Compare Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2 to Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition with Service Pack 2b (SP2b) OEM

Get the most out of your operating system with Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition. The software makes it easy to create individual profiles with customized settings for everyone who uses a computer, allowing you to switch profiles without shutting down your applications and completely logging off. The integrated Windows Media Player gives you more control of your music with smart jukebox features, easy CD transfer to computer, CD-burning, and compatibility with the widest range of portable players. Windows® XP users have a start-to-finish solution that makes it easy to find the most interesting games for your PC and determine if your PC can play them. The Movie Maker 2 lets you create, edit, and share your movies with just a few simple actions. The Home Edition helps provide Internet Security in the form of a firewall, known as the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF). This software comes bundled with Service Pack 2. This pack establishes stronger security settings that help defend against viruses, hackers, and Less

This version of Windows XP Professional is the first designed specifically to work with x64 PCs. Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, a high-performance platform, brings benefits to customers who work in technical fields such as automobile and airplane design, computational fluid dynamics, and scientific visualization. Digital content creators, including 3-D animators, digital artists, and game developers will also welcome the large amounts of memory and performance improvements that make their 64-bit applications run faster and more efficiently. And enthusiasts who edit a large of amount of photos, video, or music files will benefit from the additional memory and processing capability. Less