Windows 7 Home Premium or Profesional?

titaniumx3 · 17 Jul 2009 at 20:13

Any point in going for the Pro edition instead, even though it's almost twice as much?

Would the XP mode be of any use for the average user?

Paul11 · 17 Jul 2009 at 20:19

Mattus · 18 Jul 2009 at 01:57

If you don't know if you need the Pro features, you probably don't.

JeffyB · 18 Jul 2009 at 02:26

I opted for home premium, i have had no problems with any of my games or programs on win7 rc.

deadite66 · 18 Jul 2009 at 08:05

i would have liked the network backup feature of pro but its not worth an extra £50

Random Guy · 18 Jul 2009 at 08:22

Windows 7 Pro has a few extra features specifically for an office environment - Domain Join, Encrypted File System, Remote Desktop and Network Backup. The Windows XP compatability function also seems interesting.

I preorderd one in case I decided to use it to work from home, but if none of these features are of interest to you then I would stick with Home Premium.

Destination · 18 Jul 2009 at 09:07

Currently on vista ultimate I can use MS backup, where it allows me to backup my system to a secondary drive (as do lots of 3rd party apps). This isn't available in vista HP.

My query is, will the backup feature be avialable in W7 Pro, or would one require Ultimate?

Glaucus · 18 Jul 2009 at 09:15

Hikari Kisugi said:
My query is, will the backup feature be avialable in W7 Pro, or would one require Ultimate?

It's in pro.
HP has backup feature but a cut down one. You have to do it manually to a hdd or dvd/blu-ray

Look here for the diffrences
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions

matthewhotdude · 18 Jul 2009 at 10:40

I mainly went for pro for the Gpedit

CaptainCrash · 18 Jul 2009 at 10:55

I've pre-ordered Pro - I have no use for its extra features in a home environment, but I have a feeling that if I want to use the OS on a new build in, say, two years' time, HP's artificial 16GB RAM limit may bite me in the bum.

Even if the next version of Windows comes out before >16GB is the norm, it doesn't mean Win7 will then just stop working at that time, and it could still be put to good use in a multiple-PC setup.

Destination · 18 Jul 2009 at 14:01

AcidHell2 said:
It's in pro.
HP has backup feature but a cut down one. You have to do it manually to a hdd or dvd/blu-ray

Look here for the diffrences
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions

Thats very much for that response, picked the right option then, heh, pre-ordered from tesco direct (clubcard points)