WIN XPprofessional vs Home

[boygr8]

I am currently on Home Edition.Any reasons to move on to XPpro.

 

[Sushubh]

if u are satisfied with it. their is no reason. pro has better networking features from waht i know.

 

[dearashwin]

dude... think of vista now...

 

[boygr8]

My hardware is too old to support XP......i dont even think of VISTA as of now......until i buy a new PC.Some say XP Home is too insecure.....plus i havent installed SP2 also....

 

[Sushubh]

vista delayed till the end of 2006. and u would definitely need a new computer to run it properly.

 

[GAURAV7777]

well pro has the ability to join to a domainand group policies and encryption and security permisions for ntfs file systemswell most of the features u won't even needso stick to xp homeand yes upgrade to sp2 asap and install the post sp2 updates alsoone more thing ur computer will become more slow after installing sp2😛

 

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[boygr8]

Yeah So i wont be installing SP2.....my ccomp is already slow.A good firewall with a good AV shud sufficeAnd wat about speeds of XP home or Pro.....any diff???

 

[Suraj]

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/how.../choosing2.mspx

 

[popcorn]

xp home seems to be faster then the pro. The number of processes are less in home compared to pro versions. But advisable is a ntfs partition.

 

[nuclear]

Use XP pro mate. See why?

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp

 

[nuclear]

I use Xp pro cuz its faster and it supports IIS server without which you cant do .NET.

 

[ujjwal]

As speed is quite essential, I would recommend Windows 2000. It has got most of what Windows XP has, except for a fancy GUI and very few additional features.

 

[GAURAV7777]

but it hasn't got the security that xp pro with sp2 provides