Which XP for me?
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I run Windows 2000 Professional at home. If you bundle your PIII 600 or higher with a ton of memory and a high-end video card I get pretty much (close anyway) the same gaming performance as those running 98/ME (ME... bleh). However, I also get the stable development platform I need at home and IIS. For Windows XP (never mind the upgrade path) which is the best direction to go? Is the Home edition really weak? I imagine the Professional route is best but is it necessary? I mean, I love the 2000 Professional, but I hardly need the 2000 Advanced Server edition. Any comments would be great. Thanks! Matt Philmon
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I run Windows 2000 Professional at home. If you bundle your PIII 600 or higher with a ton of memory and a high-end video card I get pretty much (close anyway) the same gaming performance as those running 98/ME (ME... bleh). However, I also get the stable development platform I need at home and IIS. For Windows XP (never mind the upgrade path) which is the best direction to go? Is the Home edition really weak? I imagine the Professional route is best but is it necessary? I mean, I love the 2000 Professional, but I hardly need the 2000 Advanced Server edition. Any comments would be great. Thanks! Matt Philmon
Well, for one, the Home Edition does NOT support multiple processors. There are a lot of things excluded from the Home Edition. I don't know what you mean by the "2000 Advanced Server Edition". Are you saying that you don't need a lot of features in 2000 Pro? XP Professional is a great product. I would upgrade to it. Don't bother trying to save some money on XP Home Edition. You'll end up regretting it. Jason Gerard, Master of Kung Foo
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I run Windows 2000 Professional at home. If you bundle your PIII 600 or higher with a ton of memory and a high-end video card I get pretty much (close anyway) the same gaming performance as those running 98/ME (ME... bleh). However, I also get the stable development platform I need at home and IIS. For Windows XP (never mind the upgrade path) which is the best direction to go? Is the Home edition really weak? I imagine the Professional route is best but is it necessary? I mean, I love the 2000 Professional, but I hardly need the 2000 Advanced Server edition. Any comments would be great. Thanks! Matt Philmon
I don't know much about the home edition, but there's a comparison here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp If I read that page right, one of the big benefits of the Pro edition is terminal server, now known as "Remote Desktop Access". It's really, really useful if you ever work remotely.
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I run Windows 2000 Professional at home. If you bundle your PIII 600 or higher with a ton of memory and a high-end video card I get pretty much (close anyway) the same gaming performance as those running 98/ME (ME... bleh). However, I also get the stable development platform I need at home and IIS. For Windows XP (never mind the upgrade path) which is the best direction to go? Is the Home edition really weak? I imagine the Professional route is best but is it necessary? I mean, I love the 2000 Professional, but I hardly need the 2000 Advanced Server edition. Any comments would be great. Thanks! Matt Philmon
I just recently purchased a new system that came with XP Home. I tried it for a day and then upgraded to XP Pro. In my opinion XP Home is just that, for the home, if you want a development platform you need XP Pro. A similar comparision (disclaimer: similiar, not a perfect comparision) would be Windows 2000 to Windows 98 SE. (You can't compare WinMe to anything X|) XP does have some improvements that I've come to appreciate. It took a bit to get used to the new start menu but I do find it useful now. Overall I would say it may be worth the upgrade, not the price though.
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Well, for one, the Home Edition does NOT support multiple processors. There are a lot of things excluded from the Home Edition. I don't know what you mean by the "2000 Advanced Server Edition". Are you saying that you don't need a lot of features in 2000 Pro? XP Professional is a great product. I would upgrade to it. Don't bother trying to save some money on XP Home Edition. You'll end up regretting it. Jason Gerard, Master of Kung Foo
Don't bother trying to save some money on XP Home Edition. You'll end up regretting it. The only difference between Pro and Home is some advanced features such as multi-proc are removed. So really unless you plan to use those features you may as well save the money.
:bob: -Matt Newman :bob: -Matt Newman
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I run Windows 2000 Professional at home. If you bundle your PIII 600 or higher with a ton of memory and a high-end video card I get pretty much (close anyway) the same gaming performance as those running 98/ME (ME... bleh). However, I also get the stable development platform I need at home and IIS. For Windows XP (never mind the upgrade path) which is the best direction to go? Is the Home edition really weak? I imagine the Professional route is best but is it necessary? I mean, I love the 2000 Professional, but I hardly need the 2000 Advanced Server edition. Any comments would be great. Thanks! Matt Philmon
If you plan on logging into Windows Advanced Server (NT type domains), then don't use the home product. If I were to use the home version, then I wouldn't be able to login to the servers at work from home. Because the Professional version is an extra $100, and I'm not unhappy with my home computer, I'll wait a while and see if I can find a good bargin. Brad Manske