xp pro, xp home and xp media center??

[i_go_comando]

What is the diffrence between all the three? Which is the best? I have a desktop, 2.4GHZ Pentium, 512MB ram and 40GIG h/d. Onboard intel Video Card and Sound Blaster 2.1 Sound Card. Which would be the best from all 3 considering its used mostly for playing DoD, playing music and surfing the web. 

[QmunkE]

Well, if money is no object, just get XP Pro - it's more expensive but slightly more stable. XP Home is fine. Dunno why you'd want the Media Center Edition - you've not got a home theatre setup by the look of things.

[j2buttonsw]

I second Home: you are not going to add it to a domain so you don't need Pro (which is the main short-fall of Home).

[scatman]

Pro if you want excellent networking and IIS.

Home if youw ant to do what you're currently doing.

Media Center if you want to replace your TV.

[mattie]

This isn't an answer to your question, but if you intend to play games, consider getting an extra 512mb of ram cost between �35 and �55 from http://www.crucial.com/uk/index.asp

and a separate video card for example a radeon based 9600xt 256mb can be got for under �100 from www.microdirect.co.uk