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Old 06-05-2006, 01:07 AM
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I'm by no means a guru so I'm just giving you my opinion and the limited knowledge I have:

The main differences between the two are in the networking and domain setups. I think Home edition mainly uses workgroups and basic sharing while Professional gives you a much more secure and useable network environment including domain servers and proper user accounts.

For home use, Microsoft Home edition is funnily enough, pretty reasonable. But for a home office or business use, I would spend the extra money and get Professional, it runs better, has more functionality and security and generally has less issues with configuration and connectivity.

Hope that helps.
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