>You asked me in a followup why XP Pro over home? Here's the page which describes the differences:
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>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp

Looks like to me that the only really significant issue for a home system is if you want to do web development on the machine ( No IIS ). If the IIS issue could be resolved, I see no great advantage in using XP Pro at home.