oh yeah the 2500 without a doubt is much nicer and is able to process certain things much quicker than than the ancient 2000. The whole chop chop and all that looks like a convenient feature, but i'm getting it as a hand me down from a good friend of mine, so i can't complain. I'm sure once I'm comfortable with the 2000 I'm going to want a 2500 though, so i should start a piggy bank sometime soon.