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 22:08:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Thanks to all of you for your nice answers and all those links! I just can't decide which answer to choose, so I am putting the quetion to vote!
2006-10-20 16:33:47 · update #1
home still has the ms updates. all updates must use by a genuine one no matter home or professional. so there's not much difference. its just that pirated version cannot download the updates.
2006-10-19 22:11:26 · answer #1 · answered by Kay 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For a stand alone personal computer not on a domain XP home will be fine. You will notice little or no difference from the PRO version. The only other difference I can think of is that Home has no backup utility (ntbackup) installed.
2006-10-20 05:16:25 · answer #2 · answered by jibberjabar 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am using Home, and I am very satisfied with it, except for the fact, that it writes litte e-mails to bill Gates, telling him what illegal things I have on my computer... I would recommend 2000, as it doesn't write e-mails and has everything you need. It may look more complicated than Home, but it isn't, it just has more functions.
2006-10-20 05:26:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's good to see that people are getting aware of priacy and it's problems! (well, here's a secret, you can still get updates with XP Pro even if it's not orignal , i didnt say it!)
see here for a comparision between the two http://www.zdnetasia.com/insight/software/0,39044822,39039863-39000221c-1,00.htm
2006-10-20 05:12:51 · answer #4 · answered by HellBoy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
MS updates are not worth it.
I have genuine Home, and I disabled it.
2006-10-20 05:29:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/choosing2.mspx
hi just follow the above link and u'll see many differences between home and professional editions of windows xp
2006-10-20 05:19:10 · answer #6 · answered by Dvij 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes, home is OK for personal use, good security on your PC is very good. good luck. !!!
2006-10-20 07:32:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋