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Arthur J Gillian
What will be gained with this upgrade? I would like to
upgrade but do not know if it's worth the time and $$$.
upgrade but do not know if it's worth the time and $$$.
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Stan
Two good reasons I have are
Remote desktop
Ability to logon to a domain
Remote desktop
Ability to logon to a domain
B
BobDelaney
In a word, nothing.
Unless you are a high-end web developer who needs to develop and test ASP
code in a local IIS environment (if the acronyms are unfamiliar, then you
are not), or unless you are connected to a large corporate network with its
extra needs for security, then you do not need XP Pro, and its extra
features will have no impact on you whatsoever.
XP Home is in every way the same Windows code as XP Pro. Byte for byte
the exact same thing. There is no qualitative advantage to running XP Pro
over XP Home, and nothing to be gained. Absolutely nothing. Unless you
actually need or use the specific feature set in XP Pro, then spend your
money on more RAM. You already have Windows XP. Why install the same code on
top of it just to have the name "Pro" on your system?
Unless you are a high-end web developer who needs to develop and test ASP
code in a local IIS environment (if the acronyms are unfamiliar, then you
are not), or unless you are connected to a large corporate network with its
extra needs for security, then you do not need XP Pro, and its extra
features will have no impact on you whatsoever.
XP Home is in every way the same Windows code as XP Pro. Byte for byte
the exact same thing. There is no qualitative advantage to running XP Pro
over XP Home, and nothing to be gained. Absolutely nothing. Unless you
actually need or use the specific feature set in XP Pro, then spend your
money on more RAM. You already have Windows XP. Why install the same code on
top of it just to have the name "Pro" on your system?
R
Ron Martell
Arthur J Gillian said:What will be gained with this upgrade? I would like to
upgrade but do not know if it's worth the time and $$$.
The differences between the two versions are explained on the
following web sites:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.asp
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp
One item that is not mentioned is that in a peer-to-peer network
sharing configuration Windows XP Home is limited to 5 logins whereas
XP Pro allows 10.
Unless you have a specific need for at least one of the features or
functions that are found only in Pro and are not available in Home
then there is no possible benefit in doing the upgrade.
Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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