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Why choose XP PRO (NT 5.1) over XP Home?

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Curt:
Hmmm; wonder why he said the other thing. Well, maybe it was a mutual misunderstanding; we were talking about several operating systems. But we were not talking about Media Center (MC). Do you think XP Home will consider a MC installation CD to be an upgrade, and accept it? Maybe the reason my XP is unstable is not a hardware issue but a registry thing, so maybe I can save the 400 apps from my (unstable) Home constellation by upgrading to MC - hoping it will become stable this way??

So, do you think XP Home will consider a XP Media Center installation CD to be an upgrade, and accept it (of course keeping what is already installed)???

nudone:
i think media center is xp pro with a bit added on but then with a few bits disabled. sorry, no expert but that's what i recall when i encountered it.

so i guess that's an upgrade. better to wait for a more authoritive reply...

Josh:
XP MCE is XP Home with media center and remote desktop. All the other stuff is left for pro. There is no "Catch all" version of XP from my understanding.

And yes, You can use an MCE cd as an "upgrade" verification cd.

nudone:
just thought i'd do a quick check to see if was losing my mind...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP_Media_Center_Edition

might be wrong but it mentions that media center is xp pro???

There are four versions of Windows XP Media Center Edition. All editions of MCE are based on Windows XP Professional with all features enabled (with exception to Active Directory in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (see paragraph "Features removed in the last release") and Terminal Services in the original release.
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J-Mac:
In XP, Media Center is XP Pro -- not Home -- with added media capabilities. I understand Vista handles that differently. But it is XP Pro.

As for why you were advised not to upgrade, you will have a whole lot of OS on your PC. Upgrading will leave a lot of XP Home files on your machine that have no real function other than to drive you crazy at times! A wipe and fresh install will make your PC much leaner, system files-wise. If you have a disk imager, like Acronis True Image Home, use that to image all that you want to move to the new setup and then restore it after installing XP Media Center. Not really that difficult.

Jim

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