Re: Windows 2000 vs. XP Home Edition ?

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From: f/f george (george_at_yourplace.com)
Date: 06/17/04 

Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 14:16:19 GMT

According to MS there are actually 4 versions of Windows 2000
Professional, Server, Advanced Server and Datacenter Server.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/default.asp

Windows 2000 is a downgrade in versions from XP but in alot of peoples
opinion a better platform for most everyday things. It can be
networked but not as easily at XP. In XP networking is a highly
automated process, in 2K it is a step by step process.
XP looks "prettier" to the eye and uses the graphics more but most of
that stuff is the frills.
XP can recover from errors easier and has "restore points" that can be
used to "restore" the system to a known working point after an
operation goes haywire.
2k on the other hand is not as susceptible to the newer desktop
pop-ups and other XP specific problems. Viruses can be targeting in
their manner and XP is an easy OS to target. More and more people are
using XP making it a higher value target. Win95 for instance almost
never gets hit by viruses. Also the newer version of IE can be
targeted, 2K comes with an older version that is less vulnerable to
todays attacks but since most people have upgraded that is not much of
an issue. Basically if you never upgrade your system you will become
less and less of a target for the viruses and worms, etc. because they
are exploiting todays OS, not the OS's of yesterday. That said IF you
are going to compete in todays markey you MUST keep up with the
technology and some software just runs better on XP than 2K!
Your mileage will vary because these are generalisations. This is the
21st Century and things change ALOT! Your system is not built like my
sytem which in turn is different form our neighbors or your friends.
Within XP, the Pro version is a little better than the Home one.
It has less limitations, doesn't require re-registering if you change
too many inards, can network with an unlimited number of computers,
easier to deny/allow others access to your computer, etc.

>Geez, I hate when I do this... but I think I've just made an fool of
>myself in a discussion with a friend...
>
>I was insisting that Windows 2000 came out in two flavors for client
>workstations: Professional and Home edition; he contends that there is
>(and always has been) only one version: Professional. Having just
>looked at Microsoft's website:
>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/WinHistoryDesktop.mspx it appears that I
>was mistaken and my friend was correct. I find this particularly
>disconcerting (and embarrassing) since I (unlike my friendB9) have a
>background in I/T and was so confident in the truth of my conviction.
>
>This discussion came about in the following context: I had mentioned
>that I recently wiped WinXP-Home off of my new laptop in favor of
>installing Windows 2000 Professional. My impression is that *he* seemed
>to think that doing this amounted to downgrading my operating system. And
>of course, my intent was to *upgrade* the quality of my OS.
>
>Well, for the moment anyway, I no longer feel the strength of my
>convictions on the answer to this question: which is the "better"
>operating system -- Windows 2000 Professional -or- Windows XP Home
>Edition? Therefore, I thought I'd consult a newsgroup whose members
>could provide an authoritative response.
>
>So... what say you? Which *is* the "better" operating system?
>
>NOTE: for the purpose of this discussion, I'd like to define "better" in
>terms of basic technical attributes and *not* in terms of (what I would
>consider to be) more superficial attributes such as cosmetic appearance
>or ease-of-use characteristics. I'm more concerned with things like
>robustness of technical features and capabilities, reliability and
>stability, etc. In other words, which is "better" from the perspective
>of a someone with an I/T background vs. a typical, non-technical end-
>user?
>_______
> -CH
>ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
>________________________
>1. My friend is a lawyer... and, as we all know, *they* are always
>confident about everything! ;-)
>

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