software question

[memevector]

Cheaper-than-usual XP Home.

What do you think, o wise friends-list people? Is there likely to be a catch?

Comments

[sermoa.livejournal.com]

I reckon they're just selling it off cheap to get rid of it before everybody wants Vista. XP Home isn't very good, i don't think ... there's a lot missing.

[memevector.livejournal.com]

Anything in particular that you think I'd miss? I did look at a comparison table and concluded I could manage without the Pro stuff, but you probably know more about it than I do.

[sermoa.livejournal.com]

Actually, now you mention it, maybe not. There i go being prejudiced and spouting off abuse about Microsoft (just cos it's fun) and not really thinking about what i'm saying.

I think the only thing you'd miss if you use it is the networking. If you have your logins controlled by a domain controller so that you can log on to different computers around the house. You can't do that in XP Home.

For a list of other differences, i found an article on winsupersite which always has extremely reliable information:
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp

[memevector.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that. But in fact the whole question may have been superseded now - see latest post, re Linux excitement :-)