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More info?)
"=?Utf-8?B?R3JlZw==?=" <Greg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:99815482-2721-4475-A8A2-F01643304C56@microsoft.com:
On the networking side, Pro offers connection to a domain, and 10
connections instead of 5. If all you have is the typical small home
network, Home is fine.
> Thanks fellas for the info. Every computer I have at home and work
> have Pro on them anyway. I remember a computer tech one time telling
> me that Pro is better especially if you network which I have a small
> one at home.
>
> "Stan Brown" wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 11:01:01 -0700 in
>> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Greg favored us with...
>> > I have purchased a computer with WinXP Home. Want to upgrade to XP
>> > Pro.
>>
>> Why?
>>
>> There's this common perception that Pro is better than Home, but
>> the great majority of users don't need the features that are in Pro
>> but not Home. (Backup isn't in Home by default but can be
>> installed.)
>>
>> Maybe there's some reason you actually need Pro, but think
>> carefully before you make the switch.
>>
>> --
>> Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
>> http://OakRoadSystems.com/
>> "To put it bluntly but fairly, anyone today who doubts that the
>> variety of life on this planet was produced by a process of
>> evolution is simply ignorant -- inexcusably ignorant, in a world
>> where three out of four people have learned to read and write."
>> --Daniel Dennett, /Darwin's Dangerous Idea/ (1995), page 46
>>