RE: XP vs. W2000

As we are treading towards OT land, I've got a Dell PIII 750 with 512MB on my desktop running WIN2K Pro. I just bought a laptop, Compaq Presario PIII 1.0 Gig Chip with 512MB running XP Pro. I run 8i and 9i on both machines. The laptop is definitely snappier when running OEM 9i. With comparably configured laptops and desktops, you would expect the desktop to be much faster. So, even though my laptop has a 1 Ghz chip vs the 750 Mhz chip on my desktop, I expected the laptop to be slower. And it is when running disk intensive operations -- 4500 RPM on the laptop vs 7200 RPM and a caching controller on the desktop. But otherwise, the laptop with XP seems to be a tad faster, and maybe it's strictly due to the faster processor. It would be interesting to run some benchmarks against the same machine running XP vs. WIN2K -- I'm sure PC Magazine or some other group has already done this.

And I haven't been on the Internet with the laptop since the XP security issues came to light. Something I need to address on the laptop.

Regards,

Larry G. Elkins
elkinsl_at_flash.net
214.954.1781

> -----Original Message-----
> From: root_at_fatcity.com [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Brian Haas
> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 5:20 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: XP vs. W2000
>
>
> >This question is a little off the mark. I will be ordering a new Dell PC
> >(8200) in the near future. I would like to know which OS I
> should go with.
> >XP Professional or W2000? Any suggestions? Anyone have any experience
> >with XP Prof.? Pluses / minuses?
> >
>
> If you need to run windows, I'd use Win2K. Check this article out about
> the FBI getting involved With the security problems with WinXP
>
> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8287567.html
>
> In addition, Someone in our office recently got a brand new
> laptop with XP
> on it and he absolutely hates the performance it gets with XP(Slow Slow
> Slow).
>
> I use redhat 7.2 here at the office and at home and love it(Came
> over from
> Slackware)
>
> -Brian
>
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