Win XP

[Brian G]

Hi,
Well this is the million dollar question. For me its not a matter of "IF" as "When" and Which". Yep, XP. I now have 2 pc's netwooked partitioed off, running, 98,982nd,ME,NT4,2000. But it varies some times.
Now XP is offering more choices. Just what I need. I just read this months PC World. And it says quoat: "If you current OS qualifies for an upgrade, you can use the upgrade version to perform what XP calls a new installation(a clean install), which lets you put XP on a bare hard drive, or you can place it on a seperate partition so you can boot to XP or your current Windows ver......."
Now thats exactly what it says. So, why would I buy a full version, if I can do a clean install from the upgrade? What is the catch?
I always thought you neede a Full ver to to do a clean install?

That is question num. 1.

Question 2 is which version to go with? Home or pro? I am just looking for peoples different views on it.


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Peace be with you

[bassman]

Hey Brian,
Well, since XP is based on the stable NT kernel (the leading decision maker for most in the past), the question now is, do you need the features of a network administration software? If not, I would say "Home version."
Since you already have 2000, you are familiar with these features and I don't believe you get any real function difference with XP Pro. Mostly eye candy from what I hear. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif
Now, my question to you. Where did you find this deal??????
I would like to have it for information pourposes and hoped I would find a killer deal somewhere. I wouldn't buy it otherwise (no need).

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[Jumby]

Brian, I heard the same thing about a clean, full install with just the upgrade CD. I don't know if I read it in PC World or Computer Shopper, but I saw it and was very glad. I assume what will happen is that you start, and at some point it will ask for your 98se CD, and with just a check that you have it, it will let you do the clean install of xp. Actually, upgrade cd's (whether 95 or 98)are the full version, minus a file or two. I saw the techs do it a few times when I worked at a PC place that also did repairs.

[ranchdog]

Brian....

It is being said around different forums that the XP Home version is nothing more than a "flower" version of Win 2K.

Luck.

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[Brian G]

thanks for the help,
bassman, Direct Deals has win XP Pro, full ver for $158 right now. http://www.directdeals.com/product.asp?id=1815
I think it is going for around $300 retail. So I went with the Pro ver.
I also got Norton System Utilities Pro edition 2001 for ten bucks there last month, which usually runs around $90. It has Ghost, WinFax and some other goodies. I just wanted Ghost.
XP sounds like a resource hog, and I have been told that it eats memory like crazy. But I cant seeme not running it for myself to see.
Thanks again

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Peace be with you