Windows XP Home VS Pro

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IWhat is the difference between XP Home and XP Pro ???
I have a chance to upgrade, should I go with XP Pro ? and why ?
Thanks
 
George said:
IWhat is the difference between XP Home and XP Pro ???
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Of course.
I have a chance to upgrade, should I go with XP Pro ? and why ?
Thanks
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Depends on why you want to upgrade.

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George

If you do not know why you should upgrade from Home to Pro, you do not need
Pro.. trust me on this.. save your cash for something else..
 
Home is the same except for some bits that most home users don't want or
need, and naturally the default settings are different when installed.

Pro can do many things you could do with a "Server" edition and these things
cannot be added to Home later... for example you can install IIS (Internet
Information Services) on Pro and run a limited web server, FTP server, Mail
and News servers etc... but that's all probably useless to you and just
takes up space... besides which such things introduce potential security
vulnerabilities (if set up wrong) and setting up is not for the faint
hearted in some cases.

Now, IF you are interested in learning Pro is a good idea, and it's actually
better than lashing out on (say) W2003 server) because you get the XP extras
like movie maker which are useless to server operators...

As it happens I have XP Home, Pro and W2003 Server and Home runs faster on
smaller or older machines (I push the limits for testing and I really mean
older machines here) and I find that RAM makes a big difference to speed...
for Pro I would suggest maybe upgrade to 512 (256 is okay but price per
megabyte comes into play) at least unless you don't plan to experiment at
all and then you may as well stay with Home.

The other factor is I think that XP Pro will be supported for longer, some
machines will never take Vista and not everyone is going to upgrade hardware
right away.

Charlie
 
One small difference, that may or may not matter to you: in XP Pro, you can
adjust treble and bass controls when playing audio, but this feature is
greyed out on XP Home. I have Pro and Home on different laptops and that is
all that has affected me.
 
George said:
IWhat is the difference between XP Home and XP Pro ???
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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
with a home network, 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/windowsxp_home_pro.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.asp

Also note one other point not mentioned on any of those sites: Professional
allows ten concurrent network connections, and Home only five.

I have a chance to upgrade, should I go with XP Pro ? and why ?
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Unless you already know that you need (or at least want) one of
Professional's extra features (and since you're asking, you presumable
don't), no, you shouldn't upgrade. Chances are you'd never even notice the
difference. Most home users wouldn't.
 
Mike said:
George

If you do not know why you should upgrade from Home to Pro, you do not need
Pro.. trust me on this.. save your cash for something else..
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Although if you are a person saddled with an MP3 player from Phillips or
Sony, their synch software requires that you run as an Admin or Power
User. You cannot make a Power User on XP Home.
 
Mike said:
So why can't you open an admin account in XP Home?
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Running as admin all the time is not exactly the safest thing to do,
especially for naive users. And frankly they shouldn't be expected to
change login accounts everytime they want to do something with music on
their system.
 
Thanks for the INFO, very helpful

Charlie Tame said:
Home is the same except for some bits that most home users don't want or
need, and naturally the default settings are different when installed.

Pro can do many things you could do with a "Server" edition and these things
cannot be added to Home later... for example you can install IIS (Internet
Information Services) on Pro and run a limited web server, FTP server, Mail
and News servers etc... but that's all probably useless to you and just
takes up space... besides which such things introduce potential security
vulnerabilities (if set up wrong) and setting up is not for the faint
hearted in some cases.

Now, IF you are interested in learning Pro is a good idea, and it's actually
better than lashing out on (say) W2003 server) because you get the XP extras
like movie maker which are useless to server operators...

As it happens I have XP Home, Pro and W2003 Server and Home runs faster on
smaller or older machines (I push the limits for testing and I really mean
older machines here) and I find that RAM makes a big difference to speed...
for Pro I would suggest maybe upgrade to 512 (256 is okay but price per
megabyte comes into play) at least unless you don't plan to experiment at
all and then you may as well stay with Home.

The other factor is I think that XP Pro will be supported for longer, some
machines will never take Vista and not everyone is going to upgrade hardware
right away.

Charlie
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Thanks for the feedback

Ken Blake said:
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
with a home network, 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/windowsxp_home_pro.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.asp

Also note one other point not mentioned on any of those sites: Professional
allows ten concurrent network connections, and Home only five.




Unless you already know that you need (or at least want) one of
Professional's extra features (and since you're asking, you presumable
don't), no, you shouldn't upgrade. Chances are you'd never even notice the
difference. Most home users wouldn't.
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Thank You for the info

Tonyo UK said:
One small difference, that may or may not matter to you: in XP Pro, you can
adjust treble and bass controls when playing audio, but this feature is
greyed out on XP Home. I have Pro and Home on different laptops and that is
all that has affected me.
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No problem George, as always it's a kinda personal view but I feel anyone
with "Interest" is going to benefit from Pro whereas someone who just wants
to "Run software" probably won't.

Charlie
 
George said:
IWhat is the difference between XP Home and XP Pro ???
I have a chance to upgrade, should I go with XP Pro ? and why ?
Thanks
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The fact that you have to ask this question tells me that there's no
need for you to upgrade to WinXP Pro. If you needed WinXP Pro, you'd
already know which additional feature(s) you need.

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 (a crucial
capability at most universities) 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/home/howtobuy/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/windowsxp_home_pro.asp


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Tonyo said:
One small difference, that may or may not matter to you: in XP Pro, you can
adjust treble and bass controls when playing audio, but this feature is
greyed out on XP Home. I have Pro and Home on different laptops and that is
all that has affected me.
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Actually, that capability would be a function of the specific audio
card and its drivers, not the OS.


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