Gotta Upgrade for .NET, Should I Get XP Pro or Win

Davyyyy · Apr 28, 2012

Hi ASP.Netters. I'm one of those cheapskates that's put off buying Windows 2000 Professional soooo long that my Windows 98 is now quite long in the tooth. It turns out that I'll need either Windows XP Professional or Windows 2000 Professional to make the .Net framework operate. OK, so I need to make a decision. Which OS will be better for doing development? Depending on how the economy goes for programmers in the next few months, I'll either use this OS as an ASP.NET application server or keep it as my home OS (I do web browsing, e-mail, run-of-the-mill MS Office stuff). Any thoughts and recommendations? Since I'd expect you all to have good .NET knowledge, which would you recommend as the strongest ASP.NET platform and do you have any caveats? Thanks in advance, Mister miserly himself.... ST2K. To clarify....Net works on almost all windows platforms. It's only ASP.Net which specifically requires 2000 or XP (doh!). I can only speek from my experience. Both OS' are fine, it's all a matter of hardware. I have XP pro, 640megs and 1.2 gigs @ home..VS.Net and everything else run smooth.... at work I have 2000 pro, 128 megs and some POS 400mhz or something. The OS is just as stable but much slower (purely ram and processor related). Frankly, I'd say buy the newest thing (XP) and make sure you have a mid-range to good system, as either OS will be fine for development.. KarlI've got both windows 2000 and XP professional running IIS and the Net SDK 1.0. Both perform well, but I think XP has more thoroughly integrated the .net support stuff. You can upgrade 98 to XP professional for less than $200. Keep in mind that XP Home edition doesn't have IIS support. Also keep in mind that XP will do a big-time analysis of your computer prior to installation and "Will Not" install itself if the system doesn't meet the minimum requirements. Windows 2000, on the other hand, doesn't check your current system so you can install it on a relatively low powered machine. Cost is likely to be about the same either way, so if you system can support it I recommend XP Professional. Oh, by the way, expect that some of your current software will be incompatible with XP. The big analysis gives you a list of things that will not work after the upgrade. Good Luck Tom T

Gotta Upgrade for .NET, Should I Get XP Pro or Win

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