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Jeremy Reimer

Thu Jan 17 09:46:37 2002

I really like 2000. Everything works, it's stable, all the apps and games I run work fine.

So why would I consider upgrading?

Here's the thing: It looks nicer. I keep seeing people post screenshots in the BF, and I think: wow, my Windows looks so boring.

Is this silly? I think so. And yet...

What do you think?

Imitation Gruel

Thu Jan 17 10:12:50 2002

I have a close acquaintance who upgraded to XP because he liked ClearType, and because he liked the fonts it came with, standard.

Different strokes for different folks. All the boxen I work with are running Win2K SP2 and will not be upgraded beyond that except for service packs. My mom's Dell is also running 2K SP2.

AllYorBaseRBelong2Us

Thu Jan 17 12:00:28 2002

Gamepad support seems to be better for XP.

my old top gun didn't have the nescessary drivers for 2000 so I couldn't use the hat switch. It was kind of pitifull as even win95 had the correct drivers built in for the thing. XP, like 95 supported it properly right out of the box.

Harbinger

Thu Jan 17 14:51:17 2002

I'm currently using XP Pro on my main box. I still have 2K sp2 running on my video/audio recording box, on my wife's computer, and my server.

Should you upgrade? You didn't really describe a need to do so, so I'd recommend just staying with what's working now. Are you talking about the computer that Pegasus3D is operating from?

XP has been solid as a rock for me in the month+ that I've been using it as the only OS on my main box. I've had a few app crashes, but the OS hasn't gone down. The only reset I've had is from one MS update a few weeks ago; other than that, it's been running 24/7.

Yes, it 'looks' more polished and ClearType rawks on my 19" monitor, but if these are your only reasons to upgrade, I'd say hold off until you have a pressing need to jump to XP. If your 2K machine is stable now, I don't see a reason to alter it, IMO.

HitScan

Thu Jan 17 15:49:39 2002

Cleartype is cool, and unless you have some hardware not working, about the only real reason to get XP. That said, if you can "find" XP for "nearly nothing" I'd go ahead and do it. :biggrin:

Riso

Thu Jan 17 17:19:05 2002

XP Pro is more secure and faster out of the box when compared to 2k Pro.

DeAthe

Fri Jan 18 09:46:34 2002

XP Pro also has better support for older games. I had a copy of Xcom that just refused to run on anything except for Win95. Installed XP and gave it a try, worked perfectly. I was fairly surprised.

DuffMan

Fri Jan 18 10:56:08 2002

XP is annoying. That stupid MSN messanger icon wont go away. And the explorer and find interfaces have been gayified.

DeAthe

Fri Jan 18 11:59:54 2002

Duff:

Open MSN Messenger Program.

Preferences.

Remove checkmark from "Start program when windows starts up"

Viola, gone.

Right click on "my computer" Select properties.
Click on Settings in "Performance"
Select "Adjust for best performance" Gayified gone.

XP is good, 2K is good... But if you don't "know" you have to upgrade, then fuck it, don't. :)

DuffMan

Fri Jan 18 12:05:31 2002

The problem is not that they can be gotten rid of, the problem is that they are there in the first place.

That's 20-30 secconds of my life I will never get back.

Also it would be a pain to do that on every computer it was installed on.

HitScan

Fri Jan 18 13:32:00 2002

Sadly DeAthe, that's only a temporary solution. It may not say "Add your passport to XP!" crap anymore, but IE will automatically open MSN when you go to a passport site. That seems particularly iffy to me. I use it mostly to log in to my hotmail account without typing my password. :biggrin:

PaulHill

Fri Jan 18 18:52:32 2002

Also it would be a pain to do that on every computer it was installed on.

So write a deployment script! Geesh!

Reasons I luv XP at home:

I think the UI is absolutely lovely.
I loikes dumping files to CD and hitting "Burn" rather than mucking about with Nero.
WMPXP's high-speed WMA rippin'. Also, the whole WMPXP thang - people think it's like WMP7 - it's not. It's hugely better.
Fast User Switching ("Does this app I'm writing still run if I'm a "Limited" user? (wap-wap) "Yep"
Background updates - no more mucking about with Windows Update checking for drivers
Indexing seems to actually work this time around (that is, really fast and with no hiccups whislt it indexes).
Boot speed and app launch speed are great.
Drivers for everything ever.

DeAthe

Fri Jan 18 21:40:03 2002

HitScan, MSN is shite, just uninstall it, then it won't pop up. I was really confused for a minute when I read your comment, cause I'd never seen it, but I did uninstall MSN as soon as I put XP on my computer.

You'll probably have to edit the sysoc.inf file to uninstall MSN, but it's relatively painless. :)

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