I plan to reinstall my OS next week, and I have the choice of sticking with Windows 2000 or moving over to Windows XP (Or maybe even 2003, if there's reason enough for it). However, I'm not going to upgrade just because XP is "newer" - I want tangible reasons to do so. "More features" doesn't cut it either. So I'm drawing up a list of pro's and cons. So far, I have:
For XP:
Windows 2000 is at end-of-life support, ie. security updates only
XP has support for networking over firewire
Monad (The new Microsoft command shell) requires XP at a minimum
Internet Explorer 7.0, same as above
Easier networking, including Wireless Zero Configuration for wireless LANs
Lots of built-in drivers
Enhanced security features, in terms of tokens and priviledges
Against XP:
Teletubby Inside (MSN, WMP, DRM, etc.), which involves additional effort to remove
Windows Activation will be a pain since I change my hardware often
Having to learn where all the settings and options have moved to since 2K
Some more money goes into Microsoft's pocket
More bloat
What else can I put on my list?


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