is pro worth it to upgrade from Home?

topic. i heard winxp pro is hella better than home

 

What features do you expect to get out of Pro that you aren't getting in home? Why do you want to upgrade? No point in spending money if you don't know what you're spending it on or why.

 

Home / Pro differences: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp

"better" is not the issue - the added capabilities of pro is.

Do you need them?

Regards - Charles

 

If you want to add the PC to a network of other computers, Pro is the only choice. If you want a standalone system for normal home type activities (internet, games, a bit of word processing, personal finance), home is fine.

 

From the above article it states:
Multi-processor support - Windows XP Pro supports up to two microprocessors, while Home Edition supports only one.

I see at the bottom that it was last update 2001.
Does Home still not support 2 processors?

 

Hello Hill,

From the horse's mouth: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.mspx

That article is also dated 2001. No reason to suppose that MS wouldn't have updated the article if the situation would have changed.

Regards - Charles

 

Hi Charles

Hmmm
With XP Pro in Task Manager under the performance tab cpu history has 2 screens. I just started using XP Home and it too has 2 screens registering the cpu usage of both processors.

And under system info it reads it as a dual processor system.

Darn, I would hate to have to do another clean install of the OS.

 

Hi Hill,

Right now puzzled as you are.

What I would suggest is to start a thread in the Hardware section for the hardware mavens attention and refer back to this thread.

My initial thought is the 2 processors may be registering, but the OS is not using both but "and it too has 2 screens registering the cpu usage of both processors" would seem to make that not true.

Regards - Charles

 

Hi Arie,

My thought too, but Hill is saying

Hill, is this what you're seeing:

Number of CPU(s) One Physical Processor / 2 Cores / 2 Logical Processors / 64 bits

This is the CPU propeties from my laptop.

Not using msinfo - using SIW to get the specs http://www.gtopala.com/

EDIT: in msinfo, there are two Processors listed which is misleading.

Regards - Charles

 

Morning Charles and Arie,

Glad I had my coffee already.
Yeah, system info says its a dual core proccesor 4200+

So is it taking advantage of the computing power?

Thanks

 

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