Re: Is it worth upgrading to XP Pro ?

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From: Tony Talmage (fakeaddress_at_nodomain.com)
Date: 11/12/04 

Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 08:20:31 -0600

I don't think the question "is it worth it" can be accurately answered -
after all, you're asking if we think it's worth it for you, but this is
something that really needs to be determined based on your needs and
expendable cash. However... I'll just say this and you can make your own
judgment. First off, you ask about Pro - from what you describe, it sounds
like Pro might be a little more than what you need, although it's really not
too different from Home: multi-processor support, stuff like that. Also,
Home is 100 bucks cheaper ($99 for Upgrade and $199 for Full compared to
$199/$299 respectively for Pro). Personally, since I upgraded to XP, I've
never looked back. I upgraded my personal machine from Win98, and my former
roommates upgraded from Win2k and WinME, and none of us felt XP was a bad
move.

If you don't like or want the visual effects XP offers, most can simply be
turned off: screensavers can be disabled, translucent selection area turned
off, etc. So if you feel that $99 is worth it to you, by all means, you
won't be losing anything other than cash - if you don't want to deal with
the hassle of transferring data, etc., you might want to just leave well
enough alone. 

-- 
Tony Talmage
"Kevin Lawton" <socks.kepla.shoes@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:cn2b51$rqf$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
> I've been using Windows 2000 Pro for almost four years now and it is
'okay'.
> Not perfect, by any means, but quite okay for general use.
> My applications are just 'general use' - internet & e-mail, office apps
like
> word & excel, SQL server 2000 database, photo editing, CD burning, etc.
> Nothing very esoteric, just 'bread and butter' work.
> Reliability and efficiency are what I like to see, fancy 'eye candy' like
> animated icons and screen savers are of no interest and for the sake of
> efficiency I'd rather be without them.
> So, the question is: is it worth paying the cost and going to the trouble
of
> upgrading to Windows XP Pro or should I just stick with Windows 2000 ?  Wh
at
> do I stand to gain - or lose ?
> TIA
> Kevin.
>
>
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