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When you first think
about buying a desktop or workstation, some big questions
necessarily come to mind. The answers are different for every system
you buy simply because you buy each system for a different
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The operating system is
at the heart of your system's capabilities and the OS
choice you make affects what software you can run on
your system as well as your options for security,
maintenance, and manageability. Your most common OS
choices for business desktop PCs are Microsoft® Windows
XP® and Linux.
Windows XP is available in Home and
Professional editions. The Home edition is less
expensive than the Professional edition, but it also
offers fewer tools and utilities to support your daily
work. As a general rule, choose the Professional edition
for your office desktop PCs so you can take advantage of
the networking wizard to more easily share resources,
use the remote desktop to remotely control a computer
from another location, use the encrypted file system to
protect your data from hackers, and more.
Linux is an open source OS, which means that
it doesn't have a licensing fee associated with it, but
it also doesn't necessarily have the same level of
support and easy-to-use resources that you'll find with
Windows. Also, common office applications may not run on
Linux, although you can find similar open source
applications to meet most office needs. Linux is a good
choice if you have the IT staff to support it and you
have a collection of systems that don't need to run a
wide array of office applications. Call centers and
software development houses are two good examples of the
kind of businesses that might benefit from Linux-based
desktops.
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*Internet Price is the base price for online purchases direct from HP Canada.
Product currently not sold online may be purchased from a HP authorized retailer.
In this case, Internet Price is a suggested resale price. Your retailer may
sell for less.
Certain Windows Vista product features require advanced or additional hardware.
See www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/hardwarereqs.mspx
and www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/capable.mspx
for details. Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor can help you determine which features
of Windows Vista will run on your computer. To download the tool, visit www.windowsvista.com/upgradeadvisor.
