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Originally posted by DurbsYou forgot the biggie - no IIS on the home edition which makes it useless for web dabbling.
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Originally posted by MrsGoof£200 and no MOBO, CPU, PSU, SOUND CARD, GRAPHIcS CARD, USB...
Hmm have you noticed it doesn't work yet ?
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Originally posted by expatI 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.
Hmm have you noticed it doesn't work yet ?
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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.
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Originally posted by DurbsYou forgot the biggie - no IIS on the home edition which makes it useless for web dabbling.
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You forgot the biggie - no IIS on the home edition which makes it useless for web dabbling.
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Originally posted by MrsGoofuncle 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.
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Thanks.
As soon as you click "Customise and Buy", the price changes from £299 to £393.
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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.
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I seem to recall a news item this morning of the 100$ PC being presented.
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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).
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although Dell do have some very good offers, but the delivery is SOOooooooooooo expensive as well.....
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