Bah, WindowsXp runs fine. Got it running on 128Megs of RAM here cause I don't let crap run in the background (1.4GHz P4) , except for game demos I love to play with, it's a pretty static set-up (DL milestone firebird releases though). I just wish I could un-install all those windows extras. 90% of the time I'm using Photoshop, Firebird, X-Chat, Star Office, AIM occasionally (use to use Trillian for it all). Got some games, old as Sim City 2000, not much all that new really though. VersaCad, REBOL, Bryce, Truespace et cetera.
Windows is stable, never had the system crash on me (firebird has crashed several times, and various word/office programs but they never bring the system down) and it runs reasonably quickly except when two users log in (almost never, since it's one terminal) . I use XP-AntiSpy, Ad-Aware 6, Regclean et cetera and the system is pretty clean (not much launched at start). Sits behind a giant router/firewall and generally lacks major bugs/virii needs to have its oil changed every now and then, but never had to re-install Xp, never had bad drivers either (usually try manufacturer's first). Windows ME was a nightmare as my DVD drivers conflicted with my DSL software irreparably.
No major qualms, I just like the concept behind the AmigaOS a lot more. Light, efficient, fast, Very simple, frankly things are labelled more plainly
(*nixes are horrible at this) centralized distribution
(Windows also has that advantage over Linux, there are very few versions of Windows, which are largely compatible, Linux's many GUIs and shells and repeat tools are not standardized, outside the realm of POSIX, which is great, if you're a programmer, which I'm not) Amiga has a very customizable GUI, Windows is customizable with a lot of 3rd party hacks (much like Amiga frankly) But they tend to slow down my PC, with it's Pentium 4 and it's 128megs of RAM, like molasses, so I don't use 'em. Seems most peopel with a fast(ish) amiga use MUI, and some other stuff to make their desktop look nice.
ED: PS: I've never used Win2K really, maybe I'm missing out on something here... the school uses it, but I see no major differences upfront from WinXp Pro with no bundled software... can't lock taskbar
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