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JBuzzman69
11-26-2005, 08:06 PM
What would be the differences between XP Pro or XP Home as far as gaming goes? Retail XP Pro better than XP OEM? I just want to play sims.
Helipotte
11-26-2005, 08:15 PM
For gaming they are all bout the same, if properly tweaked. ;)
StArGaZeR
11-26-2005, 08:20 PM
Yes as far as gaming is concerned there would be no difference, xp pro is just used more for a networking environment.
Intel_Inside
11-26-2005, 10:52 PM
Yep, what ^they said :D
GORANKAR
11-27-2005, 04:22 PM
You will not notice any real difference.. But I recomend home ver.. You can usually pick it up much cheaper and the vast majority of people who have pro, don't use the extra functionality in any way.. I dare say that for most, running pro, is an e-penis thing..
Home works fine for dual core and ht also.. Also there is no difference, functionality wise between the retail and OEM versions.. The difference between them is the license. See sticky here.. http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=885079
insanarchist
11-27-2005, 04:28 PM
I like pro 'cause the blue vs. green bars in the loading screen just look better :p
IAmSpoli
11-27-2005, 04:32 PM
i feel more secure using xp pro...but i doubt it actually makes me more secure :)
GORANKAR
11-27-2005, 04:34 PM
I like pro 'cause the blue vs. green bars in the loading screen just look better :p

Since SP2, the progress bar in the home version is blue also..
insanarchist
11-27-2005, 04:37 PM
Since SP2, the progress bar in the home version is blue also..

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! :p
killa62
11-27-2005, 04:55 PM
lol, i'm still running sp1, i mean if it's not broke, don't "fix" it right?
SP1 for me going strong on xp pro
GreNME
11-27-2005, 10:28 PM
For gaming they are all bout the same, if properly tweaked. ;)
Except you don't have to do as much "tweaking" with Home.

lol, i'm still running sp1, i mean if it's not broke, don't "fix" it right?
SP1 for me going strong on xp pro
If it ain't patched/updated, it's vulnerable. That's security 101.
mdameron
11-27-2005, 10:32 PM
Gaming just dandy on xp home sp2... tweak it!
djnes
11-28-2005, 10:29 AM
lol, i'm still running sp1, i mean if it's not broke, don't "fix" it right?
SP1 for me going strong on xp pro
It is broken, hence the need for SP2. Common sense.

As far as gaming, some will say NTFS offers better performance, but I doubt it would tranlaste into anything measurable for gaming.
JBuzzman69
11-30-2005, 06:29 PM
Thank you to all that responded.I have a much better idea now.