Which OS better for digital video editing and DVD authoring?

[rayban]

I am just about ready to install an OS on a newly made clone machine I am building and need this forum's opinion. I currently have windows 2000 Pro and was debating on whether or not to get Windows XP Home to use as my OS for digital video editing. What are the advantages, if any, of using Win XP Home? I don't need to spend any extra $$ if windows 2000 can do the job just as well.

Any thoughts? Please advise since I will need to install it in the next few days. Thanks for any suggestions.

My Digital Editing PC includes:

Abit BH7 MB
P4 2.4Ghz 533
512 PC2700 Ram
Toshiba SD5002 DVDR Burner
120G 8MB Cache 7200 IDE Drive - Dedicated to capturing video
15G IBM 7200 IDE Drive for programs
Pinnacle Studio 8 for digital video editing & DVD Authoring
DVD Complete (alternative DVD Authoring)

Regards,
Ray

[rustic]

I'm not sure of any technical reason for using XP over Win2k for video editing. One plus on the XP side is that it has Windows Movie Maker 2 that you can install from the MS site. It's not a bad little editing program, but I don't know if it's good enough to switch OS.

[K2]

I have never seen any advantage of XP over 2K. In fact I feel XP home edition is more stripped than 2K Pro at the core.

Both handle NTFS.

Personnelly I went back to 2K after a upgrade to XP. I use my computer very heavily and 2K was more stable. I don't need the eye candy of XP.

[Gazorgan]

XP has too many compatibility issues, especially on 'older' software. W2K all the way until XP has service pack 2 (XP has more overhead as well)

[rayban]

Thanks for the quick response! I was wondering if I needed to use Win XP to do digital editing. I will be using Pinnacle Studio 8 to do my editing and won't be needing Movie Maker anyway.

If anyone knows another advantage of using Win XP over Win2000 Pro, please let me know. So far, I think Win2k Pro is winning right now.

Thanks again!

Regards,
Ray

[Heavensent]

i dont think xp is better for video editing,
it has a lot of things running in the background, so i think you better
stick with 2000.
no need to spend $$$ for a thing that wont give you what you want.

[donpedro]

I use WinXP Home SP1 for Pinnacle Studio 8. I installed separate partition with clean WinXP just for this so it will not interfear with any other program. Also I disabled all hardaware that I don't need during editing. This is just what I do, I am not saying that it is best.