Soon to change from WinXP to Win2000...

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Is there anything I should know?

Any tips or tricks?

Any things to watch out for? Do I need to have a wookie nearby to fix the hyperdrive? Or better yet, to make the jump to lightspeed?


Farging computers, man. If my studio window weren't so small, I would chuck mine out, I swear.

Brad
 
Just be sure to BACK UP EVERYTHING!. I did this to my mom's machine not too long ago and it sucked, but I made it through and ended up with a nice clean speedy Win2k system :D
 
Didn't we talk about you doing the opposite not too long ago? :)
 
Brad said:
Is there anything I should know?

Any tips or tricks?

Any things to watch out for? Do I need to have a wookie nearby to fix the hyperdrive? Or better yet, to make the jump to lightspeed?


Farging computers, man. If my studio window weren't so small, I would chuck mine out, I swear.

Brad
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One question - WHY?
 
I went from 98se to XP. I've never tried 2000.

XP is not getting along nicely with something in my system and I can't nail it down. I could figure it out and then *think* I am happy, but truth be known, I have already given up some things to make XP work, and looking back - I want everything to work!!

So, I hear good things about 2000 - from people here whose opinions I respect. Nothing will ever satisfy me, though.


BTW, although I should use an entire thread to let this news out, I will save the trouble and just post it here:

My iMac died. I was using it for label printing, web, website design, other graphics, word proc., school, blah blah blah. It frigging died.

I replaced it with a pre-built PC (eMachines) with XP home. I like it.

I am all PC all the time. No more Macs.


Well, I still have 3 old mac dinosaurs, but that doesn't count. I don't use them.

Okay, time to go. School starts tonight.

Thanks again, Sling Psychrometer. er, I mean Barometer.
 
No problem Rad Brad ;)
I just hope I'm actually being helpful, I know this OS crap can be a nightmare, especially nowadays when there's ME, 98, 98SE, 2k, XP home, XP Pro, and so on. But I've pretty much stuck to 2k since it's release and think I will be sticking with it for a while now with this Palladium shit that's about to hit the fan.

And I hear you on the Macs, got a few laying around here and I think all of them are busted in some way or another. I'm thinking about turning one of the pretty colored ones into a fishtank ;) :D
 
I ask the question too. WHY? I've always been under the impression that 2k sucks for recording. So why would you want to downgrade from a perfectly stable and very fast OS, down to an almost equally stable, but slower OS that wasn't designed for use in thee studio, but rather for use on large corporate networks?
 
You have a lot of misconceptions about Windows 2000. It is by far the most stable and least bloated operating system ever released by Microsoft. It performs fantastically in audio and video applications.

In fact, the differences between XP and 2K in terms of audio are inconsiquential at best - mostly cosmetic.

I'm still looking for the benefits in fact...besides hiding everything useful, I'm much more at home on my 2K machines.

Slackmaster 2000
 
If it was stable (for me) I wouldn't be switching.

If it worked, I'd be happy.

Now, don't get confused with the eMachines I mentioned above. That is a non-recording computer that came with XP installed and everything is groovy with that machine. But my recording computer just is not getting along well with XP. I'll admit, I am going to try ONE more clean install of XP before officially giving up the ship.
 
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I'm still looking for the benefits in fact...

Slackmaster 2000
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Slack, your an instrumental part in why I am going to try 2000.

I didn't understand the statement above... are you talking about benefits XP has over 2k?
 
Yeah but looks are all that matters right?

"Dad, is it true that looks don't really matter?
No son, that's just what ugly people say to make themselves feel better." - Liar Liar
 
I think he was saying that XP hides everything useful. I agree, but still... On the other hand, maybe we should all just swtich to macs.
 
tyler657recpro said:
On the other hand, maybe we should all just swtich to macs.
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Yeah? I've got a few I could sell ya - real cheap-like!

Especially, the iMac. Doesn't boot up, but BOY, if it did...
 
Brad said:
Is there anything I should know?

Any tips or tricks?

Any things to watch out for? Do I need to have a wookie nearby to fix the hyperdrive? Or better yet, to make the jump to lightspeed?


Farging computers, man. If my studio window weren't so small, I would chuck mine out, I swear.

Brad
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WHY????????????
I would seriously reconsider.

Scott
 
tyler657recpro said:
I think he was saying that XP hides everything useful. I agree, but still... On the other hand, maybe we should all just swtich to macs.
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I would agree that XP does hide some important stuff and make the control panel a pain in the ass. But I was running XP for the longest time with ABSOLUTELY no problems. I switched to 2000 pro with the exact same hardware and have had nothing BUT problems. My computer doesn't even shut down or restart anymore. It just sits there. When I run winamp, as soon as the computer has to do something else, it starts playing in slow motion.

Scott
 
Everyone's mileage may vary. It is only my opinion that XP was mostly a superficial upgrade...I always refer to it as the ME of the NT line.

It is simply wrong to say that 2K is not a good OS for recording, and that was really my only point. It is also wrong to say that 2K is just a "networking" operating system for business use. That rumor got started back when 2K first came out and there weren't good drivers or software support (especially games). Things have changed since then of course...and besides, XP adds a considerable amount of network support (more detailed group policies, wireless, etc) as it too is a serious networkable business operating system.

The point of Windows 2000 was to prove that the NT OS could be used by everyone for everything. The point of Windows XP was to get everybody to buy what is essentially Windows 2000.

These are not the days of Windows 98 and NT4.

Slackmaster 2000
 
Dammit man!!!:mad: You geek!!! Which is the one to use for recording? :mad: (huffing and puffing)
 
The one that works best for you on your exact hardware running your software selection.

Slackmaster 2000
 
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