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Scott Osborne · February 4th, 2003, 03:17 PM

Whats the better op system for Adobe Premiere as well as the other major Digital content creation software.

Scott

Imran Zaidi · February 4th, 2003, 03:50 PM

It depends on your computer's configuration, really. If it's a brand new computer (less than 1 years old and was a good model) I'd say go XP. However, if your computer is older than that, go with the latest and greatest of Win 2k. Several reasons for this, relating to drivers, processing power, etc.

Scott Osborne · February 4th, 2003, 04:08 PM

The computer that I am building for it is a P42.4B on a Intel 845PE based Mobo with 1Gig of PC3200 Low Latency Match set RAM Which will be the host to a Matrox RT2500 with a Parheila Dispay Adapter

Brian M. Dickman · February 4th, 2003, 05:10 PM

Check with Matrox to make sure the RT2500 is supported in XP. If not, you may be stuck with 2k, but otherwise this is definitely an XP system.

Scott Osborne · February 4th, 2003, 05:29 PM

Yes the Rt2500 does support it. The main reason for asking the question was to see if the experianced people in this forum could give recomendations based on there experiance. I have heard people say that 2k Pro was more of a professional enviroment for Video based software.

Adrian Douglas · February 5th, 2003, 04:20 AM

If you decide to go with XP disable all the 'help the home user' crap. All it does is eat up resourses. Personnally I'd go with W2k as it doesn't have all the added fat. For an NLE system XP doesn't offer any real advantages I have found yet. I have XP on my laptop and W2k on my desktop and am finding XP to not much more than just a new coat of paint and some fancy interior trim.

Rob Lohman · February 5th, 2003, 06:58 AM

Windows 2000 has no SP6. Windows NT4 has SP6a. The latest
for Win2K is SP3. XP latest is SP1. Personally I'd go with Win2K
because it has a longer track record with Media and Video work
than XP does. But it also depends on your needs etc. I work with
both everyday and I still like Windows 2000 better. Ofcousre
XP has some nice things as well...

February 4th, 2003, 03:17 PM	#1
Scott Osborne Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Rochester NY Posts: 116	Win2k SP6 or WinXp Pro SP1 Whats the better op system for Adobe Premiere as well as the other major Digital content creation software. Scott

February 5th, 2003, 04:20 AM	#6
Adrian Douglas Trustee Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Chigasaki, Japan. Posts: 1,660	If you decide to go with XP disable all the 'help the home user' crap. All it does is eat up resourses. Personnally I'd go with W2k as it doesn't have all the added fat. For an NLE system XP doesn't offer any real advantages I have found yet. I have XP on my laptop and W2k on my desktop and am finding XP to not much more than just a new coat of paint and some fancy interior trim. __________________ Adrian DVInfo.net Search for quick answers Where to buy? From the best in the business...DVInfo.net sponsors

February 5th, 2003, 06:58 AM	#7
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Windows 2000 has no SP6. Windows NT4 has SP6a. The latest for Win2K is SP3. XP latest is SP1. Personally I'd go with Win2K because it has a longer track record with Media and Video work than XP does. But it also depends on your needs etc. I work with both everyday and I still like Windows 2000 better. Ofcousre XP has some nice things as well... __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

February 4th, 2003, 03:50 PM	#2
Imran Zaidi Trustee Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 1,315	It depends on your computer's configuration, really. If it's a brand new computer (less than 1 years old and was a good model) I'd say go XP. However, if your computer is older than that, go with the latest and greatest of Win 2k. Several reasons for this, relating to drivers, processing power, etc.

February 4th, 2003, 04:08 PM	#3
Scott Osborne Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Rochester NY Posts: 116	The computer that I am building for it is a P42.4B on a Intel 845PE based Mobo with 1Gig of PC3200 Low Latency Match set RAM Which will be the host to a Matrox RT2500 with a Parheila Dispay Adapter

February 4th, 2003, 05:10 PM	#4
Brian M. Dickman Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 148	Check with Matrox to make sure the RT2500 is supported in XP. If not, you may be stuck with 2k, but otherwise this is definitely an XP system.

February 4th, 2003, 05:29 PM	#5
Scott Osborne Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Rochester NY Posts: 116	Yes the Rt2500 does support it. The main reason for asking the question was to see if the experianced people in this forum could give recomendations based on there experiance. I have heard people say that 2k Pro was more of a professional enviroment for Video based software.