Re: Home Edition Vs. Professional

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"Ken Blake" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In news:6730DB6E-85CC-447E-BA6D-8DF7AD71A328@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> power4u <power4u@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
>
>> What is the bottom line on the Home vs. professional choice? What is
>> missing from the Home version that anyone would notice? I have a
>> wireless router. This is the extent of my network....
>
>
> XP Professional and XP Home are exactly the same in all respects, except
> that Professional has a few features (mostly related to networking and
> security) missing from Home. For most (but not all) home users, even those
> with a home network, these features aren't needed, would never be used,
> and buying Professional instead of Home is a waste of money.
>

Is it also not true that XP Professional supports the dual-core CPU's that
will be released later this year, whereas the XP Home version does not?

Peter


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