Windows XP Professional - Product Fundamentals

Key features and experiences
Windows XP Professional sets a new standard for efficient and dependable computing. Designed for businesses of all sizes and for individuals who demand the most from your computing experience, Windows XP Professional puts advanced productivity tools of the digital age at your fingertips.

Reliable
A reliable foundation you can count on to keep your computers up and running when you need your computers the most. This is the most reliable Windows OS to date. It offers features that make it much faster and easier to recover from system problems.

Secure
Keeps your data secure and maintains your privacy. Windows XP Professional provides comprehensive security features to protect sensitive and confidential business data both locally on a user's desktop computer and as it is transmitted over your network, phone lines, or the Internet.

Easy to use
A redesigned, more intelligent user interface makes it easy to work with frequently used tasks, documents, and programs. From its fresh, new look to its more intuitive, task-based design, Windows XP Professional will make your computing experience easier than it's ever been. Now you will be able to get more done in less time, find items in a snap, and arrange files and folders in a way that makes sense to you. Simply put, Windows XP Professional improved ease of use helps people work smarter.

Complete Communications Experience
Windows Messenger enables users to communicate with customers and colleagues in real-time using text, audio, video, and other collaborative tools.

High performance
Highly responsive so you can work on multiple tasks at once without sacrificing performance or reliability. Computers running Windows XP are capable of handling intensive computing tasks while simultaneously running multiple applications. Not only will Windows XP run applications faster, in most cases, the system will start up much more quickly.

Optimal for Mobile Computing
Remote access, wireless networking support, and power management features all add up to a truly practical and enjoyable mobile computing. Users have more ways to be connected anytime, anywhere, with access to all the resources of your office desktop computer.