win2k vs winxp for ss2k development

  • for the sql server developer, if you only had to choices for OS, which would you choose?

    a) Windows XP professional

    b) Windows 2000 professional

    Sincerely,

    Billy

  • I use both and prefer XP over 2000. More features, more stability. I have Xp at work and 2K at home. Comparable machines.

    I will upgrade to XP eventually and be happy everywhere!

  • Since SQL does not perform any better on XP than 2000 then there is no comparison. It does not cause any differences so there is nothing specific that will affect you like would occurr with building Executables from scratch. No gotchas.

  • I have XP at home and 2000 at work. XP nicer stabler, has benefits like device rollback.

    Simon Sabin

    Co-author of SQL Server 2000 XML Distilled

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1904347088


    Simon Sabin
    SQL Server MVP

    http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/simons

  • I have both, not sure which is better. Good and bad, only using XP for about 6 months.

    For SQL developemnt, not sure it matters. The interface is the same and most of what you do runs inside the server, not on your workstation tool, so it's more a personal preference. If you were doing .NET or C++ development, it would matter more.

    Steve Jones

    sjones@sqlservercentral.com

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/sjones

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