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    Hi,

    I just ordered a custom built computer for graphics, capture, editing, and authoring dvd's. Which os is better 2k or xp? One friend says xp , because of the support/ stability. One says w2k , because of copywrite issues and because he thinks w2k is more stable. So I decided to ask the experts. It is the same cost.

    My system will be based on the matrox rt.x100.
    asus p4 533c
    p4 2.53
    4 x 512 1066
    40 gb system
    240 gb raid a/v drive
    80 gb export ( removable)
    soundblaster 2 audigy
    matrox g550
    matrox rt.x100
    430 enemax p/s

    What would you chose and why? Is there copywrite issues with xp?
    asus p4 533 c P4 2.53
    4x512 1066 samsung Rambus Ram ( @533)
    120gb or 80 gb system maxtor (ata 133 ) ( removable caddie)
    240 gb ( with 8 mb buffer) raid-o
    250 gb (w/ 8 mb buffer) removable caddie ( plus 10 gb ghost,250 Gb,160 GB,40 Gb, etc)
    Sony Mutli Format DVD burner
    samsung 40x cdrw burner
    Santa Cruz Turtle Beach Soundcard
    Aardvark 20/20 soundcard
    Matrox Rt.x100
    Ati Radeon 9800 pro
    19" Nec Fe991sb crt / 17" Crystalscan / Tv monitor
    Antec Server case SX1040BII and 400 watt power supply
    Xp Pro ( sp 2 )

  • #2
    W2k SP2
    Brian (the devil incarnate)

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    • #3
      That looks like a very nice system. Are you using this ONLY for video work? Do you plan on playing games or anything like that? If so, I'd multiboot XP and 2K sp2. Use 2k just for editing, and use the other OS for general computing.
      WinXP Pro/Win2K Pro
      Pentium 4 1.7 Abit TH7II-RAID
      HD (boot): Seagate Barracuda ATA IV 60GB
      HD (RAID-0): WD WD400BB 80GB (2x40GB)
      Kingston 256MB 800MHZ RDRAM
      ATI Radeon 8500 128MB
      Hauppauge Wintv #401
      Turtle Beach Santa Cruz

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      • #4
        Though Matrox recommends WinXP I'm using Win2K-SP2 and it presents no problems.

        Dr. Mordrid
        Dr. Mordrid
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        An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

        I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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        • #5
          XP works great out of the box, and is a little more future proof. If they are the same price its a no brainer.

          AmSci- why would you tell someone to dual boot 2000/XP? One will do.
          Oh my god MAGNUM!

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          • #6
            Yup its a no brainer, since W2K lacks Windows Product Activation, buy it instead.

            --wally.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by funky-d-munky
              AmSci- why would you tell someone to dual boot 2000/XP? One will do.
              I like to keep a clean OS just for the work I do with video. Rather than going through the trouble of disabling antivirus, power saving features, etc etc etc etc every time I want to capture video, I'd rather just boot to a fresh OS. I'm sure thats standard practice around here, to keep video isolated from the rest of your general computing.
              WinXP Pro/Win2K Pro
              Pentium 4 1.7 Abit TH7II-RAID
              HD (boot): Seagate Barracuda ATA IV 60GB
              HD (RAID-0): WD WD400BB 80GB (2x40GB)
              Kingston 256MB 800MHZ RDRAM
              ATI Radeon 8500 128MB
              Hauppauge Wintv #401
              Turtle Beach Santa Cruz

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              • #8
                You pretty much have to dedicate a computer to video editing if you expect to get any real work done. video is enough of a house of cards on any flavor of windows that installing other software is always a bit of a risk.

                Once it ain't broke, stop fixing it!

                Dual boot doesn't offer any real protection should your general computing encounter a nasty virus unless you use win9x and Fat32 for general stuff and NTFS for video, but even then you still might lose the partition table.

                --wally.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by wkulecz
                  Dual boot doesn't offer any real protection should your general computing encounter a nasty virus unless you use win9x and Fat32 for general stuff and NTFS for video, but even then you still might lose the partition table.

                  --wally.
                  I'm not concerned with that. My video OS is pretty much solid, I never make changes to it. I drive-imaged it, so if it ever got lost I can just simply restore it. I'm covered security-wise on my XP partition, and even though I'm not running antivirus/firewall, etc on my video partition, the network card is disabled, so theres no chance of infection on that OS.
                  WinXP Pro/Win2K Pro
                  Pentium 4 1.7 Abit TH7II-RAID
                  HD (boot): Seagate Barracuda ATA IV 60GB
                  HD (RAID-0): WD WD400BB 80GB (2x40GB)
                  Kingston 256MB 800MHZ RDRAM
                  ATI Radeon 8500 128MB
                  Hauppauge Wintv #401
                  Turtle Beach Santa Cruz

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                  • #10
                    Hi

                    I don't think I'll be playing games on it. My old computer and my playstation 2 are fine for gaming. This will be strictly audio and video editing. So far everyone seems to think w2k with sp2. Thanks for all your advice. I have to let him know by friday morning, so I'll continue looking here for any more suggestions. Oh by the way , I forgot to add the ricoh multiformat and a plextor cd burner. Nunchal
                    asus p4 533 c P4 2.53
                    4x512 1066 samsung Rambus Ram ( @533)
                    120gb or 80 gb system maxtor (ata 133 ) ( removable caddie)
                    240 gb ( with 8 mb buffer) raid-o
                    250 gb (w/ 8 mb buffer) removable caddie ( plus 10 gb ghost,250 Gb,160 GB,40 Gb, etc)
                    Sony Mutli Format DVD burner
                    samsung 40x cdrw burner
                    Santa Cruz Turtle Beach Soundcard
                    Aardvark 20/20 soundcard
                    Matrox Rt.x100
                    Ati Radeon 9800 pro
                    19" Nec Fe991sb crt / 17" Crystalscan / Tv monitor
                    Antec Server case SX1040BII and 400 watt power supply
                    Xp Pro ( sp 2 )

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