Blank Hard-Drive, Need New OS, Which one is the question. Windows XP Pro or Windows 2000 and why?

[jacktesterson]

The subject says it all...I have a freshly formated PC waiting for a new OS. I own both Windows 2000 Pro w/SP3 and Windows XP Professional. Which OS would you load on the PC and why?

 

[SUOrangeman]

If I had a legit copy, I think I'd go with XP and turn off all the eye candy. I cannot think of anything that 2K does better than XP. Most of the drivers are the same between the two. I doubt any piece of software will react differently. My Win2K install boots in 3 minutes or so (dual-Athlon, IDE-only drives) versus 30 seconds or less on XP.

-SUO

 

[Zim Hosein]

AMDHardcoreFan, if you're a gamer, I would go w/ XP Pro

 

[xpr8]

It's funny, I was in the same decision dilema the other night, and I chose Win 2k Professional.

On my previous hard drive (running on the same system), I had XP Pro, and ir ran great. I just wanted to try Win2k to see what all the fuss was about.

So far, I am loving Win2k. It seems to run everything a little faster and is very stable. I'd say you can't go wrong either way. And if you format your drives as often as I do (about once every 3 months), then does it really matter?

 

[galt]

I run w2k and love it. No extra bells and whistles, no candy colors (spare me the 'you can change it'). WinXP is just as good, but I prefer 2k to it. Just seems more leaner and meaner.

 

[elkinm]

I would go with XP Pro because of the added compatability for jsut about anything. I've also found it to be more configurable then 2000 as well, but still not like I would like it but anyways, I still think it is the better choice. The one I realy dislike about it the the registration with Microsoft but with the first registration and teh steps to make it less sensitive to hardware changes it becomes fine.

 

[Woodchuck2000]

I'd recommend XP, just because it has a few little features built in that become hard to live without. And it boots faster.
I've sort of got to like the eye-candy after a little while. 2K suddenly seems quite plain...

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: galt
I run w2k and love it. No extra bells and whistles, no candy colors (spare me the 'you can change it'). WinXP is just as good, but I prefer 2k to it. Just seems more leaner and meaner.

Yes and SP3 just came out for it too.

Win2k for me.

 

[pyjujiop]

Go for Win2K SP3 unless you have some old game or program that won't run under it. It's leaner, just as fast if not faster than XP and doesn't look like a kiddie OS when you boot it up.