Windows XP or Windows 2000

[PCMarine]

My general rule of thumb

Computers < 1000 mhz I go w/ Windows 2000 Pro because it's more streamlined and contains less "fluff" that XP has. Therefore your system will overall run faster without the extra burden, and it has the same capabilities as XP.

Computers > 1000mhz I go w/ Windows XP mainly because the processor can easily handle the extra fluff and can take advantage to the capabilities that XP has over 2000

 

[Booter]

Originally posted by:jliechty
Crap, I guess I was wrong.

Back in the day when I read about all the XP SCSI performance "problems," no one really understood why there was a problem, and no one understood that it was a benchmarking anomality, not a real problem. But here is a thread at StorageReview that explains the supposed XP SCSI performance "problem."

Thanks for the link, intresting read!

Use this as debate material if anyone else brings it up in the future.

i will

 

[BPiersol]

Awwwww, just go with ME :Q

 

[Lonyo]

I don't totally agree with the support point. Most XP drivers (graphics cards/direct x) are 2k/XP drivers, ie: for both OS's. This (to me) suggests even when they don't say they work with 2k, they still MIGHT. So I'm not all that worried about drivers. That and the fact that 2k will be supported for probably another 2 years anyway, by which time you might have got a new system that comes with an OS pre-installed anyway.
The games I found wouldn't work with 2k didn't work in XP either, even when I tried various compatibility modes (Imperium Galactica II, Dungeon Keeper 2 and NFS 2).
I would recommend 2k. I also found XP and 2k had almost identical startup times, and logging on in XP seemed to take longer than 2k.