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Windows 7: Home Premium vs. Pro
Hi all,
I currently run XP pro on my home PC and I'm wondering which would be the better upgrade choice:
Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Pro?
More details:
- I have no domain on my home network (just one desktop, one netbook, one htpc)
- The target PC will be used mostly for Web surfing, gaming, some light spreadsheet work, connecting to a work PC, and maybe some dev stuff (probably contained in a VM machine though)
- I don't care for the "XP Mode / Virtual PC"
- I don't care for the online backup and encryption
- the htpc runs Vista Home Premium, the Netbook runs XP Pro; I don't need to 'network' them together very often, but I sometimes do. Would W7 Home help or hinder that?
- I VPN/RDP to my work PC - any issues with W7 Home with that?
- I read that W7 Home only has the RDP client, not the server - a bit of a bummer but not a deal breaker
- How does the W7 Home user account management compare to W7 Pro's? (in the context of a home network, not a domain)
- the price difference is obviously a factor (especially with the 50% pre-order deal)
Thanks!