Re: Building computer - XP OEM vs. Retail questons, and vista upgrade
- From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:36:33 -0700
awns729@xxxxxxx wrote:
Okay, so I have all the parts for my new computer picked out on
newegg, and I'm ready to but them. I realized my Dell OEM version of
Windows XP will not work. So I'm not sure whether to buy XP Home/Pro
and Retail/OEM because I might want to upgrade the mobo in the
future, and also upgrade to vista in the future.
With OEM, since I built the computer myself, can I upgrade the mobo
or not?
This question always draws strong opinions on both sides. Rather than answer
it, let me simply suggest that you buy a retail Upgrade CD instead. It costs
hardly any more than an OEM version, doesn't come with the OEM version
restrictions, and, despite what many people think, *can* be used to do a
clean installation by inserting the CD of a previous qualifying version
when prompted to do so.
Say I stick w/ OEM XP for now, then later can I upgrade OEM XP to
Retail Vista? Once I do that, thennn I can upgrade the mobo right?
Also, Pro vs. Home edition of windows? What's the difference?
For almost everyone who has to ask, the rioght answer is "get XP Home." 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.
For details go to
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.asp
Also note one other point not mentioned on any of those sites: Professional
allows ten concurrent network connections, and Home only five.
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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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