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Summary: Windows 2000 is far superior to Windows 98
Review: Let me tell you Microsoft has done something right finally. Windows 2000 has the stability of NT and the compatability of 98(well almost). I have it running for a week(I had advanced copy) so far and there hasn't been a crash nor a blue screen of death like in Windows 98 SE. The basic requirement I think is a lot of ram, 64+ is fine but I think 128 is good and 256 the optimal. Windows 2000 Professional is easy to use, it looks just like Windows 98 except underneath all of it, it's the NT kernel, which means stability. Windows 2000 has gotten rid of DOS(almost) there is very little dos support and you may not be able to play certain legacy games. The good thing is that companies are writing drivers so that there is a lot of compatability with new things. Basically everything you have in Win98 can probably run in Win2000. There is a program you can download at Microsoft.com to check if there are any compatability issues. The fact that Microsoft must first approve software drivers before it is made available to the public is another boon. I hope this has helped you! Windows 2000 is really great compared to Win98 or 95!
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Summary: Windows 2000 Professional user
Review: Love it! Works great with Windows 2003 Server. Great for home & professional use. You can limit a user, enable a guest account. I love it for Desktop PCs. Overall it gets done what I want it to. My Central Processing Unit (CPU) is running at 400MHz. Seems fast like a brand-new computer!!! If you don't have it, I would highly recommend getting it! Although it requires at least 64MB of RAM.
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Summary: Good, stable, don't make it your only OS at home
Review: Okay, I'll share my recent experience with Windows 2000. This weekend I reformatted my hard drive at home, created two partitions, and installed Windows 98 on one and Windows 2000 Professional on the other.I have yet to get Windows 98 to be able to see my brand-name, recently purchased 56K modem, but Windows 2000 saw it with no intervention on my part whatsoever. I had the same experience with my sound card (cheap, on the motherboard). The Win2K install was very smooth, including the formatting of my second partition to NTFS. The product is friendlier than Windows NT 4 was; it even allowed me to choose to "assume" a "default" login each time so I don't actually have to log into my machine (I'm running standalone, not on a network). I had no technical problems during the install whatsoever. Here's the weird part. I thought I'd be clever and use a 30-day AOL trial as my ISP. However, I eventually learned that AOL isn't supported yet on Windows 2000, and here's the problem: the client software works, you can even connect and browse AOL, but you can't see anything on the web at all. I'm pretty sure it has to do with the version of IE5 that's built into Windows 2000. AOL acknowledges this on their web site and states that a special version of the client will be available this spring. I did try to install some of the game software that didn't work under NT before just to see if it would work now (Civilization II, etc.), and it still doesn't work under Windows 2000, unfortunately. (I'm glad I have that Win98 partition!) Make sure you check the documentation for the various components in your system--I hadn't realized before I made the conversion that my HP CD-Writer wasn't supported under NT, period. So far, however, I'm really glad I installed Windows 2000; it's already VERY clear that it's more stable than Windows 98 and it's nice to have the NT Task Manager (with performance metrics and the whole works) available. There were some Visual Basic projects I literally couldn't even work on with Win98 because of memory management issues; the IDE would freeze and I'd have to kill the process. The same thing works as smooth as butter under Win2K. Overall, it was certainly a more friendly install process than had I brought an NT 4 CD home. I recommend this product to computer-savvy users--especially software developers and power users--who want something more reliable on their home computer than the consumer versions of Windows.
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Summary: Best Microsoft OS Yet
Review: Stability. That one word describes Windows 2000 perfectly. You won't see the crashes. If you're an experienced 95-98 user or familiar with Me (should have been named Ne for Nightmare Edition) 2000 fills the bill. I found the connect speed to be every bit as fast as 98 if not faster. With Me you'd get either the dreaded Mr. Freeze or the dreaded Blue Screen of Death. These are things of the past with 2000. Me also couldn't handle my Inspiron 5000e, with one crash leading to another. The good folks at Dell were nice enough to allow me to upgrade to the Inspiron 8000 and Windows 2000. End result? No more crashes. Many will tell you that 2000 is not suitable for home use. I can't imagine using any of Microsoft's other products at home where your time is every bit as valuable as at work. This system complements both enviroments very well. You might have a little difficulty with the drivers, most of which can be corrected with downloads. But for the time you'll save with crashes and freezes using this remarkable OS, it's worth every penny. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Read this if your family will be using this at home
Review: The amount of BSODs have all but disappeared. If you have a laptop, you can't go wrong with this. NT on a laptop was a nightmare, but this is a great OS for it!
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Summary: Windows 2000 is still not a bad choice.
Review: The year is nearly 2004 and I am still using Windows 2000. I used to be an NT 4 user but 2000 has to be the most solid Windows OS I have had the experience of using. Most software packages will still run under 2000 and so will new ones, even most games. Windows 2000 is very secure and I use it mostly for hardcore multimedia work. I can count the amount of crashes I have had within almost 4 years using this OS on 1 hand! For the type of work that I do (Video, web, 3D) I need an OS that is going to be put through some intensive processes. 2000 did it for me. Going with 2000 may not be the best choice for everybody, and XP is probably much better for the domestic home computer user, but if you want a solid system then look no further than 2000. It will not let you down.
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Summary: The Best Operating System of All Time
Review: This is a great operating system. I've never had a problem with it. My computer's at 1.3 gig, but it seems like 3. Games run smoothly, extremly fast word processor, can it get better? Internet runs quickly (probably because I have a Cable Modem), if you just want to open a file on the internet, you can do that. If you compare it to Mac OS 9, it beats it in every possible way. Trust me, this is the best OS you will use for a while. 2000 is better than XP.
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Summary: Finally, a decent OS to come out from Microsoft
Review: This is a tough review to write, because I am really struggling about whether I should give a perfect 5. But my philosophy is- nothing is perfect, so I am giving this great OS a 4. Windows 2000, built on the NT core, offers great stability and resource management. Everything M$ claims about this OS has mostly been true. Win 2k is robust (great support for Desktops and Laptops in terms of hardware), secure (NTFS file system lets u encrypt your files and password access required to access the system), managable (great for LAN within a single domain, where people can log in and personalize their desktop w/o worries), and stable (once the proper drivers are set, applications run smoothly and if for some reason apps fail, windows will give you an option to close the app w/o affecting overall system). Perhaps the greatest plus is the OS's Plug N' Play ability, in which NT 4 lacks bigtime. All drivers for Win 2k uses the WDM (Windows 32-bit driver model), which Win98SE could sometimes use as well and provides better resource assignment for hardware. This abstraction gives the hardware open possibility to be both Win 98SE and 2k compatible: expect a much more array of hardware to support win 2k than NT. Note however that drivers designed for 98SE might not work for 2k (but interestingly, 2k drivers will work under 98SE, which I experimented), so 2k specific drivers must be installed. The only negative thing for this OS is probably its difficult to setup network. Network setup in 2k requires the user to know what they are doing, and small home LAN is MUCH MORE difficult to setup than Win 98. Also, some games might not run under win2k due to its true 32bit nature (although DirectX 7(+? maybe.)is supported), making 2k a less than attractive entertainment platform. Overall, this OS is great. By the current market trend, users can always expect new hardware support (USB, Firewire, etc.), and as games become more 32-bit oriented, gamers can expect more games to be playable on a stable platform. Give credit to M$ for finally getting it done right- a true 32-bit OS w/ great hardware support and ease of use from a decent GUI.
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