Windows 8 vs Windows 8 pro

miceormen · 26 Jan 2013 at 15:11

Lo everyone

Per the title - is there anything included in Win 8 Pro I'm likely to miss if I buy the basic version?

(went through the wiki comparison list but a lot of it is proprietary jargon that's lost on me)

Cheers guys

zakblood · 26 Jan 2013 at 16:12

h88p://www.intowindows.com/windows-8-windows-8-pro/

home is ie not for network use so much, can still be used in a network, but would make it next to useless if you did etc

Can join a Windows domain? home no pro yes

Encryption features home no, pro yes

Boot from VHD home no, pro yes

pro is a bit better if your networking, if your not, then home your boy

Glaucus · 26 Jan 2013 at 16:19

Why not just get the £25 pro upgrade in the next few days and don't worry about the version as you'll have pro anyway.

miceormen · 26 Jan 2013 at 16:45

Glaucus said:
Why not just get the £25 pro upgrade in the next few days and don't worry about the version as you'll have pro anyway.

Because as I understood it you can't upgrade from an OS that isn't already installed on your machine.. I have a few licenses of XP kicking about but on this machine I have Win8 Enterprise (the free trial).

If this is incorrect.. great = )

gareth170 · 26 Jan 2013 at 17:36

miceormen said:
Because as I understood it you can't upgrade from an OS that isn't already installed on your machine.. I have a few licenses of XP kicking about but on this machine I have Win8 Enterprise (the free trial).

If this is incorrect.. great = )

you can install the upgrade version on a clean hdd

but as long as you know you have a previous os license in your house you'll be fine

Randomface74 · 26 Jan 2013 at 17:42

If you needed Pro features you would know it. Most people are fine with Vanilla.

SoundsGood · 26 Jan 2013 at 17:43

Hyper-v if you every play with VMs

theheyes · 26 Jan 2013 at 17:44

billysielu said:
If you needed Pro features you would know it. Most people are fine with Vanilla.

Pretty much this.

miceormen · 26 Jan 2013 at 17:48

gareth170 said:
you can install the upgrade version on a clean hdd

but as long as you know you have a previous os license in your house you'll be fine

So [presumably] I format, stick the upgrade dvd in and it'll prompt me for the old XP license key?

Randomface74 · 26 Jan 2013 at 17:50

Upgrades suck FYI

gareth170 · 26 Jan 2013 at 17:55

miceormen said:
So [presumably] I format, stick the upgrade dvd in and it'll prompt me for the old XP license key?

no

win8 upgrade version doesn't ask for a previous license key. it doesn't case if you have a previous license key or not

but I meaning if ever in the future MS ask you so prove you have a previous license key you know you have a xp license in your house.

theheyes · 26 Jan 2013 at 17:56

billysielu said:
Upgrades suck FYI

Not always. I upgraded from consumer preview and it works a treat. I've also upgraded a laptop from 7 on launch day and heard no complaints back.

miceormen · 26 Jan 2013 at 19:07

theheyes said:
Not always. I upgraded from consumer preview and it works a treat. I've also upgraded a laptop from 7 on launch day and heard no complaints back.

Is consumer preview the same as 'Enterprise Evaluation'?

miceormen · 26 Jan 2013 at 19:16

/ Can it be? I don't like giving microsoft money.

HangTime · 27 Jan 2013 at 11:34

Difficult to find official information anywhere but I believe Pro supports more RAM as well. Whether you will ever need more RAM than can be supported by the standard edition of Win8, is another matter of course.

AWPC · 27 Jan 2013 at 21:30

Pro allows more than 1 OS so for that alone you should buy it whilst its cheap!