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Re: M$ want more M$$
said by Linuvas:
Most of that sounded good, but I have to disagree with the above statement. 2K was much better.
I agree 2k is a great OS and it came out of the box with less glitches and patches needed than XP. So in that regard it is currently better. But XP should correct that with the appropriate service patch. Remember in terms of design function 2k was designed more for an upgrade or replacement of NT instead of the 95/98/Me family.
The only problem with 2k is its relatively limited or weak hardware support (it tends to like the newer and high end hardware) and it lack of home or consumer software support. For instance forget about gaming specifically and many other home type software.
However, if you are a business with high end or relatively new hardware all around AND you don't want to learn XP's new and different interface 2K is a great choice! However, MS is no doubt not going to pump much if any improvements and upgrade into 2k but XP instead has they see XP as the bridge between and replacement for all previous OS programs. So MS in that respect will eventually functionally kill off support for 2000 as well as NT and so on.
But as far as what is the best OS it is just a matter of what the user's need are. But no doubt 2k is great.
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xrobertcmx
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| said by Lost in Space:
The only problem with 2k is its relatively limited or weak hardware support (it tends to like the newer and high end hardware) and it lack of home or consumer software support. For instance forget about gaming specifically and many other home type software.
That is an interesting concept. I've used 2K and XP. I've had more hardware support issues with XP. My DVD Drive won't work in DMA, and there is no fix, but it worked fine in 2K.
Also the interface on XP is nearly the same, or at least instictual if you have used windows, not to mention that I set it to classic.
And I think you are right in that MS will kill off 2K, even though sales of 2K will remain higher then XP for another year. |
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