When WindowsXP comes out....

[MasterHoss]

Since I have the ability to get both WinXP Home Edition and WinXP Professional Edition at a damn cheap price (University of Texas/Microsoft license agreement) will it be OK to dual boot WinXP and WinXP ???

I only want this because I heard that Home Edition will not support dual monitor mode. Also, I like my familiarity with the Win9x commands and tweaks--I'm trying to get used to Win2k--just not nearly as knowledgeable in NT OSs as 9X OSs. Will Home Edition carry over all the 9x commands??

I'd want Professional Edition for dual monitor support and "stability". I know both varients of WinXP are supposed to be the same as far as stability goes, but I'm not too sure I believe that.

 

[Looney]

<< I know both varients of WinXP are supposed to be the same as far as stability goes, but I'm not too sure I believe that. >>



And what makes you think that? If you don't believe the reviews... but you're going to believe posts from anonymous users on a message board?

I say go for it... waste the extra money and hddspace and install both. You'll be laughed at though, but at least you'll know for sure that you're not getting jipped by the Professional Edition.

 

[Need4Speed]

errr..WTF?

 

[coolVariable]

There is absolutely no sense in double booting WinXP Prof. and Home!
Except for some extras in Pro they are ABSOLUTELY the SAME!

 

[filmcan]

I think if you're getting it that cheep, go for it. Don't believe anyone but youself. Do us all a favor and report back with your opinions and results. You can email me at film.can@verizon.net Thanks

 

[Shudder]

I see no benefit from using both. If you're going to do it, do XP Pro and leave it at that.

 

[paruhd0x]

So WinXP will be a gaming OS like Win98SE? (I hated WinME) Also if I install the professional one, does it have good memory management like Win2k? I might be thinkin of gettin rid of Win2k and Win98SE and using only WinXP Pro for gaming, MS Office stuff, and possibly programming.

 

[MasterHoss]

Yup--let's just say I can get WinXP for single digit dollar amounts.

I don't mind &quot;wasting HD space&quot; seeming how I have 60 gigs of it to use.

The post was a question directed more toward the MS beta testers who might have noticed small little differences between the 2 OSs. Just was wondering if Pro had small enough differences in it to cause certain games to behave a little funny. Just wanted to verify that WinXP Pro will actually be 100% &quot;multimedia&quot; ready--play my little baseball games and some EA Sports games while being able to handle UT and other shooters.

Moralpanic, no, I believe the reviews but reviews are reviews. A panel that tests and reports their experiences with whatever will be less accurrate than hundereds of users that can give me their opinions of what they have experienced first hand. You get it? The more &quot;reviews&quot; the better. That means that I would take into consideration, what &quot;professional&quot; reviewers say--but also, asking actual beta testers or users of programs will give you a better idea of what's up.

Anyway, to this point, it sounds like WinXP Pro will be ready to handle whatever game you want to play yet still have all the stability that 2000 provides and will incorporate a new skin and layout. WinXP Home Edition will just eliminiate the &quot;professional&quot; utilities such as dual monitor support and better memory management, et. al. correct??

 

[Shudder]

&quot;eliminate better memory management&quot;

I think you're wrong there. Where do you get that thought from?

 

[Noriaki]

WinXP is NT5.1 so it has pretty much all the good features of Win2000. I've also been told in various threads that it has much better compatiblity with old software than Win2000 did.

Dual booting WinXP Home and Pro is silly, WinXP Pro is a strict super-set of Home, or Home is a strict sub-set of Pro.

This isn't like Win98 vs Win2k, this is like Win2k Pro vs Win2k Server. Decide if you need the extra features of Pro, if you do get it, if you don't get Home.

Pro has dual CPUs and dual monitors.
Pro has IIS servers.
Pro has remote desktop.
Pro has file system security (All Home users are considered Admins so have full file system access).
Pro can join domains (home can only join Networks, not Domains)

As far as performance, stability, memory management, interface and commands, and like things, they are identical.

 

[amdmaxx]

u guys absolutely correct. Pro version is a home version with all the features enabled... Domain authentication, etc...
www.winsupersite.com and www.wininformant.com will give u more insite..

 

[amdmaxx]

MasterHoss, if u can get XP for single digits, I would love to have u purchase a copy for me also..
Send me private message, if u can help

 

[MasterHoss]

Ah, finally--thanks for the clearification Noriaki. That's all I needed to know.

I can't wait for that damn OS to be released. I guess, I'll be a WinXP Pro user. I wish Home had dual monitor support. Basically, that's the only reason for me using Pro--I'm a lot more comfortable with the non-professional lines of OSs. I'll eventually learn all the in's and out's of Pro though. It's all good.

Hmm, I guess I'll have to dual boot Linux and WinXP Pro then.

 

[MasterHoss]

damn--sorry. I wish I could hook you guys up but I am only allowed to purchase any software 1 time only...if you guys don't believe me....

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