Janet, the answer is simple. For one, XP Home is much less expensive than the Pro edition. Plus, most people buying it are going to be home consumers, not from the corporate world. Most buisnesses have contracts with the Dell's of the world to furnish their systems. I don't know how it works across the pond in the UK but that's the way it works here in the States.
Piney Woods PC's Janet wrote: >PCWorld is selling a Toshi for �649 wired for wi-fi. I am definitely >drooling over that. My would be daughter in law has worked at eBay UK >for a while and the fraudulent transactions are causing her to think >about staying with them. >I wonder however why most of the new ones are installed with XP Home, >as opposed to XP Pro that is much more stable. > >Janet ~ UK >http://globechatters.net >O/S WinXPSP2 Pro IE/OE6 - home user > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "RuneS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/yQLSAA/67folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

