You may, at some stage, find software that requires winxp or higher, which
was what forced me to move from win2k to winxp
You may also find hardware for which win2k drivers do not exist, nor will
winxp drivers work.
Has MS stopped supplying win2k updates yet? if not it cannot be long
I sourced a winxp retail at a good price
"sherwindu" <sherwindu@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> DL wrote:
>
>> It would be unusual to obtain a new PC with no o/s installed
>> The drivers are obtained from PC manufacturer if a large OEM, eg Dell/HP
>> etc, or Laptop, otherwise from the various hardware manufacturers for
>> that
>> installed on the PC
>>
>>
>
> Just to clarify, many of the suppliers let you configure your own system
> or
> build
> your own. Selling a system without an operating system is not uncommon.
> Getting
> an OEM operating system has burned me in the past. Firstly, you get no
> support
> from Microsoft. You have to go back to your OEM supplier and usually
> they
> know
> nothing about operating systems except how to load them. Secondly, if
> you
> want to
> replace a single file, like a dll, you cannot do it from these 'recovery
> disks' they sometimes
> give you. They expect you to do a complete install, if there are any
> problems. I stay
> away from OEM supplied operating systems. For those reasons, and due
> to the
> fact
> that I find no advantage or inclination to going to XP or Vista, I will
> not
> pay extra for
> software I do not need. I will stick with Windows 2000, as basically I
> think it is a
> superior operating system.
>
> Sherwin
>
>