Re: Best Business OS

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

From: Steve Riley [MSFT] (steriley_at_microsoft.com)
Date: 02/01/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:10:06 -0800

Then you are preferring and recommending a platform that was not designed
to operate in the kinds of very hostile networks that exist today, will have
no future development on it, and will reach end of mainstream support on
30 June 2005.

XP Professional is the correct choice for the OP.

Steve Riley
steriley@microsoft.com

> Stephen Horrillo wrote:
>
>> I'm prearing a computer for a friend's office. It's 2.4 gig with 1
>> gig of ram. They have their computers networked. Which OS would be
>> the best 2000 Pro or XP Pro.
>>
>> Im not sure which NG this would apply to so I'm very sorry for the
>> mutipost. :(
>>
> XP is way too GUI. Too many popup's and wizards. I still recommend
> w2k knowing that it is nearing it's first deadline.
>

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