp are very close kissing cousins.
XP has a recent compat. update that win2k must wait for SP3 to get.
Stability is the same..win2k comes with a duel processor option. If you want that in XP you have to get the professional edition.
As far as speed goes check out this site...
http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2001q4/os/index.x?pg=1
(info is a little old but still valid
even at high res..there was less than a 1 fps difference in speed.
and as they say..that is covered in the nargin for error.
So i say winxp and win2k ==TIE! But XP will have the main support.
So if you are only getting around to buying an O/S now --get XP.
(that XP SP1 is close to release from what i have read).
Me, I'm sticking with my win2k
I would personally say win2k is better at gaming but that is only because the XP platform i play on..only has a P4 1.6 ghz and not a AMD thunderbird
XP has a recent compat. update that win2k must wait for SP3 to get.
Stability is the same..win2k comes with a duel processor option. If you want that in XP you have to get the professional edition.
As far as speed goes check out this site...
http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2001q4/os/index.x?pg=1
(info is a little old but still valid
even at high res..there was less than a 1 fps difference in speed.
and as they say..that is covered in the nargin for error.
So i say winxp and win2k ==TIE! But XP will have the main support.
So if you are only getting around to buying an O/S now --get XP.
(that XP SP1 is close to release from what i have read).
Me, I'm sticking with my win2k
I would personally say win2k is better at gaming but that is only because the XP platform i play on..only has a P4 1.6 ghz and not a AMD thunderbird
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XP is just to dumbed down. 2000 has a nice clean interface. XP looks like a child's Playskool toy. 2k has a very useful help system. XP is geared towards end users (ie: Is it plugged in? Are you sure? Really? 100% sure???) XP also has a ton of useless crap like system rollback which just chews up space on your hard drive.
You are a ****wit.
XP is just to dumbed down. 2000 has a nice clean interface. XP looks like a child's Playskool toy. 2k has a very useful help system. XP is geared towards end users (ie: Is it plugged in? Are you sure? Really? 100% sure???) XP also has a ton of useless crap like system rollback which just chews up space on your hard drive.
You are a ****wit.
I agree with Admiral LSD on his post. If you don't like the GUI, disable themes. Thats the lamest (yet most used) excuse for calling XP crap by FAR. System Restore, again, disable it! ffs man...
The only problem that I have with it at the moment is that Windows Update wont work on my machine, I think I know why though *cough*
The only problem that I have with it at the moment is that Windows Update wont work on my machine, I think I know why though *cough*
I've been using XP for about nine months or so and even with the new look (which IMHO, is a huge improvement over the old one, especially with the Silver theme.) I've only found a couple of places where XP Pro has been what I would call "dumbed down." Those are the Add Network Place Wizard and the method to which you give your MSN Messenger details. Neither is really a big deal since I only use the MSN one three times (for each of my user accounts) with any reinstall and the Network Place one twice (to add my ISPs web space).
thats one thing i hated about xp pro
but all those rollback, and theme things can be changed
so my xp pro looks very much like win2k or nt4
but all those rollback, and theme things can be changed
so my xp pro looks very much like win2k or nt4
I stick with Win 2000 pro because of Stablity. Also I aready have it.
I don't care about the stupid FPS, big deal, They're just about the same. ;(
Beside my computer is argh argh argh argh FAST enough.
Intel 1.8
Ati Radeon 8500 128 mb.
60 Gig 7200 Rpm
512 DDR
Oh yeah that too fast
Beside get Winxp Pro,if you don't have Win2000 Pro yet.
----> is also a good choices
If you do have Win2000 Pro, why waste money. Winxp is like an upgrade.
I don't care about the stupid FPS, big deal, They're just about the same. ;(
Beside my computer is argh argh argh argh FAST enough.
Intel 1.8
Ati Radeon 8500 128 mb.
60 Gig 7200 Rpm
512 DDR
Oh yeah that too fast
Beside get Winxp Pro,if you don't have Win2000 Pro yet.
----> is also a good choices
If you do have Win2000 Pro, why waste money. Winxp is like an upgrade.
