Windows 2003 vs Windows 2008

[OneLazyBastard]

what do you guys think is the better choice and why do you think so? i am planing to pay for a 64bit windows 2008 and i am just wondering which one would be better to run a private server on? thank you

[Zeroxelli]

I ran mine on 2008 and it ran just fine. I'd recommend 2008 anyway, as it has .NET Framework updates by default, so it's less that you have to install.

[tkblackbelt]

I don't always use Windows Server, but when I do, I prefer 2008.

[Zeroxelli]

Originally Posted by tkblackbelt

I don't always use Windows Server, but when I do, I prefer 2008.

Haha! Touche

[bone-you]

If there's one thing Microsoft can do right, it's their server OS. For some time I ran 2k and 2k3 as my desktop OS because it was far more stable and less bsod prone. Between the two, I'd definitely pick 2k8.

[Spirited]

2008 = Framework 4.5

[Kiyono]

I'd choose 2008 R2 for the sole reason that it's cheaper (free actually), though, you have to be a student for that.

[Zeroxelli]

True, it is free thanks to the DreamSpark program. Also, I'd have to agree with bone-you on that, next to XP it was the most stable of Microsoft's operating systems for quite a while. It's still up there, actually.

[Korvacs]

2008 for the ability to install it in various different configurations depending on what you need, and its performance improvements over 2003.

Also, not sure where this illusion has come from that Windows desktop os's arnt stable, if your not a complete ****** you can use any windows os and have no issues with it.

[Zeroxelli]

Originally Posted by Korvacs

2008 for the ability to install it in various different configurations depending on what you need, and its performance improvements over 2003.

Also, not sure where this illusion has come from that Windows desktop os's arnt stable, if your not a complete ****** you can use any windows os and have no issues with it.

Most people say that Windows Server, NT, XP, etc are more stable than their other operating systems, not that the others aren't stable. But when it comes down to it, they really aren't that stable. I've worked with **** near every single release of Windows that Microsoft has put out, and a lot of them were complete **** in regards to stability for programmers/developers. 95/98/ME/2k/Vista were complete bullshit when it comes to stability. The kernels themselves had a literal shitload of problems that Microsoft assumed no one would run into, because they expected only those morons you mention to be the ones using said operating systems. The NT series was the first release they put out that was more stable for developers since Microsoft's rendition of DOS and 3x. After that came Windows XP, which they actually thought about developers while making. Windows 7 is another step towards stability, offering an improved version of Microsoft's hybrid-kernel, which eliminated a lot of the problems that the 9x kernel had in the core, that they kept building upon, but it still has its problems.

Anyway, there's no point arguing this too much, as most people haven't even used most of Microsoft's releases to the point of finding the bugs in the kernel, so I guess to them, it's quite "stable".

[Korvacs]

I've used every windows release since 3.1.1, and aside from a couple of issues with graphics drivers crashing vista i have never had problems, and being a network technician and heavy windows user, you would expect i would run into them...

Still windows is still more stable than OSX which i recently discovered is a bag of ****.

[Zeroxelli]

Originally Posted by Korvacs

I've used every windows release since 3.1.1, and aside from a couple of issues with graphics drivers crashing vista i have never had problems, and being a network technician and heavy windows user, you would expect i would run into them...

Still windows is still more stable than OSX which i recently discovered is a bag of ****.

In my opinion, the Mac series of operating systems is complete ****, period. They were a failed attempt by Mac to prove that their XNU kernel was not just a ripoff of Unix (even though it most obviously is), and that their operating systems were better than Linux and Windows builds. I would pick nix over Mac any day, or even Windows.