Aqua-Soft ForumsHello all i have a question to ask you and ofcourse a poll, i hope im postiong this in the right place..........
So any ways :
Which operationg system is more stable Windows XP Home edition or Windows Xp Proffessional..............................
which operating system is more stable windows xp home or win xp proffessional
they'are both stabe compared to 2k or 98 but I would suggest you install Professional
i'm saying pro, with a qualification...the only times i've actually had my hands on any xp home systems are big-name, factory pc's and laptops from dell, hp and compaq. we're talking brand new systems here (one just 6 weeks ago) and they are dog-ass slow and prone to crashes in ie and explorer. now, this could be because of all the crap these mfgr's throw on these systems (quickbooks, hp support center, dell support center, compaq self-crashing-branded xp, etc.). technically, under the hood they're the same, but xp has some 'pro' features, so i'd expect them top perform comparably. that just hasn't been my experience. go pro.
WinXP Pro with SP2 is more stable and reliable than any other windows. 
like shmengie said, they're pretty much the same as far as the core o.s. goes... pro has some administrative tasks that can be done that home can not. pro is meant for larger scale networking, such as in an office environment... while home is meant for... well, you know.
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They are same 
) but i preffer Pro+SP2.
like shmengie said, they're pretty much the same as far as the core o.s. goes... pro has some administrative tasks that can be done that home can not. pro is meant for larger scale networking, such as in an office environment... while home is meant for... well, you know.a link that explains it all
exactly.
but the pro features are nice, e.g. gpedit, extra networking, etc.
I actually use the extra features so I have to go with pro though properly setup they both should be really stable as they are essentially the same.
Let's take this a step further and say that XP Home and XP Professional are THE SAME operating system. As the previous posters have correctly observed, XP Home does not give you full control over security and networking, which is to say the Home edition is just a crippled version of Pro (missing gpedit, admin tools, some networking apps, and file permissions; though security/permissions settings are accessible via safe mode). The core is the same in both cases, NT5.1, and thus there should be no argument regarding performance/stability.
I currently use Pro on my tower and Home on my laptop. I've notice no significant difference between the relative speed of operations between the versions. However, as it has been mentioned here, Home does not have extended network capabilities - specifically, you can't connect to a (Netware) domain with it (you can't even install the CSNW client).
stability, it should be the same.
Pro for sure.
IMHO you can bring down both pretty easily.
NT4 (4.0, 1996) was the most stable so far, narrowly followed by
2000 (5.0, 1999).
XP (5.1, 2001) is actually an interim release on the way to
LongHorn (6.0, 2006).
Lessons to be learned:
Don't trust an MS system that has been developed for less than 3 years...
(2K3 owners please add your WinVer to the above table...)
Well thank you so much everyone just in case you were wondering why i posted this post is because I have Windows XP Home SP2, however im gonna switch to Pro and not install SP2 since it messes up the p2p app the admins here most hate...........................Also a quick question does any body know if 20 gb storage exists on dvd's or flash drives??
Does any body know if there are dvds with 20 gb storage, since im moving all my stuff to the newly installed XP Pro and i have a 19 gb music collection
dvd's don't go that high yet... you're going to have to wait for HD-DVD or blu ray to come out to the public... for HD-DVD, single sided can hold 15gb, dual-sided=30gb... for blu ray, single=25gb and dual-sided=50gb...
you're going to need to use about 5 single-sided dvd's to hold 19gb...
flash drives, i know nothing about...
IMHO you can bring down both pretty easily.
NT4 (4.0, 1996) was the most stable so far, narrowly followed by
2000 (5.0, 1999).
XP (5.1, 2001) is actually an interim release on the way to
LongHorn (6.0, 2006).
Lessons to be learned:
Don't trust an MS system that has been developed for less than 3 years...
(2K3 owners please add your WinVer to the above table...)
Umm... they are all the same OS, well kernal actualy.... NT.
Your 3 year statement is invalid.
Each version is a steady progression of the previous one. Development has been ongoing from day 1.
NT has been around since 1991 (NT 3.0 official released). And to date NT 3.5.1 SP5 is/was considered the most stable of them all.
NT 4.0 is riddled with security holes and stability issues, it also has the most number of patches and hotfixes than any other M$ created OS to date.
The differences between NT 4.0 as released and NT 4.0 SP6a with all the hotfixes is astonishing.
It's literaly a completely different OS.
Win2k was better, but still has it's issues.
Unlike earlier version of the NT kernal, XP was developed purely as a desktop OS, not a server platform. They needed to get away from the 9x platform limitations and with the success of Win2k Pro as a desktop paltform, XP was born.
Windows Server 2003 is NT 5.2 and is by far the most secure and stable server version of the NT kernal M$ has ever released. Not to say it doesn't have it's flaws, but it's one hell of an improvement over previous releases.
If we were to follow your logic, I would never trust OS X. Roughly 1 year development between each major version. And Apple releases about a half a dozen or more point upgrades each year.
These fix or add features that they didn't have time to implement to meet their initial release schedule.
But unlike M$ and NT, Apple didn't build OS X from scratch.
They opted to use an existing OS (BSD) with a pretty solid foundation (MACH Kernal) to start with.
they'are both stabe compared to 2k or 98 but I would suggest you install Professional
most agree