Win XP Pro Or Win2k

[edaskew]

Which one processes WU's Fasters?

 

[EvilWobbles]

I have run Seti on the exact same machine with both operating systems. I upgraded from Win2K to Windows XP Pro.

I saw no discernible difference between the Operating Systems. Windows XP is the Win2K kernel with some added bells and whistles...

That is my personal experience with the two OSs

 

[muttley]

Linux Redhat 6.2 seems to process faster for Distributed folding.

 

[edaskew]

How much faster.. I could do a dual boot.

 

[CraigRT]

They should be about the same. Win2K is better though.

 

[Baldy18]

You have to shut off all the animation crap in Windows XP but after you do that they are pretty darn equal. I agree with the rest though I refuse to use any operating system other than Windows 2K it kicks butt.

 

[DanC]

B18 is right on the nose with that one.

Win2K rulez. heheh.

Linux is fun if you're doing a bunch of nodes though. I wouldn't discount the learning experience that comes with doing a Linux server. It's well worth it, and you get another GEEK button. :Q

Edit:

Oh yeah... I recommend Linux Mandrake. Very nice job they did on that one.

 

[CraigRT]

Win2K forever!
I've heard no more support in 9 months for Win2000 though, which really sucks nard.. anyone know for sure? I will keep using it as long as XP is still the mainstream one out....

 

[IJump]

PCDos if you ask me:Q

When is the seti client coming out for that?

 

[RaySun2Be]

Originally posted by: IJump
PCDos if you ask me:Q

When is the seti client coming out for that?

Now that was a true command line OS!

PC DOS rules! Winblows Drools!

Ah, the good old days of DOS. Hehe

 

[MoFunk]

Hmm. I actually prefer WinXP over Win2K. But that is just me. But do run them both and there is no speed difference. I did see a thread yesterday where A guy was testing speeds with Linux and found that the best times where running under wine. So that is interesting.

 

[JWMiddleton]

As long as you have more than 128 MB of RAM and do as Baldy18 says then either one is fine. I prefer WinXP Pro! Either one does much better with VLAR WUs, so your average will be improved over Win9x.

 

[Viztech]

I saw a poll thread on the 2000/XP question (not doing with DC) a while back with dozens of responses. As you can imagine, the responses were evenly split between the 2 OSes.

Most of us business geeks like 2K so well it's hard to imagine it's from M$. I really need to get more exposure to XP

/me can't believe that I used to like Win 95 and NT4.

viz