The only difference between XP Home and XP professional is the network. XP Home has a Windows 98/ME type network access, that doesn't allow for network logon to domains, while XP Professional does. Some programs are also not "installed" by default on XP Home, like ntbackup, but they're on the CD.
If you have a laptop, then you're unlikely to want the "domain logon" feature anyways.
I agree. I have xp home that came on a recently purchased Toshiba P35. I was
dreading problems with xp home. Truth being, I have had no problems at all
with it. The wireless connection moves between the mandrake server at work
and the suse server at home. Yes, you can't do domain logons, but for my
needs -- who cares. xp home plays nicely with samba, pptp vpn, etc.. Through
putty on it for ssh access and your golden. All my other win boxes are xp
pro, but to be honest, I have yet to notice any difference between home or
pro in my environment. YMMV.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike McMullin"
On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 18:49, Michael W Cocke wrote:
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 22:35:18 +0100, you wrote:
tisdag 21 december 2004 17:43 skrev Dennis J. Tuchler:
I just bought a laptop with XP Home on it. I will be loading SuSE 9.2 on the hd when I get the laptop.
My Question: Is XP Home capable of running the general run of Windows stuff so that it is worth keeping and running as an alternative to SuSE?
They busted a whole lot more than that - you don't want XP home on a work lan - period. They bypassed all of the security functionality, gods know how.
Mike-
Isn't that about what they did with the old XS chips? A 486XS was basically a broken version of the DX chip and to get the FPU running you had to install a DX chip along side the XS chip. IIRC.
Mike
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