I know that Professional is better than Home, but is the Home OK for personal use? I have never come across a Home Edition, bcuz in India most use pirated XP Professional. I have one too, but I am going to change to genuine Home in 2 days(I want the MS updates). Can you please tell me all the features of Pro which are missing in Home? Also please rate both out of 10. Do I also need to genuine Office XP to receive the updates?
No advice on using loads of antivirus and antispyware and fiewall and antispam, please. I have a very good security on my PC.
2006-10-19 21:45:54 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
There isn't a lot of PRACTICAL difference for a home user between Pro and Home Edition. Contrary to popular belief, Pro isn't "better", it's just targeted to a different market with different needs. The biggest differences, that MIGHT matter to a home user, are that Pro has a greater range of permission sets that you can assign to files and folders and it also has the ability to encrypt files and folders. If you don't do any of those things, then Home Edition is really the better choice.
The only time I would really recommend Pro over Home Edition, for the typical user, is if you're using it on a laptop and you occasionally have to connect to a domain, as Home Edition cannot be DIRECTLY connected to a domain. (for most consumers this only matters if you have to connect to a domain at work from home or if you're a student and you have to connect to one at school.) Other than that, Home Edition is what you want. Home Edition is a subset of Pro, except with capabilities mainly used for businesses stripped out of it.
NOTE: As an aside, Windows Media Center Edition, although it is mostly Home Edition with Media Center Edition built in, also has the ability to encrypt files and folders, whereas, Home Edition doesn't.
2006-10-19 22:06:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here is a website that did a comparison review between xp home and xp pro:
http://www.zdnetasia.com/insight/software/0,39044822,39039863-39000221c-1,00.htm
Hope this helps.
I give XP Pro a 9/10 and XP Home 8/10 (neither is a flawless operating system, nothing is) but I do appreciate some features on PRO to give it a 9/10. You also don't need a genuine office to receive the updates of the software as far as I'm concern.
Good luck :)
2006-10-19 21:48:15 · answer #2 · answered by djskeets 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
XP Home will be better for home use. The main difference between XP Home and XP PRo is that XP Pro is friendly user in networking.
2016-05-22 04:39:03 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use Professional at work, and Home at, err, home (!) and can't really tell the difference, except that Home is cheaper. Have a look at Microsofts website.
If I remember, XP Pro is better for networking, but for personal use you really won't notice, I'm sure of it. And yes, you do need genuine Office, because pirate software is illegal!
2006-10-19 21:59:03 · answer #4 · answered by beetwaste 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i've got xp home and find it does all i need. for your information, updates can be downloaded manually. i ahve to do it in oreder to get my updates since i have a corrupted key file and ms will not do auto updates for me. i go to their home page download center and download that way.if you don't have genuine ms office you may be able to download manually but i'm not sure since i don't have any ms office programs. hope this helps. (i may not be getting all the updates, but i try to)
2006-10-19 22:06:48 · answer #5 · answered by de bossy one 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
XP Professional is what I have.
I don't know about Home.
2006-10-19 21:54:25 · answer #6 · answered by anitababy.brainwash 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋