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Originally Posted by bchris02
Why not use Windows 2000? It only uses 60MB of RAM on boot after install. Seriously, XP on a high end machines today with 8GB? of RAM is not necissary. XP won't even recognize half of your RAM. You will not see any slowdown from using Vista on that PC.
MS extending the life of XP until the next version is released is basically the death of Vista. Nobody wants to give up XP, even if it means not full utilizing their high end systems. MS MUST kill off XP after the next version is released or in 2015 people will still be using XP on 8-core systems with 16GB of RAM because "it works faster".
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Windows 2000 Home/Pro is no longer supported by Microsoft, XP Pro will be supported through 2014. Much of the new software releases are not coded for a W2K install, it's XP/Vista/Server 2003 only, both 32 and 64 bit versions. 32 bit OS versions will be going the way of buggy whips in the not too distant future obsoleting all 32 bit machines! It's like digital transition from analog to digital that is effective on February 17, 2009! Out with the old and in with the new!
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