req; windows 2 k pro, or windows xp installation

I already buyed a compaq machine, i have the choice to
install windows 2 k pro, or windows xp

What is the best shot that i could do?


Thanks

No real way to tell without knowing which Compaq computer you are referring
to.
HH

"Jaguar" wrote in message
...
I already buyed a compaq machine, i have the choice to
install windows 2 k pro, or windows xp

What is the best shot that i could do?


Thanks

As well as use of computer once installed. Version of XP , Specs of
computer would be nice too.

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 17:37:01 GMT, "HH" wrote:

No real way to tell without knowing which Compaq computer you are referring
to.
HH

"Jaguar" wrote in message
...
I already buyed a compaq machine, i have the choice to
install windows 2 k pro, or windows xp

What is the best shot that i could do?


Thanks

"Jaguar" wrote in message
...
I already buyed a compaq machine, i have the choice to
install windows 2 k pro, or windows xp

What is the best shot that i could do?


Thanks



Windows 2000. It uses less processor, less memory, is more eaisally
configurable and does not have that stupid teletubbies GUI. Less
built in Spyware too. No stupid balloon tips either.

Example:
Compaq Presario 5430 P4 1.8 GHZ 512MB DDR RAM Maxtor 80 gig 5400 rpm
HDWinXP Home. The only program running is WinDVD, playing Star Wars
Episode2 (the scene where they are chasing the bounty hunter) Task
Manager shows CPU useage at 19% This is a tweaked version of XP with
almost all services shut down.

Exact same machine, Maxtor 40 gig 5400RPM HD Win2kSP3. Same DVD, same
scene 14% processor useage.

Copying the DVD to the hard Drive using Smart Ripper to extract the
VOB's
XP Home 14 Minutes
2k 09 minutes

I didn't do an encoding test, because there was no reason to encode
the movie twice. It took just under 2 hours to encode the film to
DIVX in 2k.

As for the spyware, start, run, services.msc and make sure you turn
off Windows Time.