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by jackorama

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we are in the process of choosing xp pro or w2k pro for our desktops. i am against xp because of toys included in the os, the remote control and the fact that it was initially geared towards home users. i feel that w2k is more business centric because of i can control the environment better than in xp pro.

nonetheless, i am looking for a good for/against paper on both os. i know there have been numerous articles on these but right now i am unable to find any. if you point to some articles/provide links, it would be a great help.

TIA

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by beermonster

Hi,
"i am against xp because of toys included in the os"

Err, okay - so Don't install them.

" the remote control "

So you'd rather pay for pcanywhere, or have a brilliant but inherently insecure free app like VNC - or are all of your clients within easy walking distance when things go wrong? - You can control every aspect of the remote desktop after all.

"it was initially geared towards home users"

Actually, it's quite the opposite. XP home is the first home OS to be based onthe ntoskrnl - designed for business use. Xp home is a modified version of xp pro rather than the other way around.

And now the cherry -
"i can control the environment better than in xp pro"

Sorry? - name me a restriction in win2k that youcan't have in xp (I know from experience that in fact the list of policy objects has been expanded). Apart from additions and enhancements to XP they are the same operating system!

PS All this is quite apart from the fact that XP will be supported longer than win2k.

by parvus1202

Win2000, you can upgrade to the next gen Win OS, skip XP. Win2000 more stable, just don't load IE6 stay with IE5.5

by cshill

No one has mentioned that you need a state of the art workstation to run xp pro! If you are going with XP make sure you have nothing less than a 1Ghz processor and 512MB of RAM or else you will have users complaining over and over again about how slow it is.

Go with Win2K Pro.

by carol

XP "Pros"
* Fewer Tech hours for installations with regard to: Digital Cameras, Wireless networking, larger list in general to new hardware drivers

2000k Pros
VPN into an NT4 wins-based bios name network (aka not DNS).. is quicker, but can be overcome in XP.

I concurr with the person who stated that you "do" have options to control things in WinXP such as remote desktop access. In fact if you already have a 2000-based domain you already have the tools to control more things than you probably have want or need to do.

Good luck. BTW ... I didn't want to make the move to XP either.. I mean here's MS giving us a new OS, just a year after releasing the last, but darn if it doesn't have some features, and ease of use that I've really come to like.

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