Now for those of you that know me, and many of my friends, you know we’re Macintosh users. I have a PowerMac G5, PowerMac G4 and a Powerbook G4 (the little old 12″ and I’ve had it since 2003, not long after I got my PowerMac G4). I’m not an unusual Apple computer user in the sense that I have kept my computers for a long time and still continue to use older models. One of the biggest advantages I think few people realize between the platforms (Microsoft and Apple) is the significance of the operating system. I’m not about to start another thread comparing the superiority of Apple Computer’s Unix-based operating system over the long-overdue-in-need of an upgrade Microsoft XP. Nope. I just want to point out a few differences between Windows two very outdated operating systems.

As one can imaging, XP Home is designed for the home and consumer user. Most of thesoftware runs fine on this setup, but a few features which XP Pro has are not included.

On the other hand, XP Pro adds two significant differences. For beginners, it has multi-processor support. For the machine to be able to use both processors, you need XP Pro.

Finally, perhaps more for a work environment, there is Remote Desktop. Which allows you to log on to another machine using your computer ??? probably not to be of much help at home if you only have one computer to worry about.