WinXP and WinXP ??

[MasterHoss]

Beta testers out there--this one is direted towards you.

What the hell is going on with WindowsXP? So they are releasing a "Home Edition" and the "Professional Edition"?? Doesn't this sort of defeat the purpose of unifying the OS's with the NT kernel? Is the "Home Edition" based off the NT kernel? If so, how the hell do the 2 versions differ? Does this mean the Pro edition will have problems with games and the like and MS will slowly but surely release fixes for game play?

Are we supposed to dualboot WinXP "Home edition" and WinXP "Professional edition" ??? HELP!!!

Thanks a lot.

 

[KidDoc]

:QCheck out the Firingsquad review from earlier this week Link. It pretty clearly delineates the differences between the version. YES, they are all based on the NT kernel. There are just differences in functionality between them.

How has it been working with the beta?

 

[CoMmAnDoMoE2001]

Do not get WIndows XP I read some reviews of the beta version and the specs that Microsoft game out here is a Big FACTOR!! you can't copy games unless you have the original CD installed, you are limited on dl MP3's, Whenever you install new Hardware you have to call Microsoft and get a new CD key and instert it when the OS says so
sucks

 

[gunf1ghter]

CoMmAnDoMoE2001

Take a chill pill brother! You are spreading some SERIOUS mis-information here.

First of all, there's no copy protection if you use your own CD Burning software, only if you use the built in CD burning capability that ships with the software (which will be very handy for drag and drop operations).

Secondly they are only restricting your ENCODING of MP3's with Windows Media Player, it will have absolutely no effect on what you download or what you encode with your own software (such as musicmatch, RazorLame, etc).

Lastly only the home version of Windows XP is going to require you to register and re-activate the OS. So buy the home version but then download the Professional version from Usenet.

Even if you run the home version the activation will be painless. MS is paranoid about any kind of backlash that it will cause so they are making it as quick and easy as possible.

 

[y2kc]

<< Lastly only the home version of Windows XP is going to require you to register and re-activate the OS >>



Are you sure about that? I was under the impression that all versions would require activation and re-activation after &quot;major&quot; hardware activation or OS re-installation. I hope you're right. I've been playing around with Beta 2 and I probably will go the XP Pro route if what you say is true.

 

[Tray6996]

Anybody ever read Orwell's &quot;1984&quot;?
Seems like Big Brother has awakened in the computer world.


Tray6996

 

[MasterHoss]

Nah, what's everyone so affraid of--frankly, MS should be able to make sure people aren't &quot;ripping&quot; them off too. I know they bascially kill us at the stores on the prices of the OSs and Office and Visual Studio...etc. But still, they made it (or own it), like any other business, if they are finally trying to make it harder for people to have pirated versions of their software, they should do something about it. I think it's a good thing.

BUT, from what I understand about the whole mess, I do hate the fact that they would actually make you buy 1 copy per computer. I think 1 copy per household should suffice. Oh well, you can do anything with market share.

 

[murdock2525]

<< CoMmAnDoMoE2001

Take a chill pill brother! You are spreading some SERIOUS mis-information here.

First of all, there's no copy protection if you use your own CD Burning software, only if you use the built in CD burning capability that ships with the software (which will be very handy for drag and drop operations).

Secondly they are only restricting your ENCODING of MP3's with Windows Media Player, it will have absolutely no effect on what you download or what you encode with your own software (such as musicmatch, RazorLame, etc).

Lastly only the home version of Windows XP is going to require you to register and re-activate the OS. So buy the home version but then download the Professional version from Usenet.

Even if you run the home version the activation will be painless. MS is paranoid about any kind of backlash that it will cause so they are making it as quick and easy as possible. >>



Jees Gunfighter.... good reply ! I was going to call him a moronic, sh!t for brains, gameboy ! Which would probably also be an accurate statement........

 

[gunf1ghter]

murdock, yeah some of us that have been around the block a few times gotta keep some whippersnappers straight!

masterhoss, there's no way that the activation and licensing scheme could be used on the professional version. reasons for this are pretty straightforward, no IT organization would deploy this product if every time they re-ghost or reload a computer they have to deal with the registration business, plus they won't be able to keep track of serial numbers, it would be impossible.

 

[MasterHoss]

This is true--never thought about it that way.

 

[mofo888]

well, wait a while and you can buy RC1 from Microsoft ...
and then judge for yourself.