Celeron M question

Patrick, Actually many colleges due require that you join their domain.

See the following for the Univ of Mich page 17:

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From another college, Pace University of New York:

a.. Pace Strongly recommends that any student planning to connect to the = Pace network buy their systems with either Microsoft Windows XP = Professional or Windows 2000 Professional as their operating system.=20

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Rich-rerat

RRRNews it might be prudent to check the college's computer dept, she need to = have XP Pro to connect with the campus system. It will be less expensive = if she purchase her laptop-notebook with installed. following: minimum. It might be cheaper to purchase from third party vendors such = as www.crucial.com, than from Dell. coverage, for as long as she is in school. even if you have to pay for it. It is just $8.00, and will be well worth = it. I cannot think of a reason why a college student would actually need XP=20 Pro installed. XP Pro gives them the ability to join a Windows Active=20 Directory domain, however no college is going to be running a domain for =

the students to be a member of.

Windows XP home can pull an IP and access the network just fine. It=20 just cannot join a domain. This should NOT be an issue.