xp home v. xp rpo
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Not to go off on a rant, but the description provided isn't exactly accurate.
There are significant differences between the two. We (for one) don't even sell the home edition because of the things that it DOESN'T have.
1) Home version does not support remote desktop. If you have any hope of every having remote access capabilities, (get to your PC from anywhere) you are going to want this. This feature alone is worth the $100.00 price difference. This is basically Windows NT Terminal Server, just try to buy anything like it for $100.00.
2) Multiprocessor support improves performance for systems that have it. Remember, in two years if you want to upgrade to a multi-processor computer, if you don't buy Professional NOW, you can't upgrade to it later. Thus, here is another reason to go to Professional. Remember, under the new EULA for this software, you can only upgrade from "Like to Like" meaning, home version is not upgradeable to Professional. You must go that way from day one or be forced to pay for the software all over again (and a higher price to boot) later.
3) Client/Server support. Home doesn't have networking features, Professional does. Remember, if you want to have server connectivity, you need professional.
4) Home supports a "home network" for sharing an internet connection with up to 4 other PC's. Professional supports up to a 10-user peer-to-peer network and includes client/server networking features for all other types of networks. Internet Connection sharing jumps to unlimited if XP Pro is connected to a Microsoft server hosting other systems via DHCP. XP Pro itself can act as a File or Internet server (while being a regular PC at the same time) whereas Home can't.
5) Multi-language support. Pro has it, Home doesn't.
6) The ability to Encrypt local files, individual profiles and shared resources. Professional has it, Home doesn't. This is great when you want to have multiple IDs for Multiple people. Under either OS, you can all be Administrators, but only under Professional can you protect data to prevent users from viewing eachothers files unless you want those capabilities for some files. In other words, with Professional, you have a way of hiding all of the porn you downloaded from your wife. With home, she'll be able to see your naked picture collection of Britney without any trouble at all.
There are actually many other reasons NOT to buy home, but rather skip right to Windows XP Professional. I suggest checking out Microsoft's web site for details on the differences between the two operating systems. Clearly if you ever plan of accessing your computer from somewhere else, or ever plan on working on your office system from home, you need Windows XP Professional as XP Home simply won't perform these tasks.
Finally, you should keep in mind that XP Home edition is a VERY stripped down version of professional. Do you want anything from Microsoft that has been stripped down to remove all of the stuff that would make you want to buy it in the first place? In a nutshell, Home EQUALS Professional MINUS All of the good stuff.
You don't want XP Home unless you meet ALL of the following criteria.
A) You will never need to connect to any kind of a server or remote network.
B) You will never need to encrypt local files.
C) You will never need multiprocessor support.
D) You will never need multi-languge support.
E) You will never need to upgrade your operating system.
F) You will never need remote access capabilities.
G) You will never need to access your office PC or network (or anyone else's for that matter) from your computer.
For the price difference of $100.00, I can't imagine that anyone would take this kind of chance or for that matter, lose out on all of these features.
Stephen Benoit
Stable Technologies
'The way IT should be!'
There are significant differences between the two. We (for one) don't even sell the home edition because of the things that it DOESN'T have.
1) Home version does not support remote desktop. If you have any hope of every having remote access capabilities, (get to your PC from anywhere) you are going to want this. This feature alone is worth the $100.00 price difference. This is basically Windows NT Terminal Server, just try to buy anything like it for $100.00.
2) Multiprocessor support improves performance for systems that have it. Remember, in two years if you want to upgrade to a multi-processor computer, if you don't buy Professional NOW, you can't upgrade to it later. Thus, here is another reason to go to Professional. Remember, under the new EULA for this software, you can only upgrade from "Like to Like" meaning, home version is not upgradeable to Professional. You must go that way from day one or be forced to pay for the software all over again (and a higher price to boot) later.
3) Client/Server support. Home doesn't have networking features, Professional does. Remember, if you want to have server connectivity, you need professional.
4) Home supports a "home network" for sharing an internet connection with up to 4 other PC's. Professional supports up to a 10-user peer-to-peer network and includes client/server networking features for all other types of networks. Internet Connection sharing jumps to unlimited if XP Pro is connected to a Microsoft server hosting other systems via DHCP. XP Pro itself can act as a File or Internet server (while being a regular PC at the same time) whereas Home can't.
5) Multi-language support. Pro has it, Home doesn't.
6) The ability to Encrypt local files, individual profiles and shared resources. Professional has it, Home doesn't. This is great when you want to have multiple IDs for Multiple people. Under either OS, you can all be Administrators, but only under Professional can you protect data to prevent users from viewing eachothers files unless you want those capabilities for some files. In other words, with Professional, you have a way of hiding all of the porn you downloaded from your wife. With home, she'll be able to see your naked picture collection of Britney without any trouble at all.
There are actually many other reasons NOT to buy home, but rather skip right to Windows XP Professional. I suggest checking out Microsoft's web site for details on the differences between the two operating systems. Clearly if you ever plan of accessing your computer from somewhere else, or ever plan on working on your office system from home, you need Windows XP Professional as XP Home simply won't perform these tasks.
Finally, you should keep in mind that XP Home edition is a VERY stripped down version of professional. Do you want anything from Microsoft that has been stripped down to remove all of the stuff that would make you want to buy it in the first place? In a nutshell, Home EQUALS Professional MINUS All of the good stuff.
You don't want XP Home unless you meet ALL of the following criteria.
A) You will never need to connect to any kind of a server or remote network.
B) You will never need to encrypt local files.
C) You will never need multiprocessor support.
D) You will never need multi-languge support.
E) You will never need to upgrade your operating system.
F) You will never need remote access capabilities.
G) You will never need to access your office PC or network (or anyone else's for that matter) from your computer.
For the price difference of $100.00, I can't imagine that anyone would take this kind of chance or for that matter, lose out on all of these features.
Stephen Benoit
Stable Technologies
'The way IT should be!'
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