Ok, I'll consider that aspect before making my decision.

Bill

>Remote Desktop is "bomb" (as my teenager would say). It's only in Pro. It allows you to remote in or out of your PC; it's Terminal Services technology and massively useful. I use it daily to check my email on my office desktop before leaving for work.
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>>>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
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>>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.