xp pro vs. home

cannary m. burns · 03-19-2005, 08:39 PM

i had a bit of trouble with my xp pro installations, as one disk couldnt install sp1, since it was pre-sp1. the second disk's "modifier" probably screwed up the setup, so it couldnt load my sata driver. so i am now using home, cause i didnt want to wait for a supplier. xp pro has more features, but is there an actual performance edge of pro over home? im not worried about the network shortcomings of xp home, as college is still more than a year and a half from me, so by that time ill be able to get xp pro again.

Flunk · 03-19-2005, 08:43 PM

Performance wise? There is no difference. It's all in features.

cannary m. burns · 03-19-2005, 09:06 PM

hell, come to think of it, wont longhorn be out by middle of 2006, might as well "aquire" that. guess my new question is, longhorn will be 64 bit right? i dont see a reason why it shouldnt be, but who knows. if i get 64 bit, ill probably sell my system and get a dual core a64. saw a bench of an engineering sample at 2.4 and it owned everything in a content creation benchmark, although who knows if it will benefit gaming much, as apparently whoever made that review, didnt spend a lot of time on benchmarking, wonder if they violated any amd policy by even making the review. probably not.

N.V.M. · 03-19-2005, 09:20 PM

sux to be a pirate, huh?

fearcrest · 03-20-2005, 01:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by N.V.M.

sux to be a pirate, huh?

arrr!

rstarr · 03-20-2005, 07:22 AM

MS is offering a free download of it's 64-bit OS in trial version right now. Not for sure if it's still available. I downloaded it right away.

Linky

I also moved this to the proper forum.

PC Bliss · 03-20-2005, 08:21 AM

yeah its still available. i downloaded it yesterday

sonoffishman · 03-20-2005, 11:37 AM

I think the main difference between home and pro is dual processer support for pro

rstarr · 03-21-2005, 04:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sonoffishman

I think the main difference between home and pro is dual processer support for pro

That, and the internet features.

Georules · 03-21-2005, 05:22 AM

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...p_home_pro.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...choosing2.mspx

Chances are, pro will do nothing more for you than home that you can't do some other way or don't need.

03-19-2005, 08:39 PM	#1
cannary m. burns im in ur tubez Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bronx, NY Posts: 2,142	xp pro vs. home i had a bit of trouble with my xp pro installations, as one disk couldnt install sp1, since it was pre-sp1. the second disk's "modifier" probably screwed up the setup, so it couldnt load my sata driver. so i am now using home, cause i didnt want to wait for a supplier. xp pro has more features, but is there an actual performance edge of pro over home? im not worried about the network shortcomings of xp home, as college is still more than a year and a half from me, so by that time ill be able to get xp pro again. __________________ Core i7 920 Asus Rampage II Extreme Sapphire 4870x2 cf 12gb G.Skill ddr3 1600 600gb raid 0

03-19-2005, 08:43 PM	#2
Flunk Henshin a go go baby! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 4,791	Re: xp pro vs. home Performance wise? There is no difference. It's all in features. __________________ Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'Value must be 1 or below' in \www\hardcoreware.net\forum\index.php:623 Stack trace: #0 \www\hardcoreware.net\forum\index.php(12): checkNum(28) #1 {main} thrown in \www\hardcoreware.net\forum\index.php on line 623

03-19-2005, 09:06 PM	#3
cannary m. burns im in ur tubez Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bronx, NY Posts: 2,142	Re: xp pro vs. home hell, come to think of it, wont longhorn be out by middle of 2006, might as well "aquire" that. guess my new question is, longhorn will be 64 bit right? i dont see a reason why it shouldnt be, but who knows. if i get 64 bit, ill probably sell my system and get a dual core a64. saw a bench of an engineering sample at 2.4 and it owned everything in a content creation benchmark, although who knows if it will benefit gaming much, as apparently whoever made that review, didnt spend a lot of time on benchmarking, wonder if they violated any amd policy by even making the review. probably not. __________________ Core i7 920 Asus Rampage II Extreme Sapphire 4870x2 cf 12gb G.Skill ddr3 1600 600gb raid 0

03-19-2005, 09:20 PM	#4
N.V.M. now...a cartoon Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: North Vancouver,B.C.. Posts: 5,876	Re: xp pro vs. home sux to be a pirate, huh?

03-20-2005, 07:22 AM	#6
rstarr Still cruising Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Radcliff, KY Posts: 12,012	Re: xp pro vs. home MS is offering a free download of it's 64-bit OS in trial version right now. Not for sure if it's still available. I downloaded it right away. Linky I also moved this to the proper forum. __________________ HCW F@H Member Stats • F@H Home • F@H FAQ• Stats site•

03-20-2005, 08:21 AM	#7
PC Bliss Truly HARDCORE Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Italy Posts: 7,410	Re: xp pro vs. home yeah its still available. i downloaded it yesterday __________________ My PC sucks now, thank god

03-20-2005, 11:37 AM	#8
sonoffishman Absolute Zerø Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,299	Re: xp pro vs. home I think the main difference between home and pro is dual processer support for pro __________________ xp 2500+@2ghzs, 512 mgb ddr dual channel gigabyte 5900 xt @400/710 asus a7n8x deluxe