[dennisw]

Win 2000 is faster and leaner then XP. But XP has one thing I really like. Cleartype fonts that work great for LCD monitors. So much sharper.

[Petronski]

Cleartype fonts that work great for LCD monitors. So much sharper.

Yes, cleartype is very cool technology.

I use hacked copies of TTF fonts that force the 'font smoothing' built in to Win98 right down to 4 point type.

It's a crude substitute for cleartype, but it eliminates the sawtooth thing, and is a huge improvement over 'stock.'

[TheStickman]

I'm curious how you have your hardware setup so that win2000 runs faster than XP does. I have a P4 512 ram and a GF-ti4200 vid card with about 220 gigs in HD space and win2k runs great on my machine but not nearly as fast as XP Home or Pro does. My machine is primarily used as a DAW but I do some gaming and movie watching as well as basic surfing.

Again, just curious.

[Paleo Conservative]

Win 2000 is faster and leaner then XP. But XP has one thing I really like. Cleartype fonts that work great for LCD monitors. So much sharper.

Yes. One thing I do have complaints about Windows 2K is how difficult it is to use high resolution monitors. Sure Windows 2K will run a 1600 x 1200, but it can be difficult to read full some of the text in dialog boxes and messages from the operating system even on a 21-inch monitor. The size of menus and text is not really indepedent of the screen resolution. Windows XP seems to have the ability to scale them up without having to change "themes".