WIN 2000 or WIN XP?

Had some lock up problems - sytem would quite responding, no blue screen, mouse just quit, had nothing. After 6 months and noone could find it (yes I had the problem even after fresh install and no other software loaded), I went to XP. And have had only 1 blue screen, trying to make it crash.

I used 2000 Pro previously also on a different computer and it ran great. It certainly ran better than 98. Not an arguement against 2000 Pro, just some support for XP.

Let me also say if there was an alternative to Windows, for what I need to do, I would switch in a heartbeat!
 
Just something to consider...if you install XP and then change some hardware later on (video card, Harddrive, modem,etc) it causes problems and you have to re-register or something. When you install XP initially,it appears, it takes note of all your hardwares IDs. I was told W2K was practically the same OS,so personally I think I would go with 2K. Hope this helps
 
Thug life, the performance issue does not surprise me, with the size of XP, and for my work is not really much of and issue. I don't see whether one is 2 seconds or 15 seconds faster at performing a certain task as that important. Both instantly sent orders out and charts update as they should. My concern is that of stability.
 
Originally posted by Breakout
Just something to consider...if you install XP and then change some hardware later on (video card, Harddrive, modem,etc) it causes problems and you have to re-register or something. When you install XP initially,it appears, it takes note of all your hardwares IDs. I was told W2K was practically the same OS,so personally I think I would go with 2K. Hope this helps
More...

"or something" is the key here, to many misconceptions floating around. Harddrive, out of that which you mentioned, is all that might, MIGHT, trigger reactivation. If XP thinks its a new computer it will require reactivation. A new video card has not triggered the need to do so. This is from experiaenc.
 
Originally posted by DblArrow


"or something" is the key here, to many misconceptions floating around. Harddrive, out of that which you mentioned, is all that might, MIGHT, trigger reactivation. If XP thinks its a new computer it will require reactivation. A new video card has not triggered the need to do so. This is from experiaenc.
More...



Hi DblArrow...:) Sorry to be so vague. Here's where I got my "opinion" from. Lol The first link concerns the two OS
similiarities...www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article10-001...
I couldn't find the article I read about the hardware problem,but it's in there somewhere! It's a pretty neat little website.
 
Originally posted by DblArrow


"or something" is the key here, to many misconceptions floating around. Harddrive, out of that which you mentioned, is all that might, MIGHT, trigger reactivation. If XP thinks its a new computer it will require reactivation. A new video card has not triggered the need to do so. This is from experiaenc.
More...



I Found It!!...lol Sorry,you were right. Seems it will only cause problems if you switch out a lot of stuff at the same time.www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article03-200...(the 8th question)...Have a good day
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top