Windows 2000 or XP?

StormBringer · Aug 13, 2002

Originally posted by Cryo
I currently use both XP and 2000. In my opinion they both have their ups and downs. I use 2000pro on my server box, which is stable and I hardly ever have a problem with. I use XPpro on my laptop mainly due to it's speed factor. See XP allows you to use no swap file, which will increase your speed tremendously since it uses your ram rather than your hard disk, which a LOT faster than your hard drive, espically on my laptop hard drive. It all depends on what you are going to be using the system for I guess.

PS. I wouldn't suggest using the no swap file option unless you have at LEAST 512MB of memory.

Greeno · Aug 31, 2002

I'm on 2k, I was using XP for sometime, altho...after awhile, it started to become slloooooow...i dunno why, it felt like 98 all over again, i dunno if it's just me tho but 2k's been fine for along time now, but XP seemed to be eating itself up...

I had a seperate drive being used for my swap file and 512MB PC800 RDRAM, and a P4 2.0a so it wasnt my machine :-\

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