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Windows XP Home Edition or Professional Edition?

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bluedeviltron

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I'm building a new comp, and I'm wondering which edition to order from Newegg right now. I've been running Home on my other computer for a while now, and I've been happy with it. But what are the advantages of Professional edition? I'm going to be doing a lot of video editing, DVD authoring, and gaming, so will Professional help me at all? Is it worth the extra $$$?

Also, I'm going to be getting an Athlon 64 3200+, so will I be able upgrade later on to the XP x64 bit version, or do I have to have Professional to do that?

Here are my specs:

Asus A8N-E mobo
Athlon 64 3200+
1 GB ram
BFG GeForce 6600 GT OC 128 mb
 
Pro has better networking and multiple-user features. If you're just going to sit at home with it (ie, no big college netwoeks), then from everything I've read Home should be fine for you.
 
you can upgrade to x64 with any OS. just need compatible hardware. i wouldnt yet. just wait for longhorn. it will be really hard to move to 64bit right now, mostly because of drivers.
 
Originally posted by: theman
you can upgrade to x64 with any OS. just need compatible hardware. i wouldnt yet. just wait for longhorn. it will be really hard to move to 64bit right now, mostly because of drivers.
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I think he means with the upgrade version instead of the full one. 😉 I actually don't think you can, but looking at the numbers available right now, I'd say x64 won't be worth it unless Longhorn gets delayed another half year to June 2007. 😀
 
XP Home is cheaper in *$* than XP Pro.

Personally, I'd rather go with XP Pro. It comes with a ton of features that even the Microsoft website doesn't tell you about. If you're an advanced user, and want the most out of your system, just go Pro. Keep in mind, that if you're trying to connect to a LAN domain with Home, it's not going to happen. XP like someone said earlier, offers far more better management features.

x64 may have issues with 3rd party hardware and software support, so 32-bit computing wouldn't be a bad idea right now

You can't upgrade from Home to x64

However if you purchase XP Pro, you can test it out before August 2K5, which is the expiration date of sending your XP Pro to Microsoft and allow you to redeem a copy of x64 and not have to pay for it.
But if you're building two systems, get Home and Pro, then upgrade from Pro to x64 before August. Details are at the www.microsoft.com
This way, you'll be convinced for yourself that Home and Pro are similar, but come with slightly different features.

By the way, if you want Media Center Edition, it's built off of Home technology, so you don't get all the Pro features in the MCE OS. But MCE may be a better choice for you if you want to edit video.
 
if your thinking of going dual core processors i was told have to go xp pro. ive seen full versions of xp and pro with decent prices at directron.com
 
Originally posted by: knothead34
if your thinking of going dual core processors i was told have to go xp pro. ive seen full versions of xp and pro with decent prices at directron.com
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Dual-core processors will work with Home, just not multiple physical CPUs.
 
Here you go, straight from the horse's mouth. 🙂

BTW, and no offense, but your question should prolly have been posted in the Operating Systems forum (or Software forum). FYI for next time. 🙂

Good luck with your build.

Ken

 
Everyone always says Pro (even i have Pro), but really, unless you need those specific features Pro offers...Home is perfectly great!
 
Remote Desktop is another great feature of Pro, and yes I know you can get third party software for it but the MS solution is pretty slick.

You can even set up IIS for Remote Desktop so you can connect to your computer from any computer running Internet Explorer.

I think Pro is a better way to go but if you don't feel you will use any of the features then there is no real point in getting it.
 
Originally posted by: Varun
Remote Desktop is another great feature of Pro, and yes I know you can get third party software for it but the MS solution is pretty slick.

You can even set up IIS for Remote Desktop so you can connect to your computer from any computer running Internet Explorer.

I think Pro is a better way to go but if you don't feel you will use any of the features then there is no real point in getting it.
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