Core Duo and xp Home?

forgive me if this has already been answered. The way I understand it is Windows XP Pro Supports 2 physical cpu sockets and XP home only 1, But they both can see and use a single cpu with either a single or dual core. I've read this on a couple other websites but I'm not sure if this is the case. If this is true then there won't be any speed difference between the two operating systems while running a dual core CPU. I have been using XP Pro since it's release and find there to be alot of extra stuff on Pro that I don't need or use. I've never used XP home but wonder if the missing extra's make it more streamlined and easier to use. While I do have a home network I never use most of the extra features in XP Pro.

 

no speed difference between the two given the same services running. there is no core difference between the two, just feature supersets.

all of the features in XP Pro that you don't need can be turned off, and there will probally even be XP Home services you don't need either, so installing Home instead of Pro probally won't considerably speed you up either.

you are right on the money about multiple CPU sockets vs. multiple CPU cores. a dual core cpu will run just as well and as fast on home as it will pro.