Decision: XP Home or Professional ?!

jcee · 2006-06-03, 14:23

Going to select Home as it is a little cheaper.
What are the tradeoffs?!

Are there strong reasons choosing Professional over Home?!

Read alot of threads here, but no finall answer..

I know that the MCE Remote and Keyboard will not work at all. Is this right? Will this cause problems for future equipment? Maybe special cards controller that only come with MCE drivers???

Efros · 2006-06-03, 14:59

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...choosing2.mspx

Gives comparison Home v Pro

smnnekho · 2006-06-03, 15:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcee

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I know that the MCE Remote and Keyboard will not work at all. Is this right?

at least the MCe remote will work as well with XP Pro as also with XP Home. no idea for the keyboard, but i saw discussions bout that in the forum

infinityloop · 2006-06-03, 15:48

buy WinXP Prof. its worth every cent

no_Legend · 2006-06-03, 16:59

I'm using Pro only is it every cent more worth.

But with the keyboard in a german forum is an other was found a nother problem.

It seems that some recievers have problem to handel the Remote Keyboard. If i remember correcly them modell 1040m have problems with the keyboard.

Brocklander · 2006-06-04, 00:47

Over here the OEM MCE is cheaper than OEM Professional... Why not just get MCE, it's just Professional and more for cheaper?

mPod · 2006-06-04, 07:20

Con: MCE is not a full Professional, it lacks of some things, mainly networking stuff, e.g. you cannot save passwords for more than one peer. There are also other things, tho. IIRC the forums know it all.

Pro: MCE has a bunch of bugfixed media DLLs.

Sum: XP Pro is the best choice, with some DLLs copied over from MCE.

Brocklander · 2006-06-04, 07:47

Ah okay, I just always believed it was built on Pro. Sorry

mPod · 2006-06-04, 07:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brocklander

Ah okay, I just always believed it was built on Pro. Sorry

It's somewhat between Home and Pro. More Pro than Home, tho. But not a full Pro. :roll:

Efros · 2006-06-14, 23:20

I would go for Pro personally, have had bad experiences trying to network Home machines.

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jcee Portal Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 281 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Decision: XP Home or Professional ?! Going to select Home as it is a little cheaper. What are the tradeoffs?! Are there strong reasons choosing Professional over Home?! Read alot of threads here, but no finall answer.. I know that the MCE Remote and Keyboard will not work at all. Is this right? Will this cause problems for future equipment? Maybe special cards controller that only come with MCE drivers??? __________________ 1. HTPC: FloppyDTV DVB-C + CAM/Alphacrypte, Athlon 3000+, 1GB, 160GB HDD Spinpoint, Geforce 7600GS (passive cooled), XP SP2, Pioneer PDP RXE 436, Girder RC, Thermal Balancer 2. Mac Mini + Elgato EyeTV

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Brocklander Retired Team Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Wellington Posts: 346 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Country: My System	Over here the OEM MCE is cheaper than OEM Professional... Why not just get MCE, it's just Professional and more for cheaper? __________________ My HTPC \| Wiki Page for New Zealanders

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mPod Retired Team Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Berlin Age: 33 Posts: 2,086 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Country: My System	Con: MCE is not a full Professional, it lacks of some things, mainly networking stuff, e.g. you cannot save passwords for more than one peer. There are also other things, tho. IIRC the forums know it all. Pro: MCE has a bunch of bugfixed media DLLs. Sum: XP Pro is the best choice, with some DLLs copied over from MCE. __________________ Bad news from the stars... We cannot give any support without a properly filled support template and a full mediaportal.log pasted here. Before you ask...

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Brocklander Retired Team Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Wellington Posts: 346 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Country: My System	Ah okay, I just always believed it was built on Pro. Sorry __________________ My HTPC \| Wiki Page for New Zealanders

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2006-06-03, 14:59	#2 (permalink)
Efros Portal Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Maine Posts: 459 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...choosing2.mspx Gives comparison Home v Pro

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infinityloop Project Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 28 Posts: 5,957 Thanks: 152 Thanked 113 Times in 79 Posts Country: My System	buy WinXP Prof. its worth every cent

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no_Legend Portal Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'm using Pro only is it every cent more worth. But with the keyboard in a german forum is an other was found a nother problem. It seems that some recievers have problem to handel the Remote Keyboard. If i remember correcly them modell 1040m have problems with the keyboard.

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Efros Portal Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Maine Posts: 459 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	I would go for Pro personally, have had bad experiences trying to network Home machines.

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