On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:17:21 +1000, Tom Krieg wrote:
I've run across early accounts of XP Home that indicated serious problems
with networking -- can't remember what. Now, however, XP Home networking is
XP Pro networking with just two types of accounts (administator and power
user) and no group policies. Works just fine to hook three or four
computers together to share DSL, printers, and files; I saved $300US by
upgrading three workstations to Home rather than to Pro. As I have Pro and
2000 on other machines, I can't say I miss the extra networking oomph on
this tiny set-up.

Office setups are different. There you need tighter control over individual
stations, as various employees drift in and out -- even on a 5 or 6 station
set-up. But for a home set-up, Home works just fine at half the price.


Jim Hargan