Ok, thanks for the input Jerry.

Well, this is getting confusing. :-) I am now getting a reasonable amount of conflicting input on which would be the better way to go ( WXP or W2K ). I would like to place all of you into a room with nothing but bread and water until you all have reached a concensus. :-)

Seriously, I was getting mostly "XP is good", but now have a pretty reasonable mix of dissenting opinions. If there is any additional input any of you can give or sources of additional information, I would appreciate it. If you have all said all you want to on this issue, allow me to thank you for taking your valuable time to provide me your observations and views.

I'll have to think about this issue some more ...

Bill

>>I will be looking into acquiring a new machine for home use. This will include development work ( VFP, VB, VC++, web stuff, etc. ) and typical home stuff such as running games etc. What are the relative merits of using WinXP or Win2k as the OS in this scenario?
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>>We use Win2k Pro at work and I find it very workable and stable. I have heard some stories of WinXP being quite a resource hog and affecting the performance of some games. I would like get as much factual information regarding the relative merits of these two OS's before committing myself to one for home use.
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>>Thanks,
>>Bill
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>Well, since you asked....
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>I think you'd be much happier with W2K Pro.
>Here is a worse case analysis against using XP http://www.hevanet.com/peace/microsoft.htm
>Good luck.
>JLK