XP or 2000

[Web Master]

I plan to upgrade 15 pc's in an office enviroment. I'm either going with XP Pro or 2000 Pro. Which is best. Thanks

[kannibul]

Linux Mandrake 8.1

[freddy]

in reply to your question: win2k pro and xp pro are very similar ,,,,,,,i was using (off and on) 2k pro ,,,,,then rushed out to buy (?) xp pro ,,,,i was a little dissapointed at spending £250.00 (as if)

i have been using xp for only a week or so ,,,but if u give it some "serious" tweeking ,,,it flies.

mayme for networking etc it might be better, but for small/home use ,,,,,it is a silly interfaced (ie6 looks like netscape) 2k with a native cd/r (as if u aint already got one) with a silly system restore,,,,

personal views:


i think "personally" that u would be better off using 2k

freddy

[PJPilate]

Well since that didnt address his question...

I use WinXP here to test things on for the next upgrade, but we are going to W2k from Win98. Xp is mainly visual eye candy for the users, and based on the W2k Kernel, but the IT department will goto XP...

For your reference, try these MS sites for why to upgrade...
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/whyupgrade/performance.asp" target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/whyupgrade/performance.asp</a>

BTW, was talking about the first reply to this message...

[ShadowKing]

Actaully there are a couple big advantages of XP over 2000.

For you a HUGE one is Remote Assitance. When your user says "Can you help me fix this problem in office?" You say "Sure, Let me take control of your mouse and keyboard and show you how..."

No more getting up and walking. Also Remote Desktop is really nice. From home, connect over the VPN to the corporate network and use your exact work computer, just as you left it.

Those are the two big ones that rock. Other than those, there aren't really a whole lot of differences.

[PurpleDoc]

I think that if you are not familliar with either os go with xp. Myself I have been using 2000 since it came out and am very familiar with it and don't plan to change. I loaded XP on a couple of systems and I am not to crazy about it. It is not as intuitive as 2000. It looks to me that KB-Toys develped the GUI. The remote advantage can be had with 2K. We have used several apps to control peoples desktops around the county from Phoenix.

[G-Nome]

If you are using any old legacy type applications, I would recommend going with XP. For backward software compatability XP's compatability wizard is an extremely useful tool I have used a couple of times. No more "This program was designed to run under Windows 9x only" messages. Course you have to have a look at the specs of the machines you are upgrading to see if they up to it.

[senectus]

We're doing the same thing, except for on nearly 300 pc's.
We're going the win2k route.
Personally I like win2k alot more than I like winXP, but I can understand why you might rather choose the XP route.

[Cygnus]

After testing XP for a while now I would definately say 2Kpro is the way to go. All the pro tools you need without all the fluff and bubble gum.

[Cygnus]

[quote]Linux Mandrake 8.1 <hr></blockquote>


Please Kannibul, LOL, you give the users too much credit.

[AlienDyne]

I would use Win2K.

XP is fine. It's supposed to be faster and more reliable but it is incompatible with some devices. Drivers are yet to be released.

[Daemon]

If you go with Xp you must MUST get XP pro, dont EVER get the Home version. If you get the home version, you will not have any of the networking abilitys. Not even mail to exchanged and no novell hookup


If anything win2k is the way to go. Im running XP pro at home on a junk box and another with 2k. (Same computers) 2k is more stable than Xp. I have XP blue screen and crash and bring up that stupid Send Bug box at least 5 times a day

[Daemon]

[quote]Originally posted by kannibul:
<strong>Linux Mandrake 8.1</strong><hr></blockquote>

Slackware Linux!

[Ya_know]

[quote]Originally posted by Web Master:
<strong>I plan to upgrade 15 pc's in an office enviroment. I'm either going with XP Pro or 2000 Pro. Which is best. Thanks</strong><hr></blockquote>

You will note the general consensus is that testing within your environment is key. If you buy one of each, and test all of your software apps for ease of use, and compatibility you will avoid a serious problem when you are 15 PC’s into it and a specific task can’t be done. For instance, I recall some posts a little while ago about Office 97 and XP not playing well together. The ultimate solution, MS apparently doesn’t support this combo, and the need to upgrade the Office suite was in store.

So besides recommendations, do some of you own research!

[kannibul]

[quote]Originally posted by kannibul:
<strong>Linux Mandrake 8.1</strong><hr></blockquote>

Why not? It has all the mouse friendly eye candy one could want, all the features you need for an office environment, and not to mention, users don't need to know how to run it.
Tell them its a new mac or something, and they will accept it.

Slackware would be pushing it too hard for the users.