I have plenty of RAM (2gB) lots of HD (250gB)
No trouble running 2k at the moment, but SHOULD i upgrade?
Not to Vista, i heard it sucked.
2007-09-03 22:24:50 · 10 answers · asked by Faesson 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
hard_cane0 response covers it. MS W2K Professional is in the Extended Support through 7/13/2010 according to the link below.
As long as your current software works with MS W2K, you shouldn't have any need to upgrade. As with any older operating system though, consider that new software may support the older operating systems less. You probably won't find many new games listing MS Windows 95/98/ME.
MS Windows XP is a fine desktop operating system and many prefer it over MS Windows Vista. I have both installed at home and I've used MS W2K for a long time and I have to say that MS Windows XP is by far my favorite OS from Microsoft.
MS Vista doesn't "suck", it just doesn't offer a compelling reason to migrate to it yet. As I mentioned, I have both XP and Vista on sytems at home and I haven't seen a reason to move the XP system over to Vista. Maybe when I start seeing more memory intensive applications that go beyond 4 GB of RAM, I'll switch over to the 64bit version of Vista. Until then, W2K and XP do everything I need to them to do.
2007-09-04 04:18:00 · answer #1 · answered by Jim Maryland 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its the old adage " If it aint broke dont fix it "
Win2k is a fine o/s particularly for business purposes.
Oh and Vista is far superior to XP, whatever dont listen to the ' vista sucks' brigade, most of them dont know what the hell they are talking about as theyve never tried it, and are just going on hearsay.
I have been using Vista from the day it was released and before that in Beta form and i'm well happy with it.
Anyway stick with Win2k if it is working well for you, afterall its little more than XP witout the eye candy.
2007-09-04 06:04:39 · answer #2 · answered by Linux Mint 11 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2014-09-02 11:28:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I you like 2k, you will like XP as well. The only thing is you may not like the new GUI, but XP can use Classical Windows GUI in that case. I think it has good support for cameras, scanners and new hardware. Upgrade if you want it.
2007-09-04 13:10:54 · answer #4 · answered by davichito 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Microsoft will stop support and updating of W2K at year 2010,,,so if you regularly use the updating of the W2K ,,you will not be able to do that at 2010,,, otherwise no problem to continue with W2K
2007-09-04 05:39:21 · answer #5 · answered by hard_cane0 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have used every single version of windows directed at the home user and although Windows 2000 does have some charm about it, its not the sharpest tool in the box there are limitations to what you can and cant do on 2K, and XP very easily exceeds this previous version with performance and trouble free operation that has not been rivalled before or since
The look and feel of XP is so user friendly, 2K is pure and simply no match for it, I would go to XP
For example.........
Windows XP is a line of operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on general-purpose computer systems, including home and business desktops, notebook computers, and media centers. The letters "XP" stand for eXPerience.[2] Codenamed "Whistler", after Whistler, British Columbia, as many Microsoft employees skied at the Whistler-Blackcomb ski resort during its development. Windows XP is the successor to both Windows 2000 and Windows Me, and is the first and last consumer-oriented operating system produced by Microsoft to be built on the Windows NT kernel and architecture. Windows XP was first released on October 25, 2001, and over 400 million copies are in use, according to a January 2006 estimate by an IDC analyst.[3] It is succeeded by Windows Vista, which was released to volume license customers on November 8, 2006, and worldwide to the general public on January 30, 2007.
The most common editions of the operating system are Windows XP Home Edition, which is targeted at home users, and Windows XP Professional, which has additional features such as support for Windows Server domains and two physical processors, and is targeted at power users and business clients. Windows XP Media Center Edition has additional multimedia features enhancing the ability to record and watch TV shows, view DVD movies, and listen to music. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition is designed to run the ink-aware Tablet PC platform. Two separate 64-bit versions of Windows XP were also released, Windows XP 64-bit Edition for IA-64 (Itanium) processors and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition for x86-64 and powerPC processors.
Windows XP is known for its improved stability and efficiency over the 9x versions of Microsoft Windows. It presents a significantly redesigned graphical user interface, a change Microsoft promoted as more user-friendly than previous versions of Windows. New software management capabilities were introduced to avoid the "DLL hell" that plagued older consumer oriented 9x versions of Windows. It is also the first version of Windows to use product activation to combat software piracy, a restriction that did not sit well with some users and privacy advocates. Windows XP has also been criticized by some users for security vulnerabilities, tight integration of applications such as Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player, and for aspects of its default user interface.
Windows XP had been in development since early 1999, when Microsoft started working on Windows Neptune, an operating system intended to be the "Home Edition" equivalent to Windows 2000 Professional. It was eventually canceled and became Whistler, which later became Windows XP. Many ideas from Neptune and Odyssey (another canceled Windows version) were used in Windows XP.
2007-09-04 06:09:26 · answer #6 · answered by ICEMAN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When there is no trouble, why think of upgrading? Continue using win2K and Enjoy!
2007-09-04 05:30:18 · answer #7 · answered by bhasi 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i think u should upgrade to WinXP with such a high end hardware configuration. check out http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/whyupgrade/featurecomp.mspx
why it really matter from Microsoft point of view.
2007-09-04 05:34:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i was worried about that a few years ago ... once i upgraded i never regretted it .. xp is the best ..
2007-09-04 05:32:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. It boots quicker. It burns Cd's
2007-09-04 05:30:23 · answer #10 · answered by randy 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋