XP home may offer advantages for home users. Anyone who has tried to work with it in a larger network (Novell Netware) will notice that this is not possible because the appropriate client is missing. Ähnlicht is it with Java. Here's just a three-year-old version available. This means that as and displayed on websites as a white area are. Total disturb some annoying ten Rende Gimmiks that can be abgeschalter only after days of research: Netmeeting bw. MS Messenger, Netpassport (period end search for one's own email address). For laptops problems are added to the SpeedStep drivers. Intel provides profesional for XP home no drivers, but only for XP. XP home is a kind of prison for erntshafte users, for inexperienced beginners might be a very recommendable golden cage. For serious work, for example in corporate networks (eg including for all members of the university. Students), the system is a constant nuisance and in my experience of my great disappointment. That most will then buy XP Professional, an OS that combines the admittedly good stability with the desired Flaxibilität. XP Home is mE created on the customer for a fool.