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Which Micorsoft OS should I use on my new pc?

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bupkus

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Ok, same guy.

I have a Microsoft Action Pack Subscription with a poopload of software which I haven't really used. On my older pc, a Sempron 64, I have Windows MCE 2005. I wasn't sure what to use on my new Athlon 3800+ X2 so I used MCE again, but I have yet to activate it.

I'm curious about all the versions of OSs that MS offers and which I have disks of but I want something that will do it all. I like the Media Center cause my Foxconn 6150 mobo is supposed to have video out which so far has yet to work. I have so many flavors of 2003 Server, Web, Enterprise, Small Business, etc, that I don't know which to use.

My situation:
I just recently started an internet business selling stuff to childcare centers; my family has owned childcare centers for many years, and they still do, but now with a new generation as they were all sold to my brother's children. I want to develop some software for them and then market it, also I want to do web sites and ecommerce.
I don't want to install the wrong OS and then redo it later.
Can a server OS also work as a general purpose OS as well?
 
You're probably going to get more/better responses if you remove the 'M$' and just say Microsoft. It's only okay to say $ony now. 😛 (I hate Sony BTW)

I don't know if or how well development software is going to run on a 'Server' OS. I know that some apps that simply refuse to install on 2000/2003 Server.
 
Look at MS' site for each product, most of them are pretty self-explanatory IMO. Generally the more expensive ones can do the same things as the cheaper ones and then some.

Using a server for general purpose stuff is a really, really bad idea and even worse if it's an Internet accessible server. For development it makes sense to run Win2K3 on your workstation so you can run MS SQL, IIS, etc but the real server should be left alone except for production site/data updates.
 
Is dual-booting an option? Using Server 2000/2003 when developing, and XP Pro or something when using it for general purposes?
 
So, will mce 2005 be just fine for production or should I dump it for XP Professional? Also, can I use Virtual PC on either MCE or XP Pro?
Virtual PC 2004 runs on: Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional, and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.
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I think it would be best if I just installed XP Pro before I activate MCE 2005.

But wait, it doesn't seem Windows 2003 runs on VPC 2004.
 
So, will mce 2005 be just fine for production or should I dump it for XP Professional? Also, can I use Virtual PC on either MCE or XP Pro?
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Why would you even consider MCE for a server or are you talking about your workstation? Personally I would go with VMWare, it's more mature and seems to perform better (especially on Linux, although that's probably not an option for you) than VPC and since VMWare Server is free there's no reason not to at least try it.
 
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