Age old topic: Apple vs. PC

Thanks for the info dl65.  Now, I have yet another question: What's the difference between the Micro. Win XP Home OEM version with sp2 and the Mic Win  XP home upgrade sev Pack 2?   There's just a $10 difference between them.  Is it that the upgrade has more security features?  And, would I be able to install that version, should I chose it, on top of Win ME?
Is there a big learning curve on using XP when I've used to ME?

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MarleneD......The differance is ...... Home OEM version with sp2 can be installed on any machine where as ...... the Up Date version may only be installed on a machine which already has a M/S upgradeable O/S installed on it ........Or in other words ........If you were to wipe the hard drive on your pc ......( remove all data from it ) you could not install the win xp upgrade ........you would have to reinstall the Win ME and then install the XP Up grade over it .

Hope this helps you .

dl65  

Yes, that helped somewhat.  So, does that mean I can install either version on top of my Win ME? I wonder  why the upgradable version is $10 more?  
Would installing one be better than the other?
Thanks a bunch!  

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MarleneD..... Usually a upgrade version is less than the regular version ........
In any event , if it was my machine , i would be completely removing ME and start with a nice new fresh install of Win XP ........
Installing one o/s over another is like taking your car into a body shop and telling then just fill in the dents with body putty and paint it .....( don't worry about the rust ......noboby can see it ) .........

Hope this helps you .

dl65  

Yes, I think I will do a "clean" install.  
Thanks to all of you Computer Hope Gods & Computer Hope Fulls :  Flame, Fed, hywaydave, dl65, & Computer_Commando!  
You've all helped me so much.  I'm sure after I do the install (probably before) you'll see questions again from me.  This has been the best computer help forum I've seen so far!