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Drew

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23rd Mar 03 at 03:41

got xp on now - but have 2k cd (cheers hillzy)

which is better and for wot reason?

Lynny

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23rd Mar 03 at 03:45

2k - less kiddyish

Dan B

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23rd Mar 03 at 04:16

2k, without a doubt...

XP has no-end of driver-incompatibility problems (or it did when I used it, anyway), isn't as good for gaming as they make it out to be. Oh, and having to reinstall 7 times in 4 days doesn't do much to reinforce an impression of what should be a stable Operating System. Finally, if you're going to change any hardware in your machine, prepare for LOTS of blue-screen-crashes, it's the way XP was made (it registers every piece of hardware in your machine when you install it, so if you change anything major, it thinks it's a new machine, hence thinks you're using a copy, hence crashes itself - how's that for copy-protection).

So, 2k gets my vote, and has done for the last few months!

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23rd Mar 03 at 04:22

quote:
Originally posted by Dan B
2k, without a doubt...

XP has no-end of driver-incompatibility problems (or it did when I used it, anyway), isn't as good for gaming as they make it out to be. Oh, and having to reinstall 7 times in 4 days doesn't do much to reinforce an impression of what should be a stable Operating System. Finally, if you're going to change any hardware in your machine, prepare for LOTS of blue-screen-crashes, it's the way XP was made (it registers every piece of hardware in your machine when you install it, so if you change anything major, it thinks it's a new machine, hence thinks you're using a copy, hence crashes itself - how's that for copy-protection).

So, 2k gets my vote, and has done for the last few months!

lol my reason was better

Dan B

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23rd Mar 03 at 04:24

If you say so!

Lynny

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23rd Mar 03 at 04:32

Dan B

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23rd Mar 03 at 04:37

If you're going to play lots of games, dual-boot your system with 2k and 98se...

Drew

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23rd Mar 03 at 08:15

nah dont play games on pc

so wot featurs does 2k have over xp - if any

or it just less kiddyish

paul_spurrell

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23rd Mar 03 at 09:29

2k makes people think they know more about computers than they actually do

Lynny

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23rd Mar 03 at 09:35

i hav 2k but il happily admit that i kno nothing about computers

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23rd Mar 03 at 11:22

XP can be made to look just like win2k, so those who are moaning about its kiddyish-ness are talkin out of their arse

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23rd Mar 03 at 11:25

the first versions of XP were pants and had'nt been fully tested - but the XP on the market now is far better than 2K its a far better system and if you know what your doing you can run it to its full advantage

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23rd Mar 03 at 11:25

I have 2K on all the work PC's, but my home PC came pre-installed with XP.

XP seems to crash every now and then when it feels like it, whereas 2K seems a lot more stable.

Oh, and I know nothing about PCs....

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23rd Mar 03 at 11:40

yeah windows 2k is alot better im using 2k professional

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23rd Mar 03 at 11:46

I agree, I'm running 2k pro (SP3) on a machine downstairs, tripple-bootin 2k pro sp3, xp pro sp1 and freebsd linux on my laptop. and i got a server runnin 2k server, tried the new .net and think its shit. I only ever use xp when I need to run somethin which wont run on 2k

[Edited on 23-03-2003 by PaulW]

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23rd Mar 03 at 11:56

I'd vote XP Pro personally. I'm running it (SP1) and have had no problems for a very long time now.

As others have said, it can be made to look similar to 2K Pro anyway so that's not even an issue.

Driver compatibility is much improved over earlier versions IMO.

At the end of the day, it's a revised and updated revision on the 2K kernel, I personally would strongly recommend XP Pro

(Unless we could get OS X on Intel but that's another story...)

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23rd Mar 03 at 12:14

I personally run XP at home... looks like 2K, hardware support is amazing...

...if you've got XP installed then there's no point changing.

A system is only as stable as the hardware its running on and how good a job the person running it does on the config.

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23rd Mar 03 at 12:58

I reckon Windows NT 4.0 SP7 - great stuff

Trotty

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23rd Mar 03 at 13:00

What, you mean the SP that never got released

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23rd Mar 03 at 13:01

Ok then SP 6.0 I don't know I hate NT

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23rd Mar 03 at 13:05

SP6a more than likely

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23rd Mar 03 at 13:28

2k is industry standard.
Xp is for the retarded thinking theres a hope in IT for them

[Edited on 2323/0303/03030303 by Super_si]

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23rd Mar 03 at 13:43

quote:
Originally posted by Super_si
Xp is for the retarded thinking theres a hope in IT for them

Harsh, and not strictly true IMO, but funny nonetheless

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23rd Mar 03 at 14:27

isnt it

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23rd Mar 03 at 14:30

Si, who u got broadband with?

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