OT: Which is better: XP or 2000? > Another Piracy Discussion

TerranC · #1 November 27th, 2003, 04:34 AM

In terms of security?
In terms of accessibility?
In terms of gaming compatibility?
In terms of stability?
In terms of Anything?
Which is better for SE4?

Which is better? Windows XP Home Edition or Windows 2000 Professional?

[ November 29, 2003, 00:23: Message edited by: TerranC ]

Suicide Junkie · #2 November 27th, 2003, 04:57 AM

DOS!
Then Win98(se)

Never ever XP

Fyron · #3 November 27th, 2003, 05:56 AM

In general, 2000 > XP. There are a few ways in which XP is better, but most of those are eye candy. This is because XP is basically 2000 v2.0.

XP Home is GARBAGE and you should stay away from it. Go with 2000 Pro over XP Home any day.

Slynky · #4 November 27th, 2003, 06:19 AM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
In general, 2000 > XP. There are a few ways in which XP is better, but most of those are eye candy. This is because XP is basically 2000 v2.0.

XP Home is GARBAGE and you should stay away from it. Go with 2000 Pro over XP Home any day.

Not sure I agree about XP Home being garbage. Basically, XP Pro just offers some benefits the average home user wouldn't need. For 100 USD more, people need to consider the extra benefits of XP Pro. If you have some reason to say this, then please post...I'd be interested.

Beyond that, I'd have to tell people to move to XP (one or the other). M$ has dropped support on 2000 and according to the other I'Net forums I inhabit, most people say XP is more stable than 2000. And it usually takes some real convincing for people to let go of their 2000. I still use it at work and it's darn stable...just about as good as my XP at home.

I use XP and I use a few unusual pieces of software not to mention the various 3D apps I use and I have about 1 OS crash (in other words, BSOD or OS failure to the point of needing a reboot) about once every 3 months.

Slynky · #5 November 27th, 2003, 06:23 AM

To add another note ongaming compatibility, I can honestly tell you right away, W2000 has a harder time running (some) games than XP does. I gave our kids W2000 so I could give each their own logon. Besides running into games that required admin login to run, I ran into game that just flat didn't run under W2000. Having said that, I can't say those programs would run any better under XP since I haven't spent the money to upgrade to the newer OS.

[ November 27, 2003, 04:25: Message edited by: Slynky ]

PvK · #6 November 27th, 2003, 06:51 AM

I've heard from several people having problems with XP trying to run some older games.

I prefer Win98SE for myself, because I like my OS to be simple and do as little unwanted nonsense as possible. However, if forced to, I'd use Win2KPro sooner than I'd use XP. XP is an emoticon for cringing in pain and sticking one's tongue out. It's designed for the computer illiterate, which is about the only thing it does relatively better than Win2K. Since I already know how to use Win9x, WinXP's new design is mostly just insulting and aggravating.

WinXP has the evil activation scheme, too.

PvK