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I am part of the "Inhouse" study group selected to decided if we should upgrade our 5 servers and 45 PCs (plus some remote Laptops) to XP (or win2000) from NT4.
Our tech wants to upgrade to XP...
My tech mates suggest he has shares in Microsoft...
Win 2000 was added to the selection process by me, to try to get them to look at it.
The problem is, I can not seem to convenice anyone that win 2000 is better (Does the job, and is cheaper) the XP.
Any comments?
Suggestions?
Anyone in a similar position?
Should we just wait for a few months till the bugs are gone or what?
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To XP, or not to XP, that is the question...
in Windows XP
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Thanks for the comments so far.
Specks for the machines are as follows:
Desktops:
IBM300GL, PIII 450, 10Gb HDD, 124MB
IBM300GL 2, PIII 450, 10Gb HDD, 124MB
Servers:
Compaq Proliant 1600, PII 266, 12Gb, 128MB
Compaq Proliant 1600, PIII 550, 36Gb, 524MB
Compaq Proliant ML370, PIII 733, 22Gb, 640MB
Compaq Proliant ML370, PIII 733, 68Gb, 640MB
Compaq Proliant 2500, DUAL Pent Pro 200, 10Gb, 384MB
SOE:
Desktops: NT4.0 (SP6a), Office 97 SR-2
Servers: NT4.0 (SP6a)
The systems should be able to run 2k or XP without too much trouble.
The main reasons for upgrading seem to be minor Image problems and remote login times. (All of which could be fixed by proper installs of our current OS, I think...)
My Job is to try to find all the reasons to stay away from either 2k or XP, and as such, suggest the one with the least hassels/bugs/security holes etc.