Which windows 7 edition?

[RollerBall]

I'm currently still using XP on my old gaming computer but on my new build see no reason why I shouldn't use 7.

However, I have no idea what to go for. From what I see Ultimate/Enterprise is overkill for what I do (Games, office, web, standard user really). I will be using 64bit though as I have 8gb of RAM vs my old comp which was 32 bit XP.

I'm sort of torn between home premium and professional. While I think HP will have everything I'll ever use I feel like it's a pain if in the future there's a feature in professional I wish I had.

Thoughts?

 

[RollerBall]

So there's no XP VM on Home Premium? I might grab prof then. I remember the headaches trying to get some old games to run on XP never mind Win 7.

 

[RollerBall]

Nope.

It's basically Microsoft Virtual PC so there's no 3D Support that I'm aware of. It's there to run dodgy old business apps that don't like 64-bit Windows.

Oh I see, that sucks. Home premium it is then.