Author Topic: Xp Pro Vs Xp Home (Read 357 times)

FUNKED1 · « **on:** September 27, 2004, 03:35:15 AM »

Any reason to get Pro for a pure gaming rig?

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #1 on:** September 27, 2004, 03:36:34 AM »

All the l337 gamerz use the pro version..

AKS\/\/ulfe · « **Reply #2 on:** September 27, 2004, 07:44:27 AM »

Because it makes you a professional. Using home just makes you homo.
-SW

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 27, 2004, 09:07:23 AM »

ChasR · « **Reply #4 on:** September 27, 2004, 09:34:30 AM »

Home limits you to 5 network connections. Pro has unlimited connections. That is the primary difference.

eagl · « **Reply #5 on:** September 27, 2004, 03:18:20 PM »

I've had luck gaming with XP Home on my main rig. Networking is more complicated and configurable with XP Pro but you may not need all that. You get to hunt down and turn off more unnecessary servers with XP Pro. I think I still have a motd server on my XP Pro rig and it wasn't really obvious how to turn it off.

XP Home is cheaper and works just fine with AH, AH2, and AH H2H. YMMV, but I haven't yet found a reason to wish I'd put XP Pro on my game rig.

ALF · « **Reply #6 on:** September 27, 2004, 05:07:09 PM »

Unless you have a specific reason in mind that you just absolutly need pro (dual processor support, encrypt your porno folder from wife for example:eek: )

The only difference is $100.00

schizer · « **Reply #7 on:** September 27, 2004, 06:23:34 PM »

XP Pro Corporate is teh shcizz

Kev367th · « **Reply #8 on:** September 28, 2004, 10:49:53 AM »

For pure gaming go for XP Home.
Unless you need to connect to a domain, in which case use Pro.