Which OS ME or 2000 is best suited for laptop?

[nkasdon]

Hi everyone,

I am wondering which of OS WINME or WIN2K PRO is best suited (fastest) for a laptop (INSPIRON 8000, PIII 700, 192MB SDRAM PC100, 10GB IBM HD, ATI RAGE MOBILE 128 4XAGP, ESS MAESTRO SOUND CARD, ACTIONTECH COMBO MODEM & 10/100 NIC CARD, DVD, INTEL 815 CHIPSET...) and the following applications: 3D modeling small part and assembly (PRO/E, SOLIDEDGE, INVENTOR, IDEAS etc), MEDIA STUDIO PRO video editing (small footage less than 5 minute), WINDVD (movies) and internet. Any insight thought is greatly appreciated.

[Jeffbx]

Without question - W2K. One of the top design goals of W2K was to have it run easily and quickly on a laptop.

However.... 3D modeling and video editing on a laptop? That's another question in of itself....

[giambona]

Definitely Win2k. It is much more stable than WindowsME. Also, with Whistler coming out soon, it will be easier to upgrade. You might want to wait for Whistler.

[topane]

I have Win2k on my Inspiron 5000e--it rocks! I can disconnect/reconnect the network cables, pull it out of the docking station, swap hardware, etc. w/o even bothering to tell Win2k to "eject hardware" -- it may conplain but it keeps working great. It's very solid--don't even consider ME. I usually don't even reboot it, I just shut the lid and let it hibernate for the night.

[AmRivlin]

was built with Notebooks in mind REAL PNP take out a hard drive and dont have to reboot... Power managment... Stability... Go for it

[Aristo]

Win2k runs very smooth even in my old PII 300 laptop with 64 MB.

Go with Win2k.

[hapoo]

WinME isn't worth sh*t, and thats all i gotta say about that.

[brainsmile]

it's too slow

[OC]

Win2k, no question. WinME sucks IMHO though others have had a better experience. Also, on the Win2k vs Whistler question, read this article:
http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2698247,00.html

What with all the .NET features that will be in Whistler you know it's going to have problems, and I for one am not going to be a beta tester for M$ like all the original Win95 owners were. :borg: Win2k on the other hand rarely gives me any trouble.

-o

[unnamed]

its been my experiance that win9x is faster on any computer then win2k.

not saying its better, just faster. he asked what what would be faster.

[phlick]

I just got a compaq rig w/the same specs... It came loaded with ME .. I think. :) Didn't even boot it up.

W2k was designed for laptops. It will take longer to boot/shut down, but only several seconds if you keep it lean, although that software doesn't sound very Calista-like.

Does that S/W run (quick enuf) on your vid card? Do you have the M1 or the M3 chipset? Some of the new 8000's have a 32MB vid card, very very nice.

Supposedly theres a mobile Radeon coming out soon too. (if its not out already)