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So what's the trade off between using windows 2000 and using an operating system that you can compile from source with optimised CFLAGS? (for example, using NetBSD on an 2.9ghz pentium celeron and compiling the source and pkgsrc with CFLAGS set to '-pentium3').
When you run windows 2000, don't you have to either not install service packs (and leave yourself exposed to various security flaws) or install a service pack and therefore end up getting all of the bloat that is in XP/2003 (and losing any advantage to running 2000 in the first place)?