RE: XP Home or Pro?

["Fred Horvat" <horvat@xxxxxxxx>]

Work XP Pro

Home (Main Machine) Mac OSX 10.4 and (Game Machine) XP Home

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Essinger
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 2:55 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: XP Home or Pro?

XP Pro at work and home.  When I have had to support the Home version
connecting to my network (Parents laptop, exchange student laptop, etc.),
all I have had is trouble.  I find the network hand holding that MS does in
the home version to be a bunch of crap.

My 2 pennies worth.

On 2/18/07, Jon Paris <Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Although in absolute terms this is kind of a PC question, I'm hoping David
> will be OK with it as I need the widest consensus I can get.
>
> Here's the question.
>
> What flavor of XP (Home or Pro) do you use:
>
> A) At work
>
> B) At home
>
> C) If you use "Home" in either location - would you consider upgrading to
> "Pro" in order to evaluate a piece of software (and yes I know there's no
> real reason to restrict it - but ...) or would you simply ignore it and
> move
> on.
>
> Hopefully this won't degenerate into an "MS is wonderful/sucks" debate -
> this is just information I am seeking to assist a non-System i software
> vendor in shaping their approach to our market.
>
> Jon Paris
> Partner400
>
> www.Partner400.com
>
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