Which is Better

[Paul_XXX]

Hello ... I am curious as to which is better windows 2000
pro or xp pro ??? Now i heard that 2000 pro is ... Could
this be true and if so why then ???

[Goran]

Paul,
XP ofcourse, would Microsoft release XP if W2K was better?
Anyway here is difference between two....

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/whyupgrade/featurecomp.asp


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"Paul_XXX" > wrote in message
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> Hello ... I am curious as to which is better windows 2000
> pro or xp pro ??? Now i heard that 2000 pro is ... Could
> this be true and if so why then ???

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

"Which is better?" That depends entirely upon the uses to which
you put your computer, the network environment in which you'll operate
it, your specific security needs, and your level of computer
knowledge.

Which is better, a Macintosh apple or a Fuji apple? Isn't it
largely a matter of taste?


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"Paul_XXX" > wrote in message
...
> Hello ... I am curious as to which is better windows 2000
> pro or xp pro ??? Now i heard that 2000 pro is ... Could
> this be true and if so why then ???

[kurttrail]

Goran wrote:

> Paul,
> XP ofcourse, would Microsoft release XP if W2K was better?
> Anyway here is difference between two....
>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/whyupgrade/featurecomp.asp
>

Well MS release WinME after 98SE, and there ain't much argument that ME
is better than 98SE.

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[Ken Blake, MVP]

In ,
Paul_XXX > typed:

> Hello ... I am curious as to which is better windows 2000
> pro or xp pro ??? Now i heard that 2000 pro is ... Could
> this be true and if so why then ???


Windows 2000 and Windows XP are marketing names. Under the hood
Windows 2000 is Windows NT 5.0 and XP is Windows NT 5.1. Seen
that way, you should realize that Windows XP is just a newer
improved version of 2000, so the answer to your question is that
XP is better. With an occasional rare exception, each new version
represents an improvement over its predecessor.

Pick any version of Windows (or any other product) and you can
always find partisans for it who will claim it was the best ever
made. These are the people who have never taken the trouble to
learn the newer version and how to use it properly. They are
living in the past; fortunately there are relatively few such
people, or the world would never make progress on anything.

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[kurttrail]

Paul_XXX wrote:

> Hello ... I am curious as to which is better windows 2000
> pro or xp pro ??? Now i heard that 2000 pro is ... Could
> this be true and if so why then ???

This is an XP group, so your likely to get more people extolling the
virtues of XP over 2K. I use XP at work, but for my own computer at
home, I use 2K. Personally, I think it is much more stable platform to
work with. XP really needs SP2 to be released, cause after a year & a
half of being a patchwork quilt since SP1, XP seems to me to becoming a
real slug when it comes to performance.

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[Alex Nichol]

Paul_XXX wrote:

>Hello ... I am curious as to which is better windows 2000
>pro or xp pro ??? Now i heard that 2000 pro is .

Under the hood there is not that much difference - they are 'Windows NT
versions 5.0 and 5.1'. XP comes with a new GUI - to some conservative
people any change in interface is anathema. Also with additional
multimedia features, tried out in ME originally, which the conservative
will see as of no benefit. XP does have some functional improvements -
System Restore for example - but also goes even further than 2000 in
prohibiting old legacy programs and drivers working in ways that might
compromise the system. I doubt if there is much case for spending money
on a 2000 to XP upgrade, but if upgrading from anything else I would go
to XP


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[kurttrail]

Alex Nichol wrote:

> Paul_XXX wrote:
>
>> Hello ... I am curious as to which is better windows 2000
>> pro or xp pro ??? Now i heard that 2000 pro is .
>
> Under the hood there is not that much difference - they are 'Windows
> NT versions 5.0 and 5.1'.

Except that 2k has seen 4 Service Packs and XP is still on SP1, after nearly
2 1/2 years after it's intial release.

> XP comes with a new GUI - to some
> conservative people any change in interface is anathema.

The GUI is useless bloat. Eye Candy. Totally useless.

> Also with
> additional multimedia features, tried out in ME originally, which the
> conservative will see as of no benefit.

The multimedia like Windows Messenger, MovieMaker, are really applications
that really shouldn't be part of the OS. Third party multimedia apps do a
much better job, than MS's bundled middleware.

> XP does have some functional
> improvements - System Restore for example - but also goes even
> further than 2000 in prohibiting old legacy programs and drivers
> working in ways that might compromise the system.

System Restore is a last resort meassure. Backing up your system with 3rd
party imaging software is much more dependable!

> I doubt if there
> is much case for spending money on a 2000 to XP upgrade, but if
> upgrading from anything else I would go to XP

After SP2 is released, maybe. We'll have to wait & wait & wait & see.

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[yo]

/kurttrail/ said:

> Except that 2k has seen 4 Service Packs and XP is still on SP1, after nearly
> 2 1/2 years after it's intial release.

More time in English class; less time here Kurt. "Its" NEVER has an
apostrophe, unless it means "it is". "Initial".

Not important? Perhaps not - here - where it only 'stutters' the meaning
in the mind of the reader. VERY important in the business world, where
you might one day need a REAL job.^

[kurttrail]

yoyo wrote:

> kurttrail said:
>
>> Except that 2k has seen 4 Service Packs and XP is still on SP1,
>> after nearly 2 1/2 years after it's intial release.
>
> More time in English class; less time here Kurt. "Its" NEVER has an
> apostrophe, unless it means "it is". "Initial".
>

Don't care. I misspelled "meassure," but you cut that part out of your
reply. And you missed laming me on incomplete sentences too! Oh, but then
you'd have to lame yourself too, wouldn't you?!

> Not important?

No, *its* not important to me, though I can see why *its* important to a
cunnis like you! <vbg>

> Perhaps not - here - where it only 'stutters' the
> meaning in the mind of the reader.

The only people it "'stutters'" are those that are totally effin' anal about
form over substance.

> VERY important in the business
> world, where you might one day need a REAL job.^

I have a real job. Why don't you effin' try to take issue with my opinions,
rather than my admittedly poor ability to proof-read my own words.

So what's your opinion relating to the topic of this thread, lamer? Those
that can, do, and those that can't, lame those that can.

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[yo]

Yo kurttrail,
I ain't got nuthin better to do then correct peoples likes
you that can't talk no good. You should no that "it's"
ain't write the way yous used it. I did not do nothin bad
bout tellin yous whats right n whats wrong, so stop jeevin
me's. Do's you stutter's when's you talk to ? Them there
is the golden ruler you's shoulda learnt in first grade.
yo

>More time in English class; less time here Kurt. "Its"
>NEVER has an
>apostrophe, unless it means "it is". "Initial".

>Not important? Perhaps not - here - where it
>only 'stutters' the meaning
>in the mind of the reader. VERY important in the
>business world, where
>you might one day need a REAL job.^

>> Paul,
>> XP ofcourse, would Microsoft release XP if W2K was
better?
>> Anyway here is difference between two....
>>
>>
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/whyupgra
de/featurecomp.asp
>>
>
>Well MS release WinME after 98SE, and there ain't much
argument that ME
>is better than 98SE.
>
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Oxymoron!
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>
>
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>

[kurttrail]

yoyo wrote:

> Yo kurttrail,
> I ain't got nuthin better to do then correct peoples likes
> you that can't talk no good.

Obviously.

> You should no that "it's"
> ain't write the way yous used it.

I do, but I just don't care.

> I did not do nothin bad
> bout tellin yous whats right n whats wrong, so stop jeevin
> me's.

What's the matter? Can't take a little criticism, huh?

> Do's you stutter's when's you talk to ?

No, but I do have a slight problem with S's. But what is the relationship
between a speech impediment & improper written grammar?

> Them there
> is the golden ruler you's shoulda learnt in first grade.
> yo

Oh well, I guess since I've learn to live with it for a little over 37 years
now since 1st grade, that I won't have much of a problem dealing with it for
the rest of my life.

Do you have any opinion relating to this thread about 2K & XP, or are you
just so much in love with me, that I'm all that concerns you? Maybe you
should start your own Newsgroup.

alt.grammar.yoyoloves.kurttrail

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[Shane]

> > Also with
> > additional multimedia features, tried out in ME originally, which the
> > conservative will see as of no benefit.
>
> The multimedia like Windows Messenger, MovieMaker, are really applications
> that really shouldn't be part of the OS. Third party multimedia apps do a
> much better job, than MS's bundled middleware.
>

http://www.jsware.net/jsware/viinfo.html#future

> > XP does have some functional
> > improvements - System Restore for example - but also goes even
> > further than 2000 in prohibiting old legacy programs and drivers
> > working in ways that might compromise the system.
>
> System Restore is a last resort meassure. Backing up your system with 3rd
> party imaging software is much more dependable!

But an arsehole of a job to do every day for most, esp. if it has to boot to
DOS to do the imaging. Once a week is good imo and SR serves pretty well for
revertion to post- last image.

Shane

[Shane]

> No, but I do have a slight problem with S's.

Pre-420?


Shane

[kurttrail]

Shane wrote:

>> No, but I do have a slight problem with S's.
>
> Pre-420?

LOL!

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[apple forever]

Well, we have a Windows 2000 Pro and a Windows XP and the Windows 2000 crashes less that the XP. Of course, Windows XP is the fastest version of Windows yet. But when you factor in the time you spend after it crashes, Windows 2000 get more done. But,
if you really want a version you can count on visit www.apple.com/macosx

[Malke]

apple forever wrote:

> Well, we have a Windows 2000 Pro and a Windows XP and the Windows 2000
> crashes less that the XP. Of course, Windows XP is the fastest
> version of Windows yet. But when you factor in the time you spend
> after it crashes, Windows 2000 get more done. But, if you really want
> a version you can count on visit www.apple.com/macosx

I thought Apple people were smart. You're posting in the wrong group.

Malke
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[JAX]

I bought XP about 3 months after it was released. I have never had a crash.
I have never had a problem I could blame on XP.

FWIW, JAX

"Malke" > wrote in message
...
> apple forever wrote:
>
> > Well, we have a Windows 2000 Pro and a Windows XP and the Windows 2000
> > crashes less that the XP. Of course, Windows XP is the fastest
> > version of Windows yet. But when you factor in the time you spend
> > after it crashes, Windows 2000 get more done. But, if you really want
> > a version you can count on visit www.apple.com/macosx
>
> I thought Apple people were smart. You're posting in the wrong group.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"

[kurttrail]

Malke wrote:

> apple forever wrote:
>
>> Well, we have a Windows 2000 Pro and a Windows XP and the Windows
>> 2000 crashes less that the XP. Of course, Windows XP is the
>> fastest version of Windows yet. But when you factor in the time you
>> spend after it crashes, Windows 2000 get more done. But, if you
>> really want a version you can count on visit www.apple.com/macosx
>
> I thought Apple people were smart. You're posting in the wrong group.
>

Why? His comments were on topic. 2K is more stable than ME of NT, XP.

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