Windows XP over 2000

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Dooma

My boss wants me to starting using Windows XP for the office staff. I want
to stay with 2000 since I like and it is working fine for me. Is there a
place that explains why I should keep using 2000 over XP?
 
Dooma,
Just tell your boss that if he wants to make the
transition to XP that it would be really helpful to send
you out for a week of training. The class should be off
site somewhere nice like Hawaii, Santa Barbara or San
Diego. When he starts adding up the cost of getting you
trained he might decide to stay with a great OS like Win2k.

Never fear though, XP is the same thing as Win2k they just
moved the menus around and threw in a little wrinkle here
and there.

I am a little doubtful you will find what you are looking
for on Microsoft's web site. They are, after all, in the
business of selling software upgrades.
Michael
 
Dooma said:
My boss wants me to starting using Windows XP for the office staff. I
want to stay with 2000 since I like and it is working fine for me. Is
there a place that explains why I should keep using 2000 over XP?
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Cost to buy Windows XP Pro (you definitely don't want the Home version
for business use).

Cost in money to train employees for a new GUI and any changes made in
functionality or usage.

Cost in time to train employees, and continued cost until they get up to
the same level of expertise they had before.

So ask your boss just exactly WHAT functionality is a critical
requirement in your workplace. Ask your boss how much time is allowed
for the schedule to slip while the employees expend it on learning
something new that isn't critical or even helpful. Ask your boss why he
is so naive and believes change always is a good thing. A nuclear blast
creates change, too, but is rarely seen as constructive. Have your boss
specifically delineate in a report that the financing department and
upper management responsible for development, sales, or other
departments can quantify as rationale in wasted time and extra expense.
Or does your boss feel you've gotten too good at your job and must
increase your level of confusion - so your boss actually looks like he's
doing something and doesn't have to worry about another employee getting
good enough to replace him/her?

Why do you think Windows 2000 Pro is still selling at the same price as
Windows XP Pro?
 
Cost to buy Windows XP Pro (you definitely don't want the Home version
for business use).

Cost in money to train employees for a new GUI and any changes made in
functionality or usage.

Cost in time to train employees, and continued cost until they get up to
the same level of expertise they had before.

So ask your boss just exactly WHAT functionality is a critical
requirement in your workplace. Ask your boss how much time is allowed
for the schedule to slip while the employees expend it on learning
something new that isn't critical or even helpful. Ask your boss why
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<SNIP>

So I am a Network Administrator, with mainly Win2K machines, with a few
98 thrown in. At home I use XP.

And NO, I'm not saying that they should upgrade from 2K to XP. I'm a firm
believer in 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'.

As I use both, regularly, I know there are some differences between XP
and 2K. But to tell you the truth, not THAT much. Most of it is just
looks. Yes, the underpinnings are quite different, but generally, IMO,
99% of the stuff that applies with Win2K also applies to Win2K.

I'm just wondering, to the 'typical' business user, not the IT people
like you and me, what could possible be so different that there would be
any 'lost' time in a change-over.

That is, considering whoever sets up the XP PC's, can do it properly.

Regards,

DS
 
I have used both quite a bit and I am sold on XP Pro for the following
reasons which may or may not be important to your situation. Plug and play is
excellent. System restore points have saved me grief on a few occasions.
Multimedia is more a part of the operating system. There is an alternative
network configuration which can be great for laptops and unlike W2K regular
users can be added to a group to allow them to configure networking properties
without being a local administrator. Remote Desktop/Assistance is really nice.
There are many more Group Policy options. Software Restriction Policies are a
godsend to lock down a desktop to keep users from running and installing
unauthorized software. EFS has also been improved to allow shared access to
encrypted files and if you use ipsec, the new ipsec monitor is great. Also see
link below to MS page. --- Steve

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/features.asp
 
Thanks for the respond guys. Since we are not a non profit org. we are
getting the software for free from MS. I just do not like XP and really love
2K for it stability. I just can tell my boss that I do not want to change
because of my feelings alone. I have to have a good technical reason for why
not to change. Have anybody heard any negatives about XP?
 
Other than minimum hardware requirements are roughly double that of
Windows 2000. And of course the "downtime" while switching over.
 
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