nate310

i have always owned xp home but i read that xp pro has better features as far as updating hardware major and minor. is this true.

soundx98

Pretty good read on the subject
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...p_home_pro.asp

Bitemarks and bloodstains

no xp pro has a few more networking options but thats about it

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Mad_Handlez89

I find Pro to just be much faster and more responive but thats just me

billbartuska

No. Hardware support is the same for both. Have you ever seen a HDD (or any other periferal for that matter) that says on the box "works on XP Pro, but not XP Home"?

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JeremyFr

The biggest differences that I've understood between Pro & Home is multi support i.e. multi processors and multi monitors.

I remember reading at one point that Home only supports one Processor and one monitor (read this as XP Home not any 3rd party drivers)

XP Pro on the otherhand natively supported multiple processors and up to 10 monitors in total.

Outside of that I believe that Pro just offers you a little more in the networking and production sides of the OS than home does i.e. things you may need in administering the computer in a business/production environment that you dont necessarily need in the home environment.

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Pro Can utilize Dual Core and Dual CPU setups...Home cannot utilize Dual CPU but can do Dual core.

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rippon

XP home can do multi-monitors.

money11465

Pro is for professionals, as the name implies. It might mean IT professionals (great networking options, much more then Home), CAD professionals (multi-CPU workstation support), or any other professionals who need to access their computer while they're not sitting at it (Remote Desktop).

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JeremyFr

Like I said I read this years ago I think it was actually MS literature when XP was just coming out. At anyrate with doing so much PS work and having 2 sometimes 3 monitors setup I couldn't risk not having that support in Home so thats why I went with Pro.