[Dixonary] OT: Dealing / Systems & Software

[Dodi Schultz]

>> I've been using Windows XP Pro for two years now, and I'm finding it
>> extremely stable, and certainly inherently more stable than Windows
>> 98. (Perhaps your consultant is measuring against XP Home? I'd
>> definitely recommend going with the Pro version.)

Ah, could be! We've had only very preliminary conversation at this point
and, yes, there may have been the assumption that I was talking about XP
Home. Thanks, Lindsey!

--Dodi

[Tim Lodge]

>> My understanding has always been that XP Pro was only needed if you
connect to a network with domain services. <<

There's a good exposition of the differences between Win XP Home and XP
Pro at http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp.

I didn't really need all the ex-NT security and network features, but I
_did_ need a web server for development and so I specified XP Pro as it
contains the IIS web server.

-- Tim L