Windows 2000 was certainly not only a server system. Windows 2000 was very popular outside the consumer segment. Like Windows XP organisations used it well beyo

Windows 2000 was certainly not only a server system. Windows 2000 was very popular outside the consumer segment. Like Windows XP organisations used it well beyond the intended lifetime. E.g. see this article from 2005: "Just as Microsoft prepares to end mainstream support for Windows 2000 next week, a report surfaces from AssetMetrix, an asset management software provider, that indicates Windows 2000 is still installed on nearly half of corporate desktops." Source: http://www.itjungle.com/two/two062205-story01.html http://www.itjungle.com/two/two062205-story01.html In other words, four years after the introduction of Windows XP, half of the corporate desktops was still using Windows 2000. The success of 2000 was only eclipsed by that of Windows XP.