General XP preference in ATOT

[PatboyX]

what would you guys say is the biggest advantage of XP Pro over Home.
especially in the context of a home network?

is there one?

 

[Maleficus]

2k > XP

 

[Crucial]

no advantage in a home environment. IMHO

 

[PatboyX]

Originally posted by: csaddict
no advantage in a home environment. IMHO

even in the midst of a large home network (7+ machines)

 

[Ness]

Originally posted by: PatboyX

Originally posted by: csaddict
no advantage in a home environment. IMHO

even in the midst of a large home network (7+ machines)

not really.

In many cases Pro can be bought for the same price (or less) than home. (OEM, of course.)

 

[rh71]

Remote Desktop ...

I use RAdmin though.

 

[BillGates]

Originally posted by: Maleficus
2k > XP

 

[FoBoT]

uh, the 2 major differences

Pro supports multiple CPU's
Pro can join a domain

neither of those is an issue with 99% of home PC users

 

[gentobu]

Originally posted by: csaddict
no advantage in a home environment. IMHO

Yeah, the only differences that I know of between the two are that with the Pro verison you can log in to a win2k domain and you have the ablity to encrypt your files.

 

[Keego]

cd burning built in

 

[compudog]

What FoBoT said. I still prefer 2k over XP, though XP Home has better overall, out of the box, gaming support.

 

[rh71]

differences

 

[Gerbil333]

XP Pro > XP Home > 2k Pro > 98 SE > ME

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: Maleficus
2k > XP

Comments like that make me question my plan to upgrade from Win2K PRO SP3 to WinXP PRO SP1 next week...

 

[Chaotic42]

For me?

Dual processor support.