Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional?

DarkBridgeDarkBridge Registered User regular
edited October 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
Hey guys,
You may or may not be aware that Microsoft is offering a massive discount to students who pre-order Windows 7 with a valid college e-mail address. I plan on taking advantage of this offer.

See for yourself.

They're offering both the Home Premium and the Professional versions for $30.

My question is, having never used a professional version of windows before, would I run into any problems using it as a non-professional user, if I decided to get that version?

I would be interested in having the additional capabilities, but as a gamer and student I don't know if I would ever need them, or more importantly, if the additional functionality would somehow interfere with my normal usage of my computer (example, maybe some kind of network protocol would be different than usual, and I might not be able to stay on a simple home network properly, or what have you).

Anyway, thoughts? I really would like to get it as a means of future-proofing myself and having it just in case I ever need it, but I don't want to make my computer more complicated to use.

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  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off' Points to 'on'Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Get pro. If it's the same price there's no reason not to get pro. You won't have any problems.

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  • DarkBridgeDarkBridge Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Thanks!

    Just realized this was a dumb question - been using Windows 7 RC for a few months now, and it's supposed to be the Ultimate version >.> So far, no issues.

    Thanks anyway, hopefully some people that might not know about the student discount will see the link and save some cash.

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