On the other hand, I used to be a die hard W2K user, but after installing XP
Pro at home (for specific reasons), I have come to appreciate the new
features in XP. While many of the improvements are more subtle (the XP
kernel is based on Windows server 2003, rather than the original Windows
2000 core), some of the more visible features would be hard to live without
now (these may not be important to some people). These include the faster
booting due to loading and ordering of the startup applications, remote
desktop, built-in firewall, and multiple user switching.

Again, your mileage may vary, it all depends on how you use the OS and what
features you depend on most.

Russ Poffenberger
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Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 8:43 PM
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Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Win2000 on new build?


Hi Peetie,
I'm still running W2K Pro on just about every computer I own, one being 
a recent build. Go for it...with the caveat that MS will eventually pull 
support just as they do for any OS they don't feel is worth the effort 
any more. Maybe 3 years from now??
Michael

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