Filth Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Hi. I recently built my new dual core PC and I have set up my bios, etc. I'm ready to install an OS. What I'm wondering is - what is better for a dual core pc? XP Pro or XP Home and why? Thanks, Filth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trance Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 doesn't matter... they will both use the dual core functionality of the hardware. Unless you need remote desktop or domain join capabilities, go with home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W1cked-J Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 The big difference between Home and Pro is some admin tools and Home defaults to mshome for the workgroup where as Pro defaults to workgroup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shihchiun Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Home supports one physical processor, while Professional supports two. You probably didn't get a multi-processor multi-core system, so either will be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NienorGT Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Since when Home support 2 processor/core ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trance Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 windows licenses based on physical procs... so home will use any number of HT/MC (multicore) as long as it is one physical proc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shihchiun Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Since when Home support 2 processor/core ? That's what it says on Microsoft's web site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted December 29, 2005 MVC Share Posted December 29, 2005 The big difference between Home and Pro is some admin tools and Home defaults to mshome for the workgroup where as Pro defaults to workgroup. :rofl: workgroup name -- WTF? that is what you consider a big difference?? how about the ability to join a domain? Or 2 cpu's vs 1.. or IIS 5.1, or offline files -- how about EFS? or Remote Desktop?Workgroup name - :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mufdvr3669 Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Home supports one physical processor, while Professional supports two. You probably didn't get a multi-processor multi-core system, so either will be fine. They support dual core since SP2 I believe. Here's an AMD link saying they do. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W1cked-J Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 :rofl: workgroup name -- WTF? that is what you consider a big difference?? how about the ability to join a domain? Or 2 cpu's vs 1.. or IIS 5.1, or offline files -- how about EFS? or Remote Desktop? Workgroup name - :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Actually you can add XP home to a domain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trance Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Actually you can add XP home to a domain Nope... you can authenticate to the domain, but you can't have the computer account in the domain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W1cked-J Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Nope... you can authenticate to the domain, but you can't have the computer account in the domain. Using the third part tool Xteq you can.... Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trance Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 read the comments... that is not a true domain join. That is still really only authenticating to the domain. You haven't created a computer account for the xp home machine in the domain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted December 29, 2005 MVC Share Posted December 29, 2005 Using the third part tool Xteq you can.... Here NO YOU CAN NOT!!! And no you do not need any tool to auth to a domain.. But you can not JOIN the domain - PERIOD!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XIII Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 XP home doesn't support dual core. Go with XP Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubertwoten Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 XP home doesn't support dual core. Go with XP Pro. Thats not a true statement. Both PRO and HOME support dual core, just that PRO supports more than 1 processor, whereas home does not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filth Posted December 29, 2005 Author Share Posted December 29, 2005 What about Windows Xp Pro 64-bit edition? I've considered this as well, but I heard some progs dont have drivers for windows xp pro x64... :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted December 29, 2005 MVC Share Posted December 29, 2005 What about Windows Xp Pro 64-bit edition? I've considered this as well, but I heard some progs dont have drivers for windows xp pro x64... :huh: is your dual core 64bit????? If it is -- kind of limits you to what version of windows will give you full support huh :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XIII Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Thats not a true statement. Both PRO and HOME support dual core, just that PRO supports more than 1 processor, whereas home does not. For dual core CPU, the computer see it as two CPUs. Thus home will not support it. For whatever reason, go with Pro is the safest bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stadsport Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 :rofl: workgroup name -- WTF? that is what you consider a big difference?? how about the ability to join a domain? Or 2 cpu's vs 1.. or IIS 5.1, or offline files -- how about EFS? or Remote Desktop? Workgroup name - :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Three words: Simple File Sharing *throws up everything I've ever eaten* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted December 29, 2005 MVC Share Posted December 29, 2005 Three words: Simple File Sharing *throws up everything I've ever eaten* SFS what? Pro can use SFS if you so desire?? Not sure why anyone would want to.. Not sure what point your trying to make? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leddy Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 For dual core CPU, the computer see it as two CPUs. Thus home will not support it. For whatever reason, go with Pro is the safest bet. Home sees dual core CPUs as one CPU, but in Task Manager it shows as two. Win2k sees dual core CPUs as two CPUs. (same as hyperthreading.) Etc etc. A dual core hyperthreading processor would show in WinXP as 2 CPUs (but task manager would show 4) That same processor will show on Win2k as 4 physical CPUs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shihchiun Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 XP home doesn't support dual core. Go with XP Pro. No. XP Home doesn't support multiple physical processors. A dual core processor will work just fine, because it shows up as two logical processors, which XP Home does support. That's why Hyperthreading works on XP Home machines. is your dual core 64bit????? If it is -- kind of limits you to what version of windows will give you full support huh wacko.gif Not really... It'll work on 32-bit or 64-bit. Not really sure what you mean by "full support" though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted December 29, 2005 MVC Share Posted December 29, 2005 It'll work on 32-bit or 64-bit. Not really sure what you mean by "full support" though. :blink: :blink: :blink: What Part do you not understand about using a 64bit CPU, but only running a 32 bit OS on it? Does your 32 bit OS "FULLY SUPPORT" that 64 bit cpu's capabilities?? :wacko:They dont make a XP HOME 64 bit now do they ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shihchiun Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 :blink: :blink: :blink: What Part do you not understand about using a 64bit CPU, but only running a 32 bit OS on it? Does your 32 bit OS "FULLY SUPPORT" that 64 bit cpu's capabilities?? :wacko: They dont make a XP HOME 64 bit now do they ;) I know that. The way you put it was rather vague. "Fully support" can mean a lot of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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