Re: XP Home or Pro?

Hi Dan,

Yes, the Pentium D is compatible with all versions of Windows XP.

Intel® Pentium® D Processor Product Information
http://www.intel.com/products/processor/pentium_D/

Intel® Pentium® D Processor and Intel® 945G Express chipset
http://www.intel.com/performance/desktop/mainstream/

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Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org


Dan wrote:
> Ron,
> Will Home interact with the Intel Pentium D chip or is this the same
> as the P4?
>
> "Ron Martell" wrote:
>
>> "Nick" <Nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Ok, i have a pretty decent rig with a P4 3.2 Extreme Edition chip.
>>> So which OS should I use with it to get best performance? Is XP
>>> Pro alot faster than Home?
>>
>> If your system has only a single CPU chip then the only reason to go
>> to XP Pro would be if you have a current or anticipated future need
>> for one of the specific functions which are part of XP Pro but are
>> not included with XP Home. Other than these items the two versions
>> are identical and both are compiled from the same source code base.
>>
>> If your motherboard had two CPU chips (e.g. dual Pentium 4s) then
>> that might be a reason to go for XP Pro, as it will utilize both CPUs
>> whereas Home will only use one of them. Other than this specific
>> situation there is zero difference in performance or stability
>> between the two versions.
>>
>> Note: Dual CPUs means two separate processor chips. A single
>> Pentium 4 processor with Hyperthreading capability will show as 2
>> CPUs in Windows Task Manager but this is in fact only a single CPU.
>> Both XP Home and XP Pro fully support the Pentium 4 Hyperthreading.
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
>> --
>> Microsoft MVP
>> On-Line Help Computer Service
>> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>>
>> In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
>> http://aumha.org/alex.htm


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