Enhanced support for digital media (movies, pictures, music).A new user interface featuring context-sensitive, task-oriented Web views.Simplified log-on featuring new 'welcome' screen.

Improved software (application) and hardware compatibility.

Windows XP Home Edition includes a number of enhancements over Windows 2000 Professional. We feel like the name reflects its purpose.' The feedback said that Home Edition suggested it was customized for the home, which it was.

The name Windows Me again, the year names, like Windows 2002, and a lot of other stuff. In terms of naming, we wanted to continue the Professional name. A lot of the OEM PCs marketed to consumers are bought by small businesses. 'Some small businesses have administrators, some don?t. 'Divide them into managed and unmanaged environments,' added John Frederiksen, the General Manager of the PC Experience Solution Group, noting that some smaller businesses would probably install Home Edition We will do more value add in Pro in the future.' In the future, this will make more sense. 'But where we're going, we've named them appropriately. 'With XP, the home version is what it is,' Allchin said. Beyond the obvious-Microsoft is targeting Home Edition at consumers and Professional at business users and power users-Group Vice President Jim Allchin said that the company was working hard to further differentiate the products. In February where Windows XP Beta 2 and the new Whistler ('Luna') user interface wasįirst unveiled, and in various meetings since then, I'veīeen able to discuss this new Windows version with Microsoft executives and product managers. Its more upscale sibling, Windows XP Professional Edition. With the inclusion of a new consumer-oriented version of Windows XP, there has been some confusion surrounding the differences between this product, Windows XP Home Edition, and Updated for the RTM release of Windows XP

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