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Old 03-26-2007, 07:57 PM   #1
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which would be better?

Hey everyone, long time no see lol,
anyways..
I was wondering what os would be better. this is what I have

Windows XP Home Edition
Windows XP Professional
Windows XP Professional x64
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

right now I have x64.. seems ok, but a pain to install drivers. and my last one was mce 05 and was acting slow and weird in like 2 months. and home I dont like lol. and pro is pretty good.
so which one would you all prefer?
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Old 03-26-2007, 09:46 PM   #2
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You must be pretty wealthy if you own the licenses for all 4 of those.
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To give him the benefit of the doubt, maybe his place of employment or college offered availability to the different versions?

I say go with Pro. Why? *shrug*. I have MCE on my laptop but don't use the multimedia features much. But unless you need it Pro's features, just go with Home.
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lol glc 2 of them are from my emachines computers. the home and the mce. i bought the x64, and my friends computer got smashed so he gave me the pro. lol and in the licence agreement it says that you can legally transfer the full program to another computer as long as it doesnt remain on the previous one. or somethin like that Ill have to re read it.
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Old 03-28-2007, 09:20 AM   #5
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The two from the eMachines cannot be used on a different computer. The Pro is only legal if it's retail or unrestricted OEM, if it shipped with a name brand computer it's not unrestricted.
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