Windows 7: Dilemma... sense or pride?

So here I am with two shiny boxes in front of me..

Windows 7 Home premium and Windows 7 Professional.

Now, I dont have a home network and have no need for running anything in XP.

I do backup everyweek, and the computer is a tower so effectively I'll never go in location with it..

Common sense says install HP

Pride says go for Pro!

If I sell i'll get a good price for either i'm sure (brought on intro promo) and if I don't i'll have a spare licence which I suppose can never be a bad thing.

Faced with this dilemma what would you guys do?

definitely Pro in my case. HP is missing too many advanced features I use.

Could you sell both and get Ultimate?

What does Ultimate include that would be beneficial for this user?

Switching languages at a moment's notice!

Depends on the current deal. If you are buying at the "normal" prices, go for HP and if you find that you really need something that only Professional can offer, do an Anytime Upgrade. There is no reinstallation. Just run the process, pay the upgrade fee and the process unlocks the Professional features.

Heck you could decide to add the home network next year and then perform the upgrade.

PhreePhly

You be fine with Home Premium. Premium does Home Networking anyway.

http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/win7_skus_compare.asp

I'm running HP, so far i have across the following problems, all fixed.

No remote desktop, so I installed VNC (FREE).
No XP Mode, so I installed Sun Virtual Box (FREE).

And that's that.

For me it includes having the mindset of having something supperior. That said i hope i had 4Gb so i can upgrade to 64bit.

There's also a (free) hack to turn on remote desktop in Home Premium. You can find a link to it over on TGB.

Marc