At 07:22 PM 2/22/2007 +0000, Anthony R. Gold wrote:
>On the contrary, IMO WinXP is vastly superior in terms of security and
>also materially better in terms of features.
...and is more bloated (space and speed), and has more tracking and crippling functions. Your Win2K installation isn't going to disable itself when you make hardware changes, or try to install it in a VM. Your WinXP, on the other hand, will suddenly demand "reactivation" with Microsoft.
I am pretty satisfied with XP (as much as I can be with an MS system) on the machine it runs on, thanks to having removed and disabled every bit of bloatware I was able to. I have no plans to upgrade my W2K machine, however - it runs nicely as it is. And you couldn't pay me to install Vista, ever. MS OS's seem to have reached the end of their useful line with XP.
I was lucky enough to have gotten a W2K recovery CD with my T23 right after I bought it, back when such a thing was not only available, but free.
- TK
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