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[MrsGoof]

Real men use Apache - which runs on anything.

I'm still trying to get it to run on my ZX81 with 4k ram pack, can anyone help ?

[PerlOfWisdom]

You forgot the biggie - no IIS on the home edition which makes it useless for web dabbling.

Real men use Apache - which runs on anything.

[expat]

£200 and no MOBO, CPU, PSU, SOUND CARD, GRAPHIcS CARD, USB...

Hmm have you noticed it doesn't work yet ?

Actually it does it works better than my Tosh laptop. But then that has McAfee on it

[MrsGoof]

I recently bought a base unit (+ keyboard, mouse, USB-powered speakers, Win XP home and Nero CD) for 299€ in Auchan, pick up and walk to checkout with it. I'd be surprised if you can't do as well in the UK.

£200 and no MOBO, CPU, PSU, SOUND CARD, GRAPHIcS CARD, USB...

Hmm have you noticed it doesn't work yet ?

[expat]

I recently bought a base unit (+ keyboard, mouse, USB-powered speakers, Win XP home and Nero CD) for 299€ in Auchan, pick up and walk to checkout with it. I'd be surprised if you can't do as well in the UK.

[hyperD]

You forgot the biggie - no IIS on the home edition which makes it useless for web dabbling.

There is a way of getting IIS on XP Home Edition (if you have the XP Pro/Win2k Enterprise disks). Single site only - same as the old Personal Edition version - google it.

[Durbs]

You forgot the biggie - no IIS on the home edition which makes it useless for web dabbling.

[Francko]

uncle google says


Windows XP Home Edition

Contains basic support for security among multiple users.
Built-in support for peer-to-peer networking, but only for up to five computers.
The backup utlity is not installed by default, but is included on the CD.
[CUT]

Although they share the same Kernel, the security system on XP home is very reduced (only accounts are guest and administrators). This has an impact on all applications where you have to configure user rights. I am not aware of a possible workaround.

[PerlOfWisdom]

Thanks.

As soon as you click "Customise and Buy", the price changes from £299 to £393.

[DaveB]

Google is your friend.

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...p_home_pro.asp

[MrsGoof]

uncle google says


Windows XP Home Edition

Contains basic support for security among multiple users.
Built-in support for peer-to-peer networking, but only for up to five computers.
The backup utlity is not installed by default, but is included on the CD.


Windows XP Professional Edition

Includes extended support for security between multiple users on the same machine.
Better support for peer-to-peer networking, plus support for joining a "Windows NT domain."
The backup utlity is installed by default.
The Professional edition includes the following components not found in the Home edition:
Administrative Tools (in the Start Menu and Control Panel)
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
Boot Configuration Manager
DriverQuery
Group Policy Refresh Utility
Multi-lingual User Interface (MUI) add-on
NTFS Encryption Utilitiy
Offline Files and Folders
OpenFiles
Performance Log Manager
Remote Desktop
Scheduled Tasks Console
Security Template Utility
Taskkill
Tasklist
Telnet Administrator
Provides support for multi-processor systems (2 or 4 CPUs), Dynamic Disks, Fax.

[PerlOfWisdom]

What's the difference between XP Home and XP Professional?

[The Lone Gunman]

I seem to recall a news item this morning of the 100$ PC being presented.

[NoddY]

You can indeed pick up PC bargains these days. E-Buyer had a similar thing a week or two ago (with preinstalled Linux I believe).

[n5gooner]

although Dell do have some very good offers, but the delivery is SOOooooooooooo expensive as well.....