Home or Pro - the resources usage aspect

[Noam Avnery]

Hi.
Will XP Pro take much more resources than XP Home?
TIA

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Resource usage is about equal when comparing XP Pro with XP Home.
Using some of XP Pro's exclusive components, such as IIS, will use
slightly more resources. If you have at least 512MB of RAM installed,
you'll hardly notice any difference.

For the average home user, Windows XP Home Edition is the best choice.

Windows XP Comparison Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.mspx

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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[Ken Blake]

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Will XP Pro take much more resources than XP Home?

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.



Resource use should be identical if you use the same features. If
you use addition Windows XP Professional features, then resource
use will of course go up.

 

[Plato]

Will XP Pro take much more resources than XP Home?

A little bit, generally, depending, but not at all worth worrying about
either way.

 

[Noam Avnery]

Thanks for al the replies.