Windows XP Home for $40 After Rebate - Democratic Underground

Hokie

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Sun Mar-13-05 12:46 PM
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Windows XP Home for $40 After Rebate

The Best Buy ad this week had a great deal on the Windows XP-Home Upgrade:

http://bestbuy.dailyshopper.com/index.aspx?pagename=circularlarge&zipcode=95112&storeid=1035255&batchid=284714&pagenumber=8&uniqueid=4891444

Apparently, as long as you own a valid license for any version of Windows back to 95 you can use the upgrade. If you are still running Win 98 I would go for this deal. XP is far superior to 98 in stability.

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jayfish

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Sun Mar-13-05 09:49 PM
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1. If It Were Pro...

I'd go for it in a heartbeat. No way I'm spending even $40 on a crippled OS. I'll stick with 2k for now.

Jay

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Jersey Devil

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Sun Mar-13-05 10:39 PM
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2. Aside from some networking features, what's the diff between home and pro?

I've had both and notice no difference whatsoever. Would you mind explaining why you think pro is a much better OS than home?

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jayfish

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Mon Mar-14-05 01:18 AM
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3. The Networking Features That Are Missing From

Home are nothing to sneeze at and all MS client OS's have included these features up to Home. For instance connecting to your companies domain over a VPN connection so you can retrieve your e-mail. There is also limited control over user accounts and NTFS file security settings.

Jay

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Hokie

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Mon Mar-14-05 05:27 PM
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6. Does XP Home have Remote Desktop?

I would like to use my laptop running W2K Pro to run software on loaded on my desktop that is running XP home. Do you need XP Pro to do that? I have an 802.11g wireless LAN.

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Hokie

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Mon Mar-14-05 05:36 PM
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7. I guess the answer is NO

I guess that is one of the networking features you have to have XP Pro to run. Drat.

http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/wxprmdtp.htm

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Hokie

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Mon Mar-14-05 11:08 AM
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4. I agree I would not change from W2K Pro to XP Home

I have Win 2000 Professional on my laptop and am not planning to upgrade that. I had Win 98 SE on a desktop that I upgraded with XP home and i have been happy with that change.

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jayfish

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Mon Mar-14-05 11:42 AM
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5. I Might Go That Route...

just to get NTFS and minimal security. I still think I would shell out the xtra $'s for Pro though.

Jay

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Deja Q

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Wed Mar-16-05 11:25 PM
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8. That MS activation stuff, you'd recommend that sloppy written trash?!

Just update your BIOS and watch as it claims you've made too many changes to your PC. :eyes:

What a fucking joke.

I'm now accelerating my migration to Linux; it won't be as easy, but I am tired of the bureaucracy and piracy which is Asia's problem, not America's.

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