Re: Windows XP

["Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

XP-Pro works pretty good.  Its especially savvy with home networking, which
I suspect you and Sue might really like.  It'd be worth while it in my 
umble opinion, to stick to your guns and find a way to find the machine you
want with XP Pro.   You might even wish to upgrade Sue's operating system at
the same time.  
 
Two downers that I found:  One - be sure you understand the consequences of
XP's need to phone home.  Two -  file paths change.  Some files can be hard
to find.
 
(Shannon, if your machine is bogging down as time passes you may want to
become suspicious.  That sounds like spyware loading itself onto your
machine.  Gator and EZSearchbar are especially mean little pieces of code
designed to insult your intelligence.)
 
 
 
 
 
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Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: Saturday, February 15, 2003 16:00:55
To: Midrange-l
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