Upgrade to XP?
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- arinya
Hiya. I'm a mac user but I can't afford to get a G5 so I built a 2GHz PC for my freelancing for close to nothing last year. I am running Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and I like how stable it is. But my wife is used to using XP and I am getting bored of my OS. I never upgraded because of all the "flaws" I heard XP had. Am I better off just leaving my OS alone or is it worth wild to upgrade to XP?
- ********0
it will not hurt you, much the same as NT to me, except with Fisher-Price icons.
- ********0
XP pro works for me... make sure your kit is up to it though. But, if it ain't broke....?!
- arinya0
word!
- ********0
to be honest I prefer 2000, seems more stable to me...
- aliendn0
2000 is great, xp looks girly, but it comes with features that are pretty cool(though im sure they're somehow available with extentions.)
for instance if you have a huge folder of downloads say of mp3s and you want to arrange them according to albums, you just the "sort in groups" option and bang, they're all sorted according to albums! you have no idea how excellent this is. also with the "sort in groups option" if you sort according to date modified, it divides stuff by the days, weeks, and month in a very clear and concise manner.
- clerk0
upgrade, just make sure to have the service pack 1 or wait til SP2 is released in a month or two... or three
- aliendn0
oh and instead of the blue screen of death, you get a cute bubble saying "program not responding, do you want me to call bill gates for you" but besides that, really stable, but so was 2000. id be inclined to say xp makes things easier for viewing multimedia, but if youre not lazy 2k should be just as good.
- arinya0
What is SP2? Oh Service Pack 2! duh! hehe......*curls up with G5 in fetal position*
- meok0
Been using it for the past 2 years, very solid. I cant remember the last time it crash. I been working on a couple win2k machines after that and it just felt lacking. So yeah, go for it.
- nuarmy0
Been using XP since it came out. (that was before my mac :P) XP has some flaws to it but so does everything MS puts out. If your willing to deal with things just not working for no reason then have a go at it.
- lnu0
winXP has two interface styles:
1. Fisher Price
2. Windows 2000
It's your pick.
- meok0
oh great, mac preachers..
- chrispy0
sp2 is out now..you can download if you want. FINAL btw.
- fate0
Like others have said, make sure you have your patches ready. Connecting a fresh install of XP to broadband will STILL get you hit with Slammer or Sasser. So be careful.
- ********0
You can turn off the Fisher Price interface.
Mass-file renaming is a very handy feature, as it the way it interacts with CD-R etc...