xp home or professional?

islandguyislandguy
Posted:
in General Discussion edited January 2014
I plan on getting a Macbook pro sometime next year and would like to put XP on it. When I was using XP I used the home edition and it suited me just fine. But it seems everyone suggests XP Pro. The price difference is significant ($100 at compusa) This computer will be for personal use only. Do I really need XP Pro?



Thanks!

J

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 4
    MarvinMarvin Posts: 15,322moderator
    Bootcamp supports XP home as long as it's SP2.



    People may have suggested Pro since Home only supports one processor but the MBP has a dual core single processor which should work fine.
  • Reply 2 of 4
    buddhabuddha Posts: 386member
    I would get XP Home, that's what I use on my Mac Pro. I've never been able to do something that XP Pro was capable of. Both are equally horrible in my opinion.
  • Reply 3 of 4
    islandguyislandguy Posts: 9member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by buddha View Post


    Both are equally horrible in my opinion.







    What about Vista? How does it work on a Mac?
  • Reply 4 of 4
    smeesmee Posts: 195member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by islandguy View Post






    What about Vista? How does it work on a Mac?



    Actually, I'm running vista on my mac mini (see below). And it works great, doesn't even lag. It starts up fast..

    But, I still hate microsoft.



    But, if you've got an SP2 disc for XP, install that. Cuz vista takes up like 1gb of my 2gb's of memory.
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