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Guest
in the process of buying new laptop for home use - what extras do you get
with prof as opposed to xp
many thanks
with prof as opposed to xp
many thanks
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Gordon
jch said:
"prof" IS XP. The only extras you get with Professional are certain
networking and security functions, otherwise Home and Professional are
exactly the same.....
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Guest
Hi jch, if you were asking me i would go for XP Pro, as you are going for a
lap top wireless is so easy with XP Pro, with xp home you cant join domains
but you can with XP pro. Remote desktop is a great feature, you also more
secure with XP pro.XP Porfessional is the way to go!!!!
lap top wireless is so easy with XP Pro, with xp home you cant join domains
but you can with XP pro. Remote desktop is a great feature, you also more
secure with XP pro.XP Porfessional is the way to go!!!!
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Gordon
johnd said:
Ummm just as easy with Home edition./....it's EXACTLY the same in this
respect
But Home CAN use domain resources, without actually joining a domain
you also more
Rubbish. Home Edition is JUST as secure as Pro - why wouldn't it be?
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Charlie Tame
jch said:
If you are going to be using it for work and have an IT Department ask them,
Pro would probably be their suggestion. There are a few things you simply
cannot do with Home but they are things that most home users would never use
and by leaving them out Home eliminates some of the security problems caused
by users running things they don't know they are running
For work though,joining a domain might be required and that ability helps the IT department
to keep some control of security they otherwise may not be able to do.
If you want to experiment and learn about things like Web Servers then Pro
is by far the best choice since it can do most things that the proprietary
server software can do. Obviously a laptop many not be the best environment,
but as I said it really depends on what you want to do with it or learn
about.
I have both XP Pro and W2003 Server and if I were serious about running
something live on the internet then server would be the way I would go, but
XP Pro is really very close and you won't find many things Pro lacks. Try to
get as much memory as possible, less than 256 will most likely really slow
things down so go for as much as you can afford.
Here's how I see the situation. Pro comes configured with less stuff
pre-installed and a lot is not running by default. You have to turn it on as
you need it or install it as an option. This is much safer than having stuff
all installed and some actually running. Server versions install more and
have more on by default, so there's less for an IT Pro to configure.Home
takes this a stage further by losing the ability to install such things as
web or mail servers, Pro can do that but it is optional, Server systems
generally do install that kind of stuff because it's assumed that if you
didn't want it you wouldn't be buying the server product. It's not so much
that the OS is "Different", in fact it's hardly different at all, it's more
a question of buying as much of it's capabilities as you need for your
purposes.
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Guest
many thanks to you all for your replies - i think i will stick with home as
it will suit all the family
cheers
it will suit all the family
cheers
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Alias~-
jch said:
Not to mention less expensive than Pro.
Alias
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Bruce Chambers
jch said:
"Home use" is an awfully vague and term when it comes to determining
the suitability of a computer or operating system. There is, to my
knowledge, no such thing as a standard, generic home. More important,
by far, than the computer's physical location are the uses to which the
computer will be put. What specific tasks will be performed by the
computer? What specific applications will be used? How many hours per
day will the computer be used?
I'm going to assume that you're asking about the differences between
Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional Edition, as there is
no "prof as opposed to xp" choice available. Frankly, if you don't
already know that WinXP Pro's additional features are needed to meet
your needs, than you can very probably find that WinXP Home meets all of
your needs.
The WinXP Home and WinXP Pro editions 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 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
--
Bruce Chambers
Help us help you:
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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin
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Bruce Chambers
Gordon said:
Because, with WinXP Home, you cannot turn off "Simplified File Sharing"
or have the same granularity of NTFS file permissions control that WinXP
Pro grants. This was the very reason I moved from WinXP Home to WinXP
Pro within mere weeks of their release.
However, not everyone likes to be as fully in control of their
computers as I do, so not everyone would fully take advantage of WinXP's
additional security features, and so they might as well not pay for
them, and use WinXP Home.
--
Bruce Chambers
Help us help you:
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin
Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell
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Ken Blake, MVP
jch said:
First of all, understand that the choice is not between "prof as opposed to
xp," but between Windows XP Professional Edition and Windows XP Home
Edition.
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.
J
Jim Byrd
Just to add one point - there is a difference in the extended support
lifetimes. To quote MVP Rick Rogers in a previous thread, 'End of support
for XP', here, (e-mail address removed)>:
"Mainstream support forXP Pro will be for 24 months after Vista is released,
extended support for XP
will be for 5 years after that. For XP Home it's the same without the
extended support."
lifetimes. To quote MVP Rick Rogers in a previous thread, 'End of support
for XP', here, (e-mail address removed)>:
"Mainstream support forXP Pro will be for 24 months after Vista is released,
extended support for XP
will be for 5 years after that. For XP Home it's the same without the
extended support."
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Rock
You mean XP Home vs. Professional? There is also a media center edition.
Home, professional and media center have the save core functionality and
stability. Media Center Edition is built on Pro with some media
enhancements but it cannot join domain. Pro can join a domain. Home is
limited to 5 concurrent connections, Pro and MCE - 10
See this link
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/evaluation/compare.mspx
For most home users, the Home is fine unless you want the media
enhancements, in which case it's MCE.