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- Jun 7, 2006
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- Idaho
Well thanks to a generous donation by a family member I will probably be able to get a new Windows OS since I've had a bit of a mishap with one of my current disks.
So I'm looking at going with XP Pro again or possibly Media Center as I like some of the goodies with that. My wife has it on her laptop & it seems to work great & I've read in some places around the net that people says it works much better then Home & is a little better then Pro. It doesn't have all the same features as Pro, which something with domains is the only one I can recall off the top of my head from what I've read, I think something like you can't change or add one after initial install or some such. But that isn't something I'm all that really interested in.
But there could be other things & I'm going to try & really look tonight but if anyone here knows off the top of their heads it could save me some time which would be good as we have been a bit busy tonight at work.
Another one of my thoughts on this is as someone mentioned in another thread of mine they are offering free vista upgrade coupons with current OS's. Though from what I've read you have to upgrade to a certain version of vista based on which version of XP you have...I"ve sent in a email to MS asking if it is possible to switch to another version & pay any difference if there is one etc.
Anyhow for example, if I get XP Pro it says the upgrade coupon path would be to get Vista Business, which I really do not want. Then Media Center gets Vista HP, which is one I do want..that or Ultimate...
Anyhow thanks in advance...
So I'm looking at going with XP Pro again or possibly Media Center as I like some of the goodies with that. My wife has it on her laptop & it seems to work great & I've read in some places around the net that people says it works much better then Home & is a little better then Pro. It doesn't have all the same features as Pro, which something with domains is the only one I can recall off the top of my head from what I've read, I think something like you can't change or add one after initial install or some such. But that isn't something I'm all that really interested in.
But there could be other things & I'm going to try & really look tonight but if anyone here knows off the top of their heads it could save me some time which would be good as we have been a bit busy tonight at work.
Another one of my thoughts on this is as someone mentioned in another thread of mine they are offering free vista upgrade coupons with current OS's. Though from what I've read you have to upgrade to a certain version of vista based on which version of XP you have...I"ve sent in a email to MS asking if it is possible to switch to another version & pay any difference if there is one etc.
Anyhow for example, if I get XP Pro it says the upgrade coupon path would be to get Vista Business, which I really do not want. Then Media Center gets Vista HP, which is one I do want..that or Ultimate...
Anyhow thanks in advance...