[windows2000] Re: W2K vs XP. What do you think?
- From: "Nick Smith" <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 08:40:53 +0100
FWIW, I think he's giving absolutely correct advice for his target
audiences - end-users with little or no technical knowledge.
There's a different argument to be had regarding stability and
manageability in a netwroked corporate environement. Both Oses are great
in that environemtn, and personally I haven't found any less stability
under XP than 2000- but I sure get less support calls about XP.
Nick
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles R. Buchanan [mailto:crbgfblab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 17 July 2004 16:07
To: Windows 2000 Mailing List
Subject: [windows2000] W2K vs XP. What do you think?
Sorry for the length (size)
Just wanted to get your thoughts on this one. This is from a local
computer mag here in San Diego. If you wish to give him your thoughts
as well, his address is: digdave@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Personally I've always liked the fact that XP boots WAY faster than W2K,
but that's the only thing that I can think of. <shrug> He brought up
"user friendly" but personally, adminstrating the networking in W2K
(IMO) is more user friendly. I also feel W2K is more stable. Well at
least here on my systems. The lock-ups and/or crashes I have on XP isn't
or doesn't happen under W2K. So that tells me it's a OS problem. I could
be wrong. So personally I would recommend W2K before XP, unless they
want a lot of eye candy. :-) One more thing I think, I would probably
give XP the multimedia edge, except I have more trouble with DVD
operations than I care to think about! :-O Thank goodness for W2K! :-)
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Dear Digital Dave,
In the past, you have addressed questions from readers who are not
comfortable with Windows XP, and want to "downgrade" to Win 2000 or
another version of Windows on their laptops or desktops.
You always advise against this-and I couldn't agree more. Having bought
a new Sony VAIO laptop several months ago, I can't possibly imagine why
anyone would even think about taking off XP in favor of 2K!
In truth, I believe that I would probably lose a great many of the
features for which I bought the Sony.
My Sony VAIO laptop serves as both a desktop replacement for my home
office and as a highly efficient mobile unit for traveling from client
to client and accessing different networks. I couldn't be nearly as
resourceful with anything other than XP as my operating system.
I have a freelance client (attorney) I work for two to three days a
week, who recently bought a new IBM desktop computer for my sole use-and
when our computer consultant brought it in, I was dismayed to see that
it came with Windows 2000 instead of XP.
Working on both computers on a day-in, day-out basis really makes me
wish the client had consulted me as to which OS to install. I would
definitely have opted for Win XP rather than the slower, less flexible,
less functional Win 2K.
I intend, in fact, to see that my office PC will receive the upgrade at
the first possible opportunity.
Ken Martin
Dear Ken,
I appreciate your direct-comparison report. Windows 2000 came from the
"professional" branch of Windows, and suffered from being half Windows
NT and half Windows 98. The Windows NT core was fine; however, the user
interface was less than user friendly.
The professional side had lots of features only a large network
administrator could love. Running into that stuff on a home network can
drive you crazy. It was just too hard to use, and help was too hard to
find.
Windows XP has a much more friendly user interface, and tons more
features to support things like digital photos and video on your
machine. Since Sony sells its computers as part of an imaging system, it
would be a shame to downgrade and lose those features.
You can take a Sony digital camcorder, plug it into a Sony computer, and
immediately transfer over the video. All the tools come preinstalled.
Digital Dave
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage - SP
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