IIIII 2 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 For Windows XP users, which version are you using Home or Professional? I use Home and was looking at info on Vista but what exactly is the difference between these 2 XPs? Link to post Share on other sites
spacefrog 0 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Basically the difference is the networking component. Home is minus the networking capabilities, i.e. pro is used in networked environments so you can control each XP machine through group policies and security templates.This means you can join it to a server and have the server control all the xp machines. not necessary for home users And yeah I use Pro for a few reasons, but most people will only need home Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Which is Pro? The one before XP. Bloody confusing all this. And this new Vista seems to have about 8 versions just make things clearer.. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 The one before XP was Windows 2000. XP comes in Home and Pro varieties. I use Pro. Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Home! never missed pro Link to post Share on other sites
keba 0 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 I need Pro for networking at the office. If you don't need this, Home does everything else the same, as far as I know. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 I have Home, I don't need to network. Link to post Share on other sites
Ezorisu 0 Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Pro at the office, and Home at home. The only salient difference really is the networking capablility (you can still do a small "home network" with XPHome). Very stable. Haven't had the chance to break Vista yet... Link to post Share on other sites
keba 0 Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 I certainly won't be one of the first to switch to Vista (unless my PC packs it in and I have no choice), I might wait for Vista SP2 before taking the plunge. MS has a pretty bad record with first release software... Link to post Share on other sites
oblivion 5 Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 I'm buying a new laptop and for 3000 yen extra I'll be getting Vista and Office 2007 upgrades when they get released. Link to post Share on other sites
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