WINDOWS XP question

[dazzler]

Hi

Need to buy a new operating system for home computer.

Will Windows XP Professional x64 Edition work or do I need to stick with XP Home?

cheers

dazzler

[Grunt]

If you have a 64bit processor then Windows XP x64 is for you. If you haven't then it won't work.

You need one of the following processors.


Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is designed to work with 64-bit processors from AMD and Intel that support the x64 extensions to the x86 architecture. These include the Athlon 64, Athlon 64 FX, Mobile Athlon 64, Turion 64, and Opteron processors from AMD, and the Xeon with EM64T and Pentium 4 with EM64T from Intel.

[dazzler]

If you have a 64bit processor then Windows XP x64 is for you. If you haven't then it won't work.

You need one of the following processors.

home is it!

thanks

[Gingermick]

Never heard of that one but I don't have a 64 bit processor and am running xp pro. I had heaps of troubles with xp home.

[Grunt]

Ms Grunt uses XP Home on her laptop and I have XP Pro. I don't notice any real difference. XP Home has worked without missing a beat.

They are essentially the same operating system with a few bits turned off in XP Home.

[Gumby]

They are essentially the same operating system with a few bits turned off in XP Home.

Mainly the networking stuff as I understand it. Home is heaps IMHO.

[DavidG]

I use 'Home'. No serious problems but it can go to sleep if used for more than a week without logging the user off and back on.

[Ianab]

Yup... XP Pro for business uses where you need to connect to a Security Domain etc. For home use XP Home is fine, the networking is basic peer to peer stuff, not many people run Windows Server2003 etc on their home networks :D

Ian

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

not many people run Windows Server2003 etc on their home networks :D

Only us nerds. :o

[dazzler]

Thanks for your replies everyone. Problema solved!:)