How do you protect your computer?

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Originally Posted by Jakey

Isn't XP Pro recommended quite substantially over XP home? I know that IBM only sells their absolute bottom line laptops with XP home, everything else comes with XP Pro. I can get Microsoft products dirt cheap through Iowa State since I'm a student so if anyone ever wants me to check into pricing I would be more than happy to.

I've read that the only advantage that Pro has over Home is that you have alot more networking capabilites. You can still network with the Home edition, but only a couple computers. There might be other small differences, but that's the big one that I found. Since I hadn't planned on networking, I decide to go with the Home edition.

Just out of curiosity, how much can you get the home edition for? I paid $86 (they had a one day sale) on newegg.com. You have to buy it with a piece of hardware, but that was a $5 cable that came with a $5 instant rebate (free).