faTTire

The only crashes I've had on my Windows 2000 machines have been due to bad drivers and hardware problems. The system itself is quite stable. It doesn't crash because the moon comes up like Win '98.

Some drivers for Windows 2000 are still in a pretty primitive state. USB, in particular, is sometimes iffy. My desktop has crashed once in a year - and that was due to a bad video driver. My laptop doesn't do quite so well, but most crashes are USB related. Some hardware is particularly badly supported under Windows 2000. Older scanners come to mind.

Game compatibility may also be an issue. There are updates available at Microsoft's site that address some of these. Some games just won't install under Windows 2000. As long as the stock market is your only game, you'll be ok here.

Minimum memory to run W2K: 256MB. More wouldn't hurt. You'll eventually regret less since it actually supports running more than one thing at once.

BillK

It crashes and burns less than any other MS OS, but that's not saying a whole lot. It's trivial to crash, but usually doesn't crash while just running the screen saver like NT...

225TTR

Wrong. It is extremely stable.

GuilTTy

because the XP system is based on the Pro 2000 core. Most Win 9x (especially 95 - maybe even 98) will probably have to wipe thier OS clean and do a fresh install of XP.

TTP

It's fine for running business apps (word proc/spreadsheets/etc..). It sucks for playing games or coding games on it.

RoQueTT

Excellent. Using it at home and office. NT resilience, with 98 plug'n'pray & USB support.

o2bnme

Do you have a scanner plugged in to USB?

Lone Starr (Ivan)

I do, Canon 630U works great

RoQueTT

No. I use an HP G85 all-in-1 with a passable colour scanner function.

o2bnme

Sounds like my older model HP scanner is going to be useless until I get Windows XP? Fun fun.