XP home or XP Pro... the diffrence is?

[Nitrous]

Ok basicaly there is a laptop up for sale where ma mum works... It's got a good alround spec and no it's not a Dell :D The only thing that makes me think twice is the XP home... we have XP pro but on a slower PC. Basicaly just want to know what the difference is.

Note: This Laptop has the latest updates to windows home edition while our XP pro doesn't.

[inter]

found this through google. http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp hope it helps.

[Nitrous]

hehe thanks mate... yea it's Liquid snake told me over MSN he found little diffrence between the two... My mum has put a bid in for the Laptop and I kinda want it but at the same time I don't.... will have to wait and see what happens.

[inter]

NO problems. Hope you get it or not?? :P

[Cid Highwind]

Get xp Pro ofcourse

[[N]eto]

XP Pro is for those who work with computers. Greater control over what your PC is doing, basically. If you use it for other things, I wouldn't bother.

[Nitrous]

eto']XP Pro is for those who work with computers. Greater control over what your PC is doing, basically. If you use it for other things, I wouldn't bother.

Yea that seems to be what people are saying on other boards that I found using google... no biggy problem I guess. *sigh* hope we don't get it coz I'll have to spend time confiq in this Internet and a bunch of other stuff... but on the other hand it'll be as fast as the PC i have in my room oh and a sound card which will be nice seeing as this don't have one lol

[Peppage]

Their really is only a couple of subtle differences between the two. I really do like xp pro though, and I really wouldn't want to go with home version ever. That is just my opinion though.

[Nitrous]

*sigh* the laptop is here, I aint seen it yet coz my mum has it at work. I ain't lookin forward to this, should be ok once I get everything up and running the way it should be. *sigh*

I hope the Internet wants to work with it coz if it don't then these could be ma last words on c/d for a long time coz this PC aint even 100% ours coz it's one that my uncle gave us. He don't know about the laptop yet tho hehe.

[inter]

well i hope everything goes acording to plan with the setting up of the laptop.

[Pixels]

usually XP Pro is used at companies etc, it can be bought in multi packages, where the license spans over many computers... Whereas Home edition is a one of payment and tahts it...

[HRBEK]

Yeah XP Professional has certain rights that XP Home Edition does not. Thank god that I have Professional!!!

Thanks,
HRBEK.

[cHilli]

XP Pro corporate edition is what you should get heh

[Peppage]

heh, that might be what I have on a few computers... I have the disk here somewhere but I think I "lost" it.

[naked_snake]

iwould go for xp pro if u check on microsft they say they added another loads more to it and by apllying all the fixes and they also added tons of c++ code which made it better then home. i dont have home i have pro so i think u should get pro or if u can and if ur experienced get linux its more powerful but harder to use