Is that piece of lyrical nonsense the official, mature stance of all the "pro" Win2k users?

OK already, enough bashing XP. It's not that bad.. In fact, it can be quite good. I'm not a system admin, so I probably don't have the needs you guys might have. But the one thing that XP does that the others don't is "it just works" :). hehe. When I install it, it recognizes all of my components, and I don't need to install many drivers. Sure you want to get the latest vid drivers, etc., but since XP recognizes my NIC, and automatically configures my high-speed internet (with no driver or app CDs), downloading the latest drivers can begin as soon as Windows comes up.
I also like the customizeability (is that a word?) of the GUI. The green start button may be ugly, but you can change it..
I find it to be quite stable.

Also, I tried installing W98se on one machine for video editing. All of the hard drives were on a SCSI 160 controller. I couldn't find a way for the installer to recognize my drives... I got W2K, and that worked, but I needed to hit F6 and install extra drivers... WXP just worked.

The built in features like CD Burning are a bit too simplistic for our use, but they do in a pinch.

and in regard to the wizards, they come up once and you just turn them off and **** w/ the settings a bit. Like when I hit F3 to search, the old-school search comes up, not a wizard.
-Kev

haha just give it up...its turned into a pure bashing thread......

I just memorize where all of the files are, so I don't have to search.... :D

I am sick of Passport, everywhere you turn on a microsoft owned website or software peice you need this dumb passport. I will never sign up for it, its the start of subscription based software which sucks! Long live Linux, at least I know what I am getting and if I ever want to search 'grep' is as good as it gets :)

look for a program called xp anti-spy.....fix all ur passport problems

you shouldnt have to install software to stop your os from running amuck.

Long live Win2k Server Edition :D

and live longer Linux...

My Ugly Personal Experience
 

ive just gotten my new computer, an Dell, yes guys i am sorry.. but i got it all too cheap....

booted up, and what is the VERY first thing i see when i boot up? BSOD.
hey that is unusual... reallly...not...
later i learned that Win xp HOME edition didnt like my dvd-rw.... how funny... aint it guys?

so second thing i do... Format c: and install win2k pro... god i cant ever say i missed win xp.

dude! you've got a dell


hhahahaahahah

still, if you buy a compu from a large comany, wich would you want?
Compaq?
Ibm?
Dell?
Fujitsu siemens?
hewlett packard?


wich would you choose Brad, wich one would you choose?
(i only had dell to choose but...)

COMPAQ OWNS!!! *dives for cover from the incoming flames*

Dell owns for workstations and laptops, where I work thats all we try to use, they are truely the best major OEM out there. I like HP as well, we have a lot of their Unix Workstations and Servers running HP-UX it really is cool.

xp
 

I personally dont think xp is all that bad. I mean yea the wizzards are enough to make you switch to win 2k but you can disable most of them, and win xp has most of the pro level features that win 2k has. I must admit i do like win 2k much more, but the fact that you cant get any games or programs to run on it is pointless. at least with xp you can use any program designed for windows. and you can change the appearance of xp anyway you want, you can actually make it normal without all the pretty eye candy bs.

So if you can't get any programs let alone programs that are games for Windows 2000, then why does so many people use it? Wait a minute am I typing this post in a program? Did I get an email that appeared in a program that recieves such items? Did I not play Q3, Homeworld, UT, Halflife, and a slew of other games on this machine? And yes Windows 2000 can be customized.

heheh you said siemens.:p

Can anyone send me win 2k over icq or kazaa or something?
IvAn

Piracy is wrong :rolleyes: , and open solicitation of it at a legitimate website like this is even...well if its a word...wronger

haha ok...its not technicaly piracy unless u sell it....

It's still not quite the most legal thing you can do... If anything, it's copyright infringement at the least.... But I'm sure it's still software piracy.

well isnt that what big magnets are for?? fbi comes bustin in..2 sec later hd is wiped....

I know I keep my biggest electro-magnet near my computer just in case..... :p

also theres a few 12gages close buy if im in a real pinch (aint it great to live in the country)

Slugs or Shot? Which would be more effective?

So are all of you saying XP sucks saying this because you are damn lazy? because honestly, it takes 2 minutes to fully customise xp to a non fruity version without wizzards. All of you seem to just flame to flame, give it up already=) I'm not saying I like XP, but who gives a ****(can we cuss on these forums? lol) what you use, it works doesn't it?