Please don't be offended as I know we've already had this discussion, but I really can't think of a single reason not to move from Win2000 to (at least) windows XP... W2k is now so old that you can't even run it on some of the oldest computers I service. There are whole branches of technlogy W2k is not able to work with... such as the new HDAudio chips on most motherboards, SATA disk drives, USB 2 and 3 devices... XP will work anywhere Win2000 worked but the reverse is not true, Win2000 can't do a lot of stuff that XP takes in stride.
So please forgive me for asking again... but what possible reason could you have to not move from Win2000 to XP?
Hallo Tater,
I do not want to start a new discussion. I only want to answer your question.
the situation is not as bad as you describe. USB 2 is no problem with win2k and sata drivers can be installed (F3) during installation. Though I can nothing say about Audio. I am not very challenging in this. On the other side: it is a very stable and quick (notably on modern hardware) operating system.
For me there are two main reasons not to upgrade:
I can understand that microsoft does not want to support every operating system deathless. But what I hat is to be treated like a puppet. Their firm philosophy is to force people to use what they want to sell and not to sell what people want to use.
The second cause is a practicle one. I have installed many and many tools and little environments and software packages which I need to do my daily work. It would me cost many days to setup a comparable system.
Hardware gets older. And same day my harddisc or something other will crash. Than I will upgrade.
I have bought XP long ago. It lies packed in a drawer and waits for this day.
czerny