My wife has Home and I have Pro. There are many tools that are not part of the Home edition, like support for server domain and group policies. The important aspect is Encryption File System, Restricted Access Control. I don't know if Home can support the various environments you may code for: n-tier architectures with other machines.
Also, I like to have my pc logged into my server at home that allows me to transfer files across my PC's very easily via Active Directory configured environments. Home edition doesn't support Server Domains. Guess I would ask myself this question: Is this machine more of an email, word/excel, digital camera pc or is this more of a work notebook that can support anything I throw at it? If the answer is the work notebook, I would pick Pro. I also like to have my OS provide more functionality then less, since I NEVER want to find out that the other OS supports this functionality but the one you purchased does not. - Greg Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard O. Hammer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Research Triangle Java User's Group mailing list." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [Juglist] Windows versions > Does this mean that the XP Home version would not allow me to open a > java.net.ServerSocket on port 80 or 25? > > Kenneth Sizer wrote: > > If memory serves, Pro lets you act as a Remote Desktop server (use the computer from another) whereas Home only allows you to be a client (use someone else's computer)... there are, no doubt, other differences, but that one was important to me. > > > > --Ken > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard O. Hammer > >>Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 2:58 PM > >>To: Java Users Group > >>Subject: [Juglist] Windows versions > >> > >>I'm upgrading the operating system on a laptop with MS > >>Windows ME. I face a decision between two versions of > >>Windows XP: the Home version and the Pro version. > >> > >>Is there any good reason for a Java developer to get the Pro > >>version instead of the Home version? > > _______________________________________________ > Juglist mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org > _______________________________________________ Juglist mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org
