Windows XP Professional vs. XP Home

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I am looking for information about the different operating systems.
What the limitations of Home compared to Professional. I am also interested
in how Media Center compares to Professional.
 
I am looking for information about the different operating systems.
What the limitations of Home compared to Professional. I am also interested
in how Media Center compares to Professional.
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Home does not give you the possibility to connect to a Windows server domain
(not a workgroup.)

Media Centre is a complete version of XP Pro which has also had the access to
a Windows server domain removed. But you need to know that you can not
normally buy the Media Center Edition without buying a complete computer
system. You might be able to but MCE with a certified hardware component.
The hardware compatibility in MCE is extreme marrow compared with XP Home or
Pro.
 
I have looked at the chart, but it does not provide any real data. the only
thing that I understand from the chart is that XP professional allows Domain
controllers and Interaction with servers. While XP Home is a more simplifed
version. But basic items like processing and memory management are the same.
Therefore home and Professional are interchangeable if I do not need the
Network support.
 
Christian said:
I have looked at the chart, but it does not provide any real data.
the only thing that I understand from the chart is that XP
professional allows Domain controllers and Interaction with servers.
While XP Home is a more simplifed version. But basic items like
processing and memory management are the same. Therefore home and
Professional are interchangeable if I do not need the Network support.
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That's very close to true (although Home has network support if all you want
is a peer-to-peer network).

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 that Professional allows ten concurrent network connections, and
Home only five.
 
I am looking for information about the different operating systems.
What the limitations of Home compared to Professional. I am also interested
in how Media Center compares to Professional.
Click to expand...

Differences between the XP Home and Professional:

http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/wxpdifs.htm
http://www.bu.edu/pcsc/desktop/windows/windowsxp/
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 additional difference that is not mentioned on the above sites is
that in a peer-to-peer networking configuration XP Home only allows 5
concurrent logins to a shared resource whereas XP Pro allows 10.


Media Center is XP Pro with additions for multimedia components.
 
It does how ever allow you to use network resources on a domain as long as
you have the correct credentials (i.e. user account).
 
Christian said:
I am looking for information about the different operating systems.
What the limitations of Home compared to Professional. I am also interested
in how Media Center compares to Professional.
Click to expand...


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

WinXP Media Center Edition is a _superset_ (iow, it does
_everything_ WinXP Pro can do (except join a domain), plus contains
additional multi-media features) of WinXP Pro.

Windows XP Media Center Edition Home
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ehome/default.asp



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