XP verses 2000 professional

[AAP]

Need some URGENT advice....

My senior management have decided to adopt Windows XP as the standard PC operating system. How does XP compare to Win2000 professional, are there any issues I should be aware of? Iseem to recall some bugs in XP.

 

[scottew]

XP is pretty much 2000 with a facelift. You might have a some minor issues with hardware drivers, but if you should really have any problems. I have XP running on about 200 workstations and things run pretty smoothly.

Scott

 

[bcastner]

You should welcome the decision to choose XP.
. Except for licensed system builders, Win2k Pro is no longer sold by Microsoft or availabe through OEM channels:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/default.mspx

(Yes, you can squeeze one out of Dell or HP if you are tough, but the fact of the matter is that it is a retired product, and XP is not.) So which do you buy for a new workstation?

. If an application runs under Win2k, it will run under XP. I am sure there must be an exception, but I have never seen one. In part, the exceptional XP compatability mode features available natively, and through the Compatability Toolkit:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/compatibility/

I would have loved this feature in Win2k Professional.

. Security. Hotfix attention goes to XP way before any other OS release.

. Management: System Restore, driver rollback, automatic protection for OS files including DLLs.

. You can turn off all the XP bling-bling, and in Classic mode it reasonably resembles Win2k Pro

. It really does not hurt to move to XP. You will end up liking it. Really.