tkmadison Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 I'm sure that this topic is in the forum somewhere...scattered among many other posts. So I apologize in advance if I'm creating duplicate threads.My question is:is there really any fundamental differences between Windows XP Pro, Home and Media Center?I mean, I realize that Media Center has a couple extra folders on it (one being for Tablet PCs and the other Media PC-specific) but is essentially Pro, is it not?And aside from minor functionality differences, is there any real difference between Home and Pro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tap52384 Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 Media Center is Pro without Domain capabilities. Home does not come with the Remote Desktop Connections and some other things. Media Center seemed slower to me than Pro, but only slightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prx984 Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 I know that Professional supports multi processors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 Media Center can work with domain with tweaking registry offline or with sysprep -minisetupI havn't see any performances difference between home, pro or mce ... Perfs depends on system, drivers, settings, programs ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 You can't make an unsolicited remote desktop request to an XP Home machine, which gets most people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 In Home, you havn't administration management utils (account, shared folder, group policy, command line scheduled tasks ...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkmadison Posted January 15, 2007 Author Share Posted January 15, 2007 Yeah, that's what i figured.thanks everyone.it seems like mce ran a bit slower when i tested it, too....figured that was some of the extra services just eating up RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 My question is:is there really any fundamental differences between Windows XP Pro, Home and Media Center?And aside from minor functionality differences, is there any real difference between Home and Pro?Google is your friend, again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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