i don't know a lot about xp home...except for the fact you can't join a domain...the upnp hole etc...
many here...(and i might just be one of them) that the best os money can buy...doesn't cost anything (cept for an initial increase in tylenol bills while yer rtfm-ing) ...linux...freebsd...etc...dell used to (altho heard they had stopped) offer preinstalled linux...they still might..
but ....if you want a win box...i'd suggest getting a dell with win2k sp2...you can still get them...we just got 6 new optiplexs...course being a corporate user...i don't like untried os-es...i'll wait til xp sp1 at least before i even look at it...i believe that until it's proven...i'll take a properly patched and administered version of win2k over a brand new xp...full of how many holes...who knows...
