Differences between XP Home and XP Pro

They really need to make an upgrade to Pro an item of
prominence in their ads... I general Dell will upgrade to
Pro for about $80...but you have to look for it or ask on
the telephone, they don't seem to push it, even though they
have blurb in their ads.




"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message
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|I agree. My real beef is that the OEM's bundle Home on
laptops and then
| refuse to give support unless you stick with Home. I
upgraded my laptop to
| Pro (because I thought Home less secure and that is an
issue with laptops
| since most get used with wireless at some point) and
Compaq refused to
| support the computer at all. They have the right to do
that but it is not
| good customer relations. It is a false economy on their
part.
|
| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| ...
| Lots of companies also "recommend XP Pro" but you'll
notice
| that most of the computers shown in ads on the same page
as
| the recommendation have XP Home simply because it makes
the
| price LOOK lower.
| In the same way, ten years ago many computer
makers/sellers
| bundled OFFICE SBE with a computer because then you had
an
| operating system and applications and could do something
| right out of the box. But that added cost to the bottom
| line and probably turned a few customers away. So today
you
| have to be a careful reader of spec sheets before you
buy.
| Unfortunately, reading seems to be not well stressed in
| education.
|
|
| --
| The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
|
|
| "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in
message
| ...
| | My greatest concern is the use of Home on laptops.
| Because Home does not
| | allow encryption I think it is an unwise choice and
urge
| the use of Pro
| | instead.
| |
| | "KunK" wrote in
message
| |
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| | Ok, this may seem like a simple question, but wtf is
the
| technical
| | differences between XP Home and XP Pro?? I have
searched
| the MS XP website
| | but for the life of me I cant seem to find a side by
| side comparison
| | between
| | the two. Its almost like Microsoft doesnt want
people to
| know the
| | differences, probably because the products are very
| similar. Anyway, if
| | anyone can point me in the right direction, maybe a
URL
| of a document
| | explaining the differences, I would be extemely
| grateful.
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