Server 2003 is by no means revolutionary, and is more of an incrementla upgrade to Windows Server 2000. It does add some updated features, such as IIS 6 and a better implementation of Terminal Services. For novices, Server 2003, and all Windows Server products are usually just for Network Server machines, for managing clients, and for providing access to resources. It needs major tweaking to play games on! It does what it says on the tin, and does it well. The User Interface is clean, and it's updated implementation of Terminal Services allows it to bolt onto Citrix well. For those using Server 2000 however, it is probably worth jumping Server 2003 straight to the forthcoming Server 2008 (Longhorn). The standard edition of Server 2003 is suitable for all but the largest of orgaisations> If you have a large multi-forrest enterprise or a datacentre, then it may be worth getting a more expensive version.
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(+) Faster, good networking with other Windows machine, so far it has not crashed. (-) price, best to do a fresh install which will involve backup & restore of information
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