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09-16-2002, 11:05 PM
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Is XP professional better than XP home?
I was talking tonight with a very experienced IT person. He informed me that the differences between Windows XP home and professional are much deeper than the extra features that professional has. He informed me that Microsoft took the professional version and stripped features out of it. This stripping process left gaps in the program and created the same type of problems you get when you have fragmented files on your hard drive. He told me that he has solved many software problems by upgrading people from Windows XP home to professional.
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09-16-2002, 11:14 PM
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HOT ROD
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Huh???
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09-16-2002, 11:15 PM
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Maybe he's not so experienced...
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09-16-2002, 11:15 PM
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The two differences are that XP Pro will handle multiple CPU's and that with XP Pro you can belong to a domain. That's it -- otherwise they are identical Operating Systems based of the NT kernal.
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09-16-2002, 11:15 PM
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In a nutshell thats B.S. I like Pro but there is nothing wrong with Home. Pro is more configurable and has some extra features. There are no holes in Home. What kind of fragmeantation problems was he speaking of? LOL ...His statements are just ludicrous.
If he has solved problems by upgrading to Pro it's because A: the user needed features not available on home or B: Pro's default configuration solved some configuration problem or setting that he or the user had incorrect. And would have likely been corrected by reinstalling home or just setting up the computer properly. Few home users have any real need for Pro. Go to Microsoft.com they have a page that explains the differences and will help you decide which you need. I like Pro but I certainly wouldn't recommend anyone spend the extra one hundred dollars per computer that it costs if they don't need it. Pro does have more security features that are important to me. |
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09-16-2002, 11:28 PM
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The only issue I can see is that the Home installs were on FAT32 partitions or bad upgrades and the experienced IT fellow has himself convinced that the installation of the PRO version has cured the problems.
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09-16-2002, 11:36 PM
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I am guessing he has convinced himself of something and is trying to convince others .... of this I am convinced!
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09-16-2002, 11:40 PM
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I should have stated that what I was posting was very much paraphrased do to my inexperiance. I will experiment and check back. (with my computer not paraphrasing)
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09-17-2002, 12:04 AM
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Tuf and audiyoda are correct, it's BS,
XP Home is just that; it's a great OS for a home network. XP Pro has added features you will never use at home like connecting to a server in a business environment. XP Pro is major overkill for home use IMO.
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09-17-2002, 07:02 AM
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Security-wise Pro is better since it supports file-level access control. Which in a home environment most people wouldn't know how or want to use. Performance-wise, I don't if you could see a difference.
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