Re: Upgrading to XP (or 2000)

From: Marco van de Voort (marcov_at_stack.nl)
Date: 02/11/04 

Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 00:56:26 +0000 (UTC)

On 2004-02-10, Rob Kennedy <me@privacy.net> wrote:
> Jud McCranie wrote:
>> On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 14:20:57 -0500, "Bruce Roberts"
>> <ber@bounceitattcanada.xnet> wrote:
>>> Do you have some specific reasons for recommending against W2K?
>>> While I haven't used it as a development environment all my
>>> experience with the o/s has been extremely positive.
>>
>> It has been superceeded by XP pro, hasn't it? If you're upgrading
>> operating systems, I think it would make more sense to go to XP pro
>> than 2000.
>
> I don't think "There's something newer" is a specific reason. It's not
> even a very good reason.
>
> My reasons for prefering XP:
>
> 1. Visual styles. When I'm writing components, I want to ensure that
> they look correct both with and without a theme applied. I can't test
> that on Windows 2000.
>
> 2. Fast user switching. Fast user switching is an easier way of running
> something as an administrator. In Windows 2000, I can use the run-as
> service, but I'm just not as comfortable with that as I am with a
> separate desktop setup.

Reasons for prefering W2000:

Faster, leaner, one can keep IE5 which feels a tad faster than IE6 Sub
1.5-2GHz these are nice things.
Less annoying visually, less to turn off after installing.

> And those are both fairly weak reasons for me. I spend only a small
> fraction of my time writing components or tweaking administrative
> settings. Windows 2000 is a fine system for development work. No reason
> to avoid it.

Same with XP. Differences are not that great, though be sure one gets
XP-pro, if you use M$ networking functionality. If you choose XP-Home avoid
restore CDs as the plague, and make sure you get a _real_ cd, with as
few mods as possible. (/me hates OEM versions)

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