Photoshop CS — WIndows XP or XP Pro?

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Sep 10, 2004
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I just ordered Photoshop CS (upgrade from Elements).

I’ll need to upgrade my system to Windows XP.

I thought I’d settled that XP Pro doesn’t give me anything worth a hundred bucks over XP for my setup (vanilla single user, single puter, non-networked, dialup), asking on the Microsoft forums to verify.

BUT … in dejanewsing any CS issues with AMD processors, I did run across a lone post that offhandedly commented that CS works much better/faster with XP Pro compared to plain XP, without any specifics.

My system, if it matters: 1 GHz AMD, 640 MB, 60 + 160 GB.
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Ryadia_
Sep 10, 2004
There is no evidence to backup such a claim. The only time any windows XP version will run faster than another is when you use a FAT32 file system instead of NTFS. FAT 32 systems run faster due to less file security. The OS doesn’t keep indexes of everything and need to check them. I use Win 2k and FAT 32 at home because I can more easiely recover any files from a crashed drive. My boss thinks NTFS is better.

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"ggull" wrote in message
I just ordered Photoshop CS (upgrade from Elements).

I’ll need to upgrade my system to Windows XP.

I thought I’d settled that XP Pro doesn’t give me anything worth a hundred bucks over XP for my setup (vanilla single user, single puter, non-networked, dialup), asking on the Microsoft forums to verify.
BUT … in dejanewsing any CS issues with AMD processors, I did run
across
a lone post that offhandedly commented that CS works much better/faster
with
XP Pro compared to plain XP, without any specifics.

My system, if it matters: 1 GHz AMD, 640 MB, 60 + 160 GB.
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tacitr
Sep 10, 2004
I thought I’d settled that XP Pro doesn’t give me anything worth a hundred bucks over XP for my setup (vanilla single user, single puter, non-networked, dialup), asking on the Microsoft forums to verify.

For your use, XP Pro offers no benefits that are specific to Photoshop.

I always use XP Pro because XP Home is a security nightmare. (Well, to be fair, ALL versions of Microsoft Windows are a security nightmare; it’s just that XP Pro is a tiny bit less of a mess than XP Home.)

When you get XP, RUN WINDOWS UPDATE BEFORE YOU DO **ANYTHING** ELSE. Right now, the average life expectancy of an unpatched Windows box on the Internet is 20 minutes–which means that if you do not patch your copy of Windows, you can expect, on average, to be infected with a virus within 20 minutes of connecting to the Internet. You do not need to surf anywhere, you do not need to download anything–just connect to the Internet, sit back, and wait, and wham! You’re infected.

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noone
Sep 10, 2004
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I thought I’d settled that XP Pro doesn’t give me anything worth a hundred bucks over XP for my setup (vanilla single user, single puter, non-networked, dialup), asking on the Microsoft forums to verify.

For your use, XP Pro offers no benefits that are specific to Photoshop.
I always use XP Pro because XP Home is a security nightmare. (Well, to be
fair,
ALL versions of Microsoft Windows are a security nightmare; it’s just that XP Pro is a tiny bit less of a mess than XP Home.)

When you get XP, RUN WINDOWS UPDATE BEFORE YOU DO **ANYTHING** ELSE. Right
now,
the average life expectancy of an unpatched Windows box on the Internet is 20 minutes–which means that if you do not patch your copy of Windows, you can expect, on average, to be infected with a virus within 20 minutes of
connecting
to the Internet. You do not need to surf anywhere, you do not need to
download
anything–just connect to the Internet, sit back, and wait, and wham! You’re infected.

—
Art, literature, shareware, polyamory, kink, and more:
http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html

With dial-up service, if you are not behind a hardware firewall, you might also want to consider a software firewall, like Black Ice, or ZoneAlarm Pro. The older versions of these were ported for dial-up and can cause some bottlenecks with cable/dsl, and maybe the newer versions have addressed that aspect.

If you surf, you will also want a strong defense against malware, and adware/ spyware, which WILL be uploaded to your computer from so very, very many sites. Blocking those, good security in your setup of Win, IE, etc., plus a good malware scanning program(s) will increase your enjoyment, as well as security.

And yes, XP Pro is not money well spent on your system.

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Nicholas Sherlock
Sep 10, 2004
Tacit wrote:
When you get XP, RUN WINDOWS UPDATE BEFORE YOU DO **ANYTHING** ELSE.

Or just use the included Windows XP Firewall and you’ll not be infected.

Cheers,
Nicholas Sherlock
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Hecate
Sep 11, 2004
On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 11:25:19 +1200, "Nicholas Sherlock" wrote:

Tacit wrote:
When you get XP, RUN WINDOWS UPDATE BEFORE YOU DO **ANYTHING** ELSE.

Or just use the included Windows XP Firewall and you’ll not be infected.
hahahah! Good joke.Much like the Windows XP firewall. Yes, it is better than nothing but it’s damned close call.

And to those people who think XP Pro isn’t worth the extra – 99% of all the problems I’ve seen on XP machines have been with XP Home machines.

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tacitr
Sep 11, 2004
Or just use the included Windows XP Firewall and you’ll not be infected.

I wouldn’t count on it; I am already aware of two documented security flaws in XP SP2 that can get around the built-in software firewall, and one flaw that can disable the firewall even though the Security Center dashboard will still report it as enabled.

Nothing beats a hardware firewall, a patched box, and a good sense of basic security.

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