I sold my older pc and my copy of Xp with it as well and I am unable to buy another copy at least until after the holidays. :shadedshu However I still have my very old copy of Win2kPro and I thought about using it to get by. But afaik Microsoft no longer supports it.
So besides the security crud to worry about, are there major performances (gaming wise) between the 2 OS's???? I am ignorant to this because I didnt start PC gaming till bout 2 years ago on my first gaming pc with XPpro. My only other option for the time being is Vista RC1. :shadedshu Thanks in advance.
Ms stopped posting patches/hotfixes &-or Service Packs for Windows ²k?
* WoW²!!! is all I can say, I did not even KNOW this... you sure??
See, if this IS the case (edit)? I would say XP has a HELL of a lot better shot @ getting DirectX 10 added, than Win2k will now (provided it is really "dead" & all that).
APK
P.S.=> Performance diff.'s being "MAJOR", I would say no, but 2k is lighter overall, than XP...
HOWEVER, & this I know from "hands-on" experience?
XP supports gaming better overall, especially emulators or OLDER wares, for sound especially!
(I have 2 examples of this in fact here, Williams Arcade emulator games (not MAME32, but a Win9x software I run here for Defender/StarGate/Robotron 2084, etc.))
& w/out addons like "DOSBox" to give Win2k sounds in games like those & older DOS ones etc. et al ...
Trade-offs abound! apk