Should I buy XP pro or Home for laptop

mrnymms · Post by **mrnymms** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 6:14 am

I need to buy xp for a new laptop because I can't stand vista. Home edition is cheaper and this laptop will only be used for music so I don't need any flashy features. What I am wondering is there an advantage or disadvantage to buying Pro or Home? Running ableton, serato and some midi controllers.

ollyb303 · Post by **ollyb303** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:40 am

There are plenty of differences between pro and home. Most of them shouldn't make a lot of difference, but there's a biggy if you're planning on using more than one microprocessor...

XP home doesn't support multiple processors. XP Pro does.

More detail on the differences here:

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/wi ... me_pro.asp

googoo · Post by **googoo** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:40 pm

..........that's multi processors........ XP home DOES support multi cores though. Just in case of any confusion.

DrXparaMental · Post by **DrXparaMental** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:58 pm

ollyb303 wrote:There are plenty of differences between pro and home. Most of them shouldn't make a lot of difference, but there's a biggy if you're planning on using more than one microprocessor...

XP home doesn't support multiple processors. XP Pro does.

More detail on the differences here:

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/wi ... me_pro.asp

!!!

How can you use more than one processor? I am certain it can be done because you are stating this, but I had no clue it was even possible. Would this be likened to adding more core/s? Hmm...cool

ekwipt · Post by **ekwipt** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:36 pm

I always like using pro and vista ultimate, but they won't make any difference for a audio computer, save your cash

ollyb303 · Post by **ollyb303** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:57 pm

DrXparaMental wrote:
ollyb303 wrote:There are plenty of differences between pro and home. Most of them shouldn't make a lot of difference, but there's a biggy if you're planning on using more than one microprocessor...

XP home doesn't support multiple processors. XP Pro does.

More detail on the differences here:

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/wi ... me_pro.asp
!!!

How can you use more than one processor? I am certain it can be done because you are stating this, but I had no clue it was even possible. Would this be likened to adding more core/s? Hmm...cool

You need a motherboard which supports dual processors. Like this:

Edit: And as I've just read the word "laptop" in your post title, this probably won't apply!!!