Re: Windows XP

["Shannon O'Donnell" <sodonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon,

I only have anecdotal evidence...but I've been told by several people who
use it that XP Home Edition sucks big snail tails.   It's been reported to
start out great, but quickly bogs down to where you can barely run your PC
after a few months. I did a little research on various forums and discovered
that this is a common problem with XP Home.

I have XP Pro on a couple of computers and, of course Win2k on others.  I've
yet to experience any problems with XP Pro.

HTH


Shannon O'Donnell


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Paris" <Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange-l" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 2:50 PM
Subject: Windows XP


> I hope this isn't inappropriate for this list - David will no doubt tell
me
> if it is.
>
> I'm looking at new laptops and for inexplicable reasons, most of the ones
> I'm considering only come with XP Home in Canada with no upgrade option.
> Since doing the upgrade yourself can sometimes void the warranty, I'm
trying
> to establish if I can live with XP Home.  In case it is significant, I
> currently run W2K Pro.
>
> I've looked at the technical specs and a number of articles comparing them
> and the only things it seems that _might_ matter to me are the ones listed
> below.  I'm not comms savvy enough to know if they really matter or not.
I
> use my laptop to do iSeries development, I connect to multiple iSeries
> systems, but don't host a mail server or anything on the machine.  I _do_
> need to run VPNs and the like.
>
> Can any of you out there who understand this stuff tell if given the
> scenario above - any of the things in the list below matter to me.
>
> The following networking features are NOT included in Home Edition:
>
> The user interface for IPSecurity (IPSec)
> SNMP
> Simple TCP/IP services
> SAP Agent
> Client Service for NetWare
> Network Monitor
> Multiple Roaming feature
>
> Jon Paris
> Partner400
>
>
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