XP Pro or Home

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I'm planning to get Windows XP. I'm a home user and would
like to get XP Pro. However, since I'm a home user, do I
have to get XP Home?
 
I'm planning to get Windows XP. I'm a home user and would
like to get XP Pro. However, since I'm a home user, do I
have to get XP Home?
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Not at all. It just costs more. There are no restrictions on who is
eligible to buy it.
 
Unless you need to join a domain network or require
file encryption or need a personal web server, there is no reason
to spend the extra bucks for XP Pro. Both Windows XP versions
run and perform equally as well.

Windows XP Comparison Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/choosing2.asp

Which Edition Is Right for You?
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp

Difference between XP Home and XP Pro networking
http://asia.cnet.com/itmanager/tech/0,39006407,39039863,00.htm


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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I'm planning to get Windows XP. I'm a home user and would
| like to get XP Pro. However, since I'm a home user, do I
| have to get XP Home?
 
Okay, I have question.

Looking at the system requirements at the following link.
Why try to run 300 MHz processor for XP? I think some of
these requirements should change on this page. I would
definately require more speed than that.
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Memory is understated way worse. 64M min supported? I know from
experience that 256M is the absolute min I would recommend to anybody,
512M is the minimum I would ever use.

Microsh!t likes to sell their product to as many people as possible by
publishing minimums only a real newbie would believe. They care not
at all that anybody who puts WinXP on 128M (300MHz processor) will
very likely decide WinXP sucks. A newbie is a captive audience.

Chuck
I hate spam - PLEASE get rid of the spam before emailing me!
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
I disagree with this comment.

XP home has no way to protect data in shared folders on a network - either
everybody can see everything that is shared or if you add a password to the
guest account everything that is shared has the same password.

It is completely useless for normal home network use where you want
everybody to share music/pictures etc. but only parents to see private stuff
like letters, bank info etc.
 
Lorne said:
I disagree with this comment.

XP home has no way to protect data in shared folders on a network - either
everybody can see everything that is shared or if you add a password to the
guest account everything that is shared has the same password.

It is completely useless for normal home network use where you want
everybody to share music/pictures etc. but only parents to see private stuff
like letters, bank info etc.
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You can configure file and folder level security in XP Home but you
need to boot into Safe Mode in order to do this.

p.s. I don't consider your home network scenario to be "normal". If
you can't trust members of your own family then you should not be
doing any network sharing with them. Period.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Microsoft MVP
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http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

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