[derek murray]

Guys - I have always liked 2000, and agree it has been the most stable of any Windows OS so far... but as of a few days ago I installed a new hard drive (80Gig / 8MB cache) and now my Need for Speed - Porsche Unleashed won't work (insert embarrassed cough here) unless I bring my min and max virtual memory settings down to 400. Everything else seems to work ok, but I have yet to install all my programs...

When I started to research a solution (after many reformats, reinstalls, etc, etc.) I read about XP's compatibility wizard, which got me thinking that maybe XP would allow me to run my old version of 3d Studio Max (which currently sits on a dedicated Windows 95 machine) and get NFSP - PU working too.

...guess I'll leave well enough alone. - thanks for the advice.


Ryan: I was thinking XP Pro only as a way to learn it and then maybe install it on our office machines... which are currently 2000 (and happy)