diff between XP and 2000

[skimzzz]

What's the diff between windows 2000 and XP?

 

[flamethrower205]

Basically WinXP is faster and has some nifty cool things it can do..that and a new look.

My rice car will leave your R8500 in the dust!

 

[Novakain]

Faster? maybe on startup, but with general application use I'd say that it's slower. You can't really notice a difference on a machine running a 64MB GeForce video card and 512MB RAM, but with slower machines there's definately a decrease in speed.

About 90% of the code used in XP comes from Windows 2000. Yes, XP does have a lot of extra features. Different front end, Movie maker, remote assistance, better compatibility with older softwate etc. (This site: <A HREF="http://ww.lockergnome.com/issues/special/windowsxp.html" target="_new">http://ww.lockergnome.com/issues/special/windowsxp.html</A> has about 50 of them.) But in truth, Windows XP is a "Dressed up" version of Windows 2000. Really, Windows 2000 should be called Windows NT 5.0 and XP should be called Windows NT 5.1.

 

[Retruglot]

If I'm not mistaken, I've seen a reference to the NT evolunationary number in an OS build on here somewhere.. so maybe the above is accurate...

Another thing that I've heard (since I've not used Win2k) is that XP has a stronger gaming ability than 2k... That was one reason I didn't try the 2k run.. Win98SE did a fine job with games.. ME was supposed to be better in the gaming league, but I couldn't even get it to run another Microsoft product.. I gave it 2 tries and ditched it.. XP hasn't disappointed me yet..

Ret

 

[flamethrower205]

Would u mind showing reviews of XP being slower that 2K under intensive software. I have noticed the slightest decrease in speed w/ 3D S Max.

My rice car will leave your R8500 in the dust!

 

[labdog]

the main difference is ergonomics.

for performances both have the same 32bits kernel (Windows 2000).

you have also some multimedia software add-ons.


if you know you don't know, the way could be more easy.

 

[Novakain]

I'm sorry, I wish I could. The only way I know is just from using it. The latest batch of new PC's we got had Windows XP/2000 dual installed on them. They were Pentium IV 1.5GHz, 256MB SDRAM, 16MB Nvidia Vanta, 20GB HDD, CD-ROM, Soundmax SC. I just set one up with Windows 2000 and the other with XP. Used them for about a 1/2 hour each and noticed the difference. I didn't run a benchmark test on them.

My machine at home is a Pentium III 866MHz, 512MB SDRAM, 64MB Nvidia Geforce 2 GTS, 20GB HDD DVD-ROM, SB Audigy SC. On that, I didn't really notice any difference in speed (except for starup and shutdown, which were faster) when I upgraded to Windows XP from 2000.

I'm sorry if it's not a professional way of testing things but it didn't really occur to me to benchmark it.

 

[flamethrower205]

Hey, real use means a lot more than benchmarks, cause those are theoritcal. Thanks for teh advice.

My rice car will leave your R8500 in the dust!

 

[ejsmith2]

Windows XP is just Nt5.5. Win2k is just Nt5.0.

XP takes everything that win2k has/does. Then, about 5 EE/Compsci geeks got together and figured, "Hey! Not everyone is like us...maybe we should make the default selections something that would be more useful for the Trama Surgeon/Chemical Engineer/High School Kid/65-year-old grandma.

So, the Start menu has some extra 'checkmarks' you can flip on and off. The driver search is a little better, looking in all the subfolders. The emergency recovery menu actually works rather than insisting for a Mickey Mouse floppy disk all the time.

But, on a few things, you'll notice the OS fighting you again, contrary to the Win2k version. The File Search comes to mind right off the bat. Instead of being able to just hit the stop button and type in a new *.extention, you'll have to mouse click on the back button first.



Overall, it's just Nt4.0 sp12.45857 (or what ever it's at now). Saves you the trouble of installing all the service packs.

 

[AMD_Man]

Windows XP is just Nt5.5. Win2k is just Nt5.0.

Correction: Windows XP is NT5.1

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor

 

[flamethrower205]

Actually, you can set the search so you don't have to do that. Go to options next to time you press search.

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