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Win2k pro or WinXP pro for this laptop?
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zen69x 
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Posted 13 August 2004 - 01:28 AM
I'd be pretty hard pressed to find many situations where I'd recommend 2k Pro over XP for a laptop.
Desktop you could go either way, but for a laptop, XP is more often than not the better bet. With the specs you have there, I'd say XP.
Desktop you could go either way, but for a laptop, XP is more often than not the better bet. With the specs you have there, I'd say XP.
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Posted 13 August 2004 - 01:55 AM
Originally posted by zen69x:
I have to disagree with that one. I have XP on my lappy now and it will be wiped and replaced with 2K asap and it's a 1.6ghz!
XP is a resource hog and with those specs I would go with 2k.
and for games not anything new would run on that.
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I'd be pretty hard pressed to find many situations where I'd recommend 2k Pro over XP for a laptop.
Desktop you could go either way, but for a laptop, XP is more often than not the better bet. With the specs you have there, I'd say XP.
Desktop you could go either way, but for a laptop, XP is more often than not the better bet. With the specs you have there, I'd say XP.
I have to disagree with that one. I have XP on my lappy now and it will be wiped and replaced with 2K asap and it's a 1.6ghz!
XP is a resource hog and with those specs I would go with 2k.
and for games not anything new would run on that.
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Posted 13 August 2004 - 09:35 PM
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nLite is a GUI for permanent Windows component removal by your choice. After removal there is an option to make bootable image ready for burning on cd or testing in virtual machines. So that means that with nLite you will be able to have Windows installation cd which on installation doesn't install, or even contain on cd, unwanted components
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Posted 13 August 2004 - 11:22 PM
Originally posted by dosfreak:
definately you will want a firewall. personally I won't trust MS to secure my computer behind their firewall.
and just as a note of interest I recently did a test in my classroom installing winxp without a firewall and all 20 of my machines were infected and attacked after the first boot. I never have that problem with 2K. ( a little off topic I know but still interesting)
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XP with Nlite should be fine. No 2k because of security unless you run a software firewall of course. 
definately you will want a firewall. personally I won't trust MS to secure my computer behind their firewall.
and just as a note of interest I recently did a test in my classroom installing winxp without a firewall and all 20 of my machines were infected and attacked after the first boot. I never have that problem with 2K. ( a little off topic I know but still interesting)
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Posted 14 August 2004 - 09:53 AM
Originally posted by thatsteveguy
XP vs. 2K in any newer game on that laptop, the OS will not be the limiting factor.
As for speed, bootup and power features work much better in XP than they do on 2K and it is extremely evident on a laptop, hibernate functionality especially.
As for XP being a resource hog, turn off the candy coated GUI.
I really like 2k, still running it on my desktop. However, I have an older laptop, PII 366 w/ 224 MB of RAM and have run both 2k and XP and on the lappy, XP spanks 2K in both features and usability. Oh, and how can I forget, cleartype, which was made for LCD's to begin with.
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I have to disagree with that one. I have XP on my lappy now and it will be wiped and replaced with 2K asap and it's a 1.6ghz!
XP is a resource hog and with those specs I would go with 2k.
and for games not anything new would run on that.
XP is a resource hog and with those specs I would go with 2k.
and for games not anything new would run on that.
XP vs. 2K in any newer game on that laptop, the OS will not be the limiting factor.
As for speed, bootup and power features work much better in XP than they do on 2K and it is extremely evident on a laptop, hibernate functionality especially.
As for XP being a resource hog, turn off the candy coated GUI.
I really like 2k, still running it on my desktop. However, I have an older laptop, PII 366 w/ 224 MB of RAM and have run both 2k and XP and on the lappy, XP spanks 2K in both features and usability. Oh, and how can I forget, cleartype, which was made for LCD's to begin with.
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