Re: Gah! $200 just to upgrade from XP Home to XP Pro??
- From: "NoNoBadDog!" <no_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 09:32:10 -1000
"Robert Powers" <Robert Powers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:B52BE884-B06C-402C-BF87-B551CB7F8B24@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Just want to make sure I got that straight.
>
> We've got a computer we ordered a couple of years back, and (purely my
> fault) we ordered it with XP Home instead of XP Pro (no difference in the
> price from Gateway, as I recall.)
>
> We've started using it more on the network recently and run into some file
> saving problems, so I upgraded it with a XP Pro CD we already had in the
> office, but naturally the licence key isn't taking, so it's going to run
> out
> in a few weeks. Is my only option to plunk down $200 for a whole new
> packaged upgrade CD?
Your post begs the question...why are you upgrading? Are you needing Pro to
join a domain?
You will gain nothing in performance by upgrading to Pro. Pro adds a host
of security not found in Home, but performance is the same on both.
Bobby
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