Developers 2000 or XP?

[dawnd3]

Hi, I have Office 2000 and I am considering purchasing the developers edition. Can anyone advise me of whether or not I should buy XP or 2000? Is XP really that much better? Is 2000 good enough? I mean, I can't keep up with all of these upgrades in versions. Personally I am happy as a lark with 2000, but I thought I would ask your advice since I want to get the developers edition. Thanks Dawn

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[jgoodman00]

I was given my copy of XP a few weeks ago, but only got the developer edition last week. I am fairly impressed with it, with the major changes being in 'tarting it up' (from 2000 anyway). There are some excellent new features in it, such as the stored procedure designer if you are connectnig to a SQL server database. However, if you make an error you get no assistence from it whatsoever, simply getting an 'ADO Error' message.
If you have office 2000 developer I would not advice upgrading. If you are using Office 97 (which we were), then I think the changes are much more significant. Whether it is worth spending £700 on, I cannot answer!

By the way, why dont you order the trial version of Office XP Professional. This is available from the microsoft website, & will at least give you a feel for the Office XP envrionment. James Goodman

 

[ghubbell]

XP developer contains everything you would get with 2000 and much more: Visit Microsoft's site to get all the specs, but it is now bar none, the one to have if you are really 'working' Access, or if you are going to be doing anything web-related. When run within Windows XP it's an incredible package. 2000 gets 4 stars and 2002 gets 5.
;-)
Gord
gord@ghubbell.com

 

[dawnd3]

Good idea, I will try that! Thanks for the imput. Dawn

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