hi stan,
   i upgarde to win xp pro and had nothing but hassle with it,it would not
recognise my geforce 2mx card and when i ran it with another card half the
software programs had problems with it.
it was an absolute nightmare so i went back to ME


>From: Brighteyes <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
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>Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] XP vs 2000
>Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 19:27:51 -0800
>
>Hello Stan,
>Well I am a Windows 2000 Pro user/fan. I just installed it on my machine on
>the 13th of
>January.
>OS Before that was Windows 98SE YUCK!
>Yes it took me many hours to get it all together, drivers etc installed on
>here.
>However, all of my hardware was very compatible, which is a very big
>problem with XP.
>Also XP is still new and very very very buggy. And has way too many
>security holes still and
>does not
>have many new builds yet at all. Whereas Windows 2000 PRO has a new Build
>and pretty much, the
>bugs are out of it and its not only very secure but the most stable OS I
>have ever played with.
>I had a hard time figuring out how to set this up, but once I did. I have
>been more than
>impressed with it.
>And I have not had a crash one time, have not had to reboot but three times
>after all the
>setting up, nor have I had a minor burp happen on here at all. And I have
>been very brutal to
>it already. And I run a lot of graphic programs on this at one time and I
>have not had any
>problems running out of resources. I was constantly rebooting
>with Windows 98SE to get my resources back up and reset. Not with this. I
>am in heaven *S*
>I highly recommend going through the reformatt on this one. And I highly
>recommend that you
>reformat when you do this and do a clean install. Do not, copy it over
>another OS. That would
>defeat the whole purpose.
>I just cant say enough good about this program. I am very very happy for
>the first time with a
>Windows Product. And I could have gotten XP and I say, no thank you. I want
>to relax and enjoy
>my computer once and for all.
>They are both a bit of work to install. But its well worth it. As far as
>most compatable with
>old hardware.
>Windows 2000 Pro................. Hands down.
>I give it a 10++++++ on the scale. I would not go near XP for at least
>another year. They
>better have 3 builds before I would ever consider such a move.
>Hope this has helped you.
>Best of luck to you.
>Sue Dobbs
>
>
><<SNIP>>
>
>I am collecting some points "why it is better to have XP than 2000" <g>.
>So users of both systems, if you know, please share with it.
>
>Which OS supports old hardware better, which one easier to install
>etc.
>--
>Stanislav Rabinovich
><<SNIP>>
>
>
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