XP Home Edition Vs Professional Edition

[seenu01]

Guys

What are the major difference between XP Home Edition and XP Professional Edition. I have a PC at home and I do little work on Internet, is it okay to buy XP Home Edition or should i go for XP Professional Edition.
Are there too much difference between the two versions.
Please Suggest

Thanks....

[klorpet]

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.

[seenu01]

Klorpet

Thats nice of you... You did read me well, since mine is sort of home office - small business, I would go buy Professional edition, just as you say, I think even IIS is not available in Home Edition.

Thanks again...

[klorpet]

Yeah probably best. Leaves you more flexibility for future expansion, adding on other computers on your network and greater manageability and such things.

Good luck with it!