Windows 8 Home or Windows 8 Pro?

Jonnodude

Jonnodude

Jonnodude

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Hi there,

I tried to scan a few pages back in this section of the forums for something relevant to this topic (and tried a search) but couldnt find the answer.

Do you think that with my new PC that I'm going to order that I should get Windows 8 Home or Windows 8 Pro edition?

Does Pro have any advantages over home for the standard user / gamer and what are they?
 
The rule of thumb is, if you have to ask then the answer is no. You could just check the feature list to see if anything pops out at you.

Generally speaking though, Home is absolutely fine for the vast majority of people including power users.
 
Gah 2 conflicting answers xD

@desires: can you explain why pro?

@theheyes: thats a fair point, I looked over a few of the extras on the MS comparison sheet and nothing jumped out, but I thought I would just ask you good people since you seem to know what you're talking about better than me :-)
 
Pro is more geared toward business/enterprise users and real Windows geeks who automatically know they want Pro. If nothing jumps out on the comparison charts for you, personally, then you might as well save the money. :)
 
theheyes said:
Pro is more geared toward business/enterprise users and real Windows geeks who automatically know they want Pro. If nothing jumps out on the comparison charts for you, personally, then you might as well save the money. :)
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Thats true, thanks for the tip :-)

Besides I could always upgrade anytime anyway so its something i can wait with even if i wasnt sure.

But im pretty sure i wont need it now :-)
 
Personally, I think the encryption stuff and Hyper-V in Pro is worth the cost difference alone. But there are third party alternatives, and like you said you could always upgrade to Pro at a later date.

You're also "limited" to "only" 128GB RAM on vanilla x64 Windows 8, whereas in Pro you can go to 512GB. Big woop. :rolleyes::p
 
if you want windows media center, then you want pro. this was not the case with windows 7 because it was already bundled with home. with windows 8 home, you have to pay an extra £100. at least that's what the MS website says. i'm not sure if there are cheaper ways of acquiring it. with win8 pro, it's an extra £7.
 
marc2003 said:
if you want windows media center, then you want pro. this was not the case with windows 7 because it was already bundled with home. with windows 8 home, you have to pay an extra £100. at least that's what the MS website says. i'm not sure if there are cheaper ways of acquiring it. with win8 pro, it's an extra £7.
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Is it actually decent as an application or is the likes of VLC better?
 
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