the age old question... home or pro

[Xionic]

ive just put a new build toghether and want to know if pro is really worth the extra money for a gamer. was a user of 2000 Pro (legit too ) and one of the mian reason i moved to XP was i use external voice comms as 2000 wouldnt let me use both ingame voice chat and external (teamspeak/ventrillo)

heres my setup and uses:

gaming (a lot)
broadband via router
networked to 2 PC's and 2 Laptops
do encript files on occasions (rarely)
general browsing and online shopping
chat (xfire/MSN)

will pro really benifit me

 

[Xionic]

im running a dual core cpu (Opti 170) but not dual CPU

 

[Xionic]

the pc im networking to is runnin 2000 Pro
and the 2 laptops are running home, never had any problems on the laptops, not noticed i couldnt do anything i needed to....

stil on the fence, pro seams like it doesnt do much (for me specifically) except say pro but homes always had a bad rep

also wouldnt i have compatabity issues with MCE as im an avid gamer