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Old Jul 28, 2003 | 10:49 AM
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I'm perfectly happy with Win 2000 and Office Pro 2000 but the PC's getting a bit long in the tooth now and the hard drive makes some strange noises....
Time for a new machine then - do I really want to spend £300 on XP and XP Office Pro or should I just get the new machine and stick on my Win 2000 stuff.
Machine is stand alone, small business use and ISDN to the net.

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Old Jul 28, 2003 | 11:53 AM
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Not much difference between the two IMHO. Mainly cosmetic really AFAIK.

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Old Jul 28, 2003 | 12:51 PM
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Cheers Darren, might compromise and go for XP Pro and just use our Office 2000 then.

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Old Jul 28, 2003 | 01:41 PM
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If you're moving to newer hardware, then XP has some nice touches and Wizards which you might find helpful. Office 2000 to XP? Nothing that big IMO.

If the money is burning a hole in your pocket, then do Windows XP first.

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Old Jul 28, 2003 | 03:09 PM
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If you're used to using Office 2000, stick with it. Dear old Microshaft found it in their wisdom to mess with the way things work in OfficeXP. Nothing major, but loads of minor tweaks, been using OfficeXP for months now and still not used to it.
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Old Jul 28, 2003 | 03:23 PM
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I love the paste options in Office XP, saying that they could have been in earlier versions. Auto resizing of text in Powerpoint wins as well.
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Old Jul 28, 2003 | 11:37 PM
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I'm sticking with Windows 2000 but using Office XP.

I tried Windows XP on my laptop but it got slower and slower and after a while I'd had enough and went back to 2000. Also had a few niggles with Windows XP which couldn't be solved.

Just MHO.
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