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| Thread ID: 35337 | 2003-07-09 10:06:00 | W2K vs WinXP (again) | Tom McB (832) | Press F1 |
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| 158477 | 2003-07-10 00:34:00 | > I don't like win2000 as much as xp. Xp much nicer to > work on. 2000 is ahh whats the word ..ugly that will > do :) Well if you're into a computer "looking" nice as opposed to doing the job, then go right ahead with XP. I personally have a problem with XP as it tries to be a jack of all trades type of OS where everything is bundled, etc. I point out the whole video editing, CD-burning, etc. At least with 2K you can pick and choose with little fear of programs having problems working on XP. I do a lot of SVCD and DVD encoding, and it's a real pain with XP. Gaming also isn't the greatest with XP either. I speak broadly and from experience, when I say that I would prefer gaming on 2K Pro than I would on XP Pro. But then again, XP does have its good points (networking) etc... But then, sometimes it's better to go through the process of doing things yourself (setting IP addresses, default gateways, etc) as you learn more about the computer and theory behind networking... I think with XP you might "dumb down" your computer learning experience... then again, maybe this is the future?? I personally don't buy into the XP culture. Too much control and invasion into one's computer from Microsoft for my liking. Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 158478 | 2003-07-10 01:34:00 | If you're needing to buy a new OS personally I'd go with XP, but if you've already got 2000 and are looking at upgrading I wouldn't bother. | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 158479 | 2003-07-10 15:05:00 | gotta agree with loh here... XP is basically 2k with a fisher price interface and more bloat than I care to give effort removing. 2k is clean by default, xp is not (in my opinion of course), and I also dont appreciate being treated like a moron by an OS, there's only space enough in my flat for one condescending A-Hole, and that condescending A-Hole is me XP's wizards, while helpful for joe bloggs, are restrictive for me... a simple task that would take me under 10 seconds in 2k gets drawn out into the minutes while I click my way through a wizard that is convinced I'm a 9 year old. These wizards and the interface etc should all be disabled in XP Professional BY DEFAULT in my opinion. Its a professional level OS, stop treating "professionals" like children. If you are on 9x, I recommend you go straight to XP, if you are on 2k, I say you stay put. MS is going to be supporting 2k for a while yet, look how long they supported 9x/NT4 |
whetu (237) | ||
| 158480 | 2003-07-10 16:35:00 | I agree with the statement that Xp Pro is a little bloated when you first load it on. Thats why someone invented AtomicXp - removes some of the baby features after a first install. Xp Pro shouldn't have these features n wizards on to start with - thats what Xp home is for - the newbies :) It only takes a minute to get rid of all the fancy visuals etc that actually only slow down performance by 1-5%. But then again, its you that has to stare at an ugly screen all day if you do. You can actually leave the last option turned on (xp style), and the rest off. |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 158481 | 2003-07-11 00:42:00 | >But then again, its you that has to stare at an ugly screen all day if you do. >You can actually leave the last option turned on (xp style), and the rest off. That's what I do as well. Just stick to the options which can be useful, the styles, clear type and drop shadows for icons on the desktop. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 158482 | 2003-07-11 13:35:00 | Personally I prefer Windows 2K for video editing as XP Pro had some serious problems with my Pinnacle card. You definitely can't beat NTFS though as it doesn't have the limitations of FAT file sizes. So really it comes down to you personally. I also prefer the greater degree of access control over users that 2K gives you and don't like XP's all or nothing approach. |
Gorela (901) | ||
| 158483 | 2003-07-16 01:49:00 | Make it Dual Boot so you can make the most of both OS :D | juandem@rco (4193) | ||
| 158484 | 2003-07-16 01:58:00 | I actually went out and bought WinXP . . . Big mistake It has this stupid thing somewhere that insists on activating Mouse smoothing and even though I have turned it off and removed the entry from the registry it still does it . The wizzards do nothing but screw things up and won't allow me to customize the setting once they have done their things . It even makes it so I can't turn off the Firewall by greying out the option for me to do so . XP's so called intelligence has an IQ lower than a common brick . I now use my nice shiny reflective holographic Windows XP CD as a coffee cup coaster and that it probably the best use of XP I have ever gotten out of it . |
Odin (227) | ||
| 158485 | 2003-07-16 02:14:00 | Can't say I've had any of those problems you mention Odin. It just works fine for me. | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 158486 | 2003-07-16 02:14:00 | I read it on the register WinXP vs RedHat Linux (www.theregister.co.uk) Well worth a read. Each successive Windows version gets less and less configurable, by the end-user. |
KiwiTT (4082) | ||
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