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XP Pro better than XP Home ?
Silly question ?
I'm running XP Home -without apparent problems- and i wonder what i would get MORE if ever i change for XP Pro ? Any opinion ? TIA, ************************* JPS - Geneva, Switzerland www.pbase.com/scherrer/s2 ************************* |
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XP Pro better than XP Home ?
JPS wrote:
Silly question ? I'm running XP Home -without apparent problems- and i wonder what i would get MORE if ever i change for XP Pro ? Any opinion ? TIA, ************************* JPS - Geneva, Switzerland www.pbase.com/scherrer/s2 ************************* Only if you have a network. -- Interim Systems and Management Accounting Gordon Burgess-Parker Director www.gbpcomputing.co.uk |
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XP Pro better than XP Home ?
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The core operating system is the same. Differences: - WinXP Pro will allow 10 inbound connections, Home only 5 - Pro has policy editors (useful in a corporate environment) - Pro has IIS (useful if you build server apps) - Pro can become part of a domain (another corporate use) - Both use simple file sharing by default, but it can only be disabled in Pro - Firewall and file security between users is the same - Encrypted file system is only available in Pro If you need any of the benefits of a Pro system, then go with it. Otherwise, most home users are happy with XP Home. More details: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h.../choosing2.asp -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "JPS" wrote in message ... Silly question ? I'm running XP Home -without apparent problems- and i wonder what i would get MORE if ever i change for XP Pro ? Any opinion ? TIA, ************************* JPS - Geneva, Switzerland www.pbase.com/scherrer/s2 ************************* |
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XP Pro better than XP Home ?
Adding to what Rick has said, if your computing interests are expanding and
you are piqued by Pride of Ownership, then by all means upgrade to Pro. There are some programs, such as Virtual PC 2004, which run on Home but do not receive MS support unless running on Pro. The Computer Management tools are more extensive under Pro and Pro supports dynamic disks. If these are areas that interest you, go for it. One consideration is, did Home come preinstalled on your computer or did you purchase it retail? If you do not now have a MS retail cd for Home, then owning a retail cd of Pro can come in handy when needing to do things like running the system file checker and in case of the need to do a repair install should things go awry one day. -- Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine] (Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested) "JPS" wrote in message ... Silly question ? I'm running XP Home -without apparent problems- and i wonder what i would get MORE if ever i change for XP Pro ? Any opinion ? TIA, ************************* JPS - Geneva, Switzerland www.pbase.com/scherrer/s2 ************************* |
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XP Pro better than XP Home ?
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JPS typed: Silly question ? Not at all. I'm running XP Home -without apparent problems- and i wonder what i would get MORE if ever i change for XP Pro ? Probably not. XP Professional and XP Home are exactly the same in all respects, except that Professional has a few features (mostly related to networking and security) missing from Home. For most (but not all) home users, even those running home networks, these features aren't needed, would never be used, and buying Professional instead of Home is a waste of money. For details go to http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...p_home_pro.asp http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h.../choosing2.asp Also note that Professional allows ten concurrent network connections, and Home only five. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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XP Pro better than XP Home ?
JPS wrote:
Silly question ? I'm running XP Home -without apparent problems- and i wonder what i would get MORE if ever i change for XP Pro ? Any opinion ? TIA, ************************* JPS - Geneva, Switzerland www.pbase.com/scherrer/s2 ************************* The WinXP Home and WinXP Pro versions are _identical_ when it comes to performance, stability, and device driver and software application compatibility, but are intended to meet different functionality, networking, security, and ease-of-use needs, in different environments. The most significant differences are that WinXP Pro allows up to 10 simultaneous inbound network connections while WinXP Home only allows only 5, WinXP Pro is designed to join a Microsoft domain while WinXP Home cannot, and only WinXP Pro supports file encryption and IIS. (Oh, and WinXP Pro usually costs roughly $100 USD more than WinXP Home.) Windows XP Comparison Guide http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h.../choosing2.asp Which Edition Is Right for You http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp Windows XP Home Edition vs. Professional Edition http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...p_home_pro.asp -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - RAH |
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Thanks all !
Following the average opinion, i guess i don't REALLY need to move "up" ! So
i'll wait until something much better, like Windows 2005 or 6 comes out ! Thanks again for the quick answers... JP |
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