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Title: Is this Windows 2000 a good buy?
Post by: Billy Mumphrey on February 11, 2006, 08:20:35 PM

I wanna put Windows 2000 on my laptop and DAW for recording / post-production work. Will I be able to install these on multiple units?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00003JAU7/ref=pd_luc_mri/102-9845350-4329718?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A2S80GSNS27TB3&v=glance (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00003JAU7/ref=pd_luc_mri/102-9845350-4329718?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A2S80GSNS27TB3&v=glance)

http://cgi.ebay.com/MICROSOFT-WINDOWS-2000-PROFESSIONAL-FULL-INSTALL_W0QQitemZ5865514816QQcategoryZ80351QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.com/MICROSOFT-WINDOWS-2000-PROFESSIONAL-FULL-INSTALL_W0QQitemZ5865514816QQcategoryZ80351QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

Title: Re: Is this Windows 2000 a good buy?
Post by: Billy Mumphrey on February 11, 2006, 08:51:41 PM

which brings me to my next question, is windows 2000 less of a"resource-hog" than XP? I'm looking to maximize performance...

Title: Re: Is this Windows 2000 a good buy?
Post by: shaggy on February 11, 2006, 09:08:08 PM

my understanding is that win2k is less resource intensive than xp.  it is also preferred for recording than xp. there is some documentation for optimizing win2k performance when recording and doing DAW on the Oade website:

http://www.oade.com/Tapers_Section/Forum/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=217&mode=full&page=3

Title: Re: Is this Windows 2000 a good buy?
Post by: TNJazz on February 12, 2006, 10:25:43 AM

The answer to both of your questions is yes.

Pretty good price, and a top notch OS.

Title: Re: Is this Windows 2000 a good buy?
Post by: macdaddy on February 12, 2006, 11:48:37 AM

you could install this stuff over a dell (inspiron 600m) with xp already installed, right - just do a install that reformats everything, right..?

Title: Re: Is this Windows 2000 a good buy?
Post by: Billy Mumphrey on February 12, 2006, 03:37:40 PM

Quote from: macdaddy on February 12, 2006, 11:48:37 AM

you could install this stuff over a dell (inspiron 600m) with xp already installed, right - just do a install that reformats everything, right..?

pretty much yes. I put the installation disc in the cd-rom and reboot. My computer will quickly flash something like "press enter to boot from disc" so I hit enter, it should give you options like reformatting etc. etc.


+t's to everyone else, thanks for your responses

Title: Re: Is this Windows 2000 a good buy?
Post by: cpatch on February 12, 2006, 09:55:17 PM

If you already have XP installed and you have the disk space available there are also ways to install both Win2K and XP on the same machine...you'll get a choice as to which one you want when you boot up.

Craig

Title: Re: Is this Windows 2000 a good buy?
Post by: Evil Taper on February 13, 2006, 01:55:25 AM

FWIW 2K is less stable than XP, but XP does have more background programs running.  I'd just advise you to NEVER GO ONLINE with your dedicated recording/editing pc and don't install anything that you're not going to use and you should be fine.