Major reason for selecting windows 200 rather than XP?
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Not any that I know of! Rather stick to XP!
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That's going to be pretty tough.  ME is still tied to DOS.  XP doesn't use it at all and that is part of the reason it's fast.  If you want to speed up your machine, install more memory or install XP.
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If you are running older computers you may want to stay with W2k Pro. I have P-III computers of which two ran XP and the others W2k Pro. When the XP computer needed reistalling I went back to W2k. I could see no advantage and XP soaked up most of the computers resources. I found W2k very easy on the resources and could do everything I needed. I just thought I would mention it before you took the plunge. \nIMHO
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Your best option is to run a repair on your XP installation.\nMake the CD the boot drive, put in you XP installation disk and follow the questions. Once the setup says it  discovered a previous version of Windows take the option of doing a Repair. This will over install your XP and maintain a lot of your setting's
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yep it because microsoft has created an update to find the people who are illeagaly using there software. The best advice I can give you is to buy a new copy of XP so you have your own #.
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Win XP , current OS ... try it out\n\n- r u using old computer, then maybe the others come into consideration\nplus u cannot buy anything but xp now ... 98se & 2000 no longer available for sale
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Is it worth it, yes.  XP is more secure and reliable than Windows 98 ever was.  You might have problems with your drivers initially, just take note of your installed hardware and get the XP drivers for them.  Some of your devices like scanners designed for Windows 98 may not work in Windows XP at all, I know, I have a scanner that won't work at all under Windows XP even if the 98 drivers are installed, XP drivers don't exist for it.\n\nYou have two choices XP Home Edition or XP Pro.  What you want really depends on your budget.  They are essentially the same one feature missing from Home is Usermanagement, its pretty minor and its the only one I can think of off the top of my head.\n\nYou can get the full version of XP Home for around $80 online, http://www.bizrate.com/marketplace/search/search__cat_id--307,prod_id--6260967,sort--7.html and the full version of Pro for $134, http://www.royaldiscount.com/wixppr.html?ovchn=bizrate&ovcpn=bizrate&ovcrn=Microsoft+Windows+XP+Pro+SP2+Full+Version+OEM&ovtac=PPC\n\nI say the full versions because there are also upgrade versions which work okay but I would never just upgrade the operating system, its better to reformat your drive and install the full version.  The upgrade version just replaces files and modifies the existing installation of 98.\n\nAlso for running Windows XP, I recommend the following specs or better:\n\nPIII processor at 600MHz\n256MB of ram\n20GB hard drive\n16MB graphics card
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You should worry about the drivers. Why would you want to change from XP to 2000 anyway? Thats like changing a Lexus for a Toyota! You can probably get Acer's number and order a set of drivers specifically made for your laptop. And changing the OS will most likely void your OEM warranty on the laptop also...
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It would be utterly pointless using Windows Millenium Edition, let alone pointless illegally downloading it from P2P networks. Having used it once at a friends house, it was a ship-wreck, dragging along at its lousy speed.\n\nStatistically, you would be better using a OS such as Windows 2000 or Windows XP, which are statistically more reliable as they are based on different technologies.\n\nWindows XP is the only current Microsoft OS available on retail, but it is ILLEGALLY available online at various places. No more on that from me. Choose to do this, you lose some perks which come with legitimately using Windows, plus you entirely comprimise the quality of your computer.\n\nGo ahead and download Windows Millenium from P2P, but your making a huge mistake, from legal and technology viewpoints. You could get a second-hand copy, but I think there are some other legal issues carried with that.
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you are just better ff just buying a new pc because if you put xp on a pc that originally had windows 98 it will be very very slow.\nif you do buy a new pc i reccomend hp or dell \nand xp cost around $100
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You can do whatever you want, i mean, i've seen WIN XP runnin on really old computers, and i couldn't believe it myself, so if someone answers "NO WAY" they obviously don't speak by experience.\n\nBut, anyway 16 MB is actually not much, if it runs, you're in for a hard time ;-)
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windows xp professional with sp2 for small office or a home user for work use windows 2003 ... don't use xp media center or home edition it has problems ... windows 2000 pro is slower than xp
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If there are no XP specific drivers, the drivers for Windows 2000 should work fine. Give it a try, any way.
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I'd upgrade.  There's more functionality with XP, as well as more stability.  And since you get a student discount, use it.
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buy windows xp, follow the steps, install, enjoy.  it's a bit of a hassle...
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both systems are almost identical in capability. XP is newer, so it has a longer support time left. Win2000 will probably not be updated with security patches beyond 2007, while XP will give you another year.\n\ni run WinXP on an AMD K7 600MHz, 256MB RAM, with no problems.
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no deriver neede for windows xp