Noting I too have a MSDN subscription which makes it possible to have the
choices available I downsized from Windows 2003 Server (W2003) to XP Pro.
For the time being it is too costly for me to run W2003 as a dev machine.
The vendors that sell virus protection, defragging, backup, imaging and
'must have' utility software demand hundreds of $$$ for each application
when run on W2003 yet for XP Pro I can acquire each at $50 or $60 each. I
now run W2003 in Virtual PC only when needed and only then to learn ASP.NET
2.0.
I want and in some circumstances really need W2003 as IIS and other
'servers' that are bundled with W2003 really do provide benefits but only if
hosting your own applications as hosting providers marginalize those
benefit. So for now it is too risky and too costly for me to use W2003 as my
primary OS for development.
That's my two cents which I should be saving for disaster recovery instead
of spending on you ;-)
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"Jarod" <Ja***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hey
I am considering Win2003 Enterprise or Win XP professional as a OS to work
with VS 2003. Is there any difference for a programer ? I think probably
most of programmers are using WinXP Prof. with VS2003 ? I don't know if there
are any benefits from using Win2003 as a developer platform ( built in .Net
gives something ? ). The price doesn't matter because of MSDN subscription.
Which is faster and more stable ? I curious about your's opinion.
Jarod
