Dilemma... sense or pride?

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  1. Posts : 178
    Windows 7 Professional 64bit
       #1

    Dilemma... sense or pride?


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

    W7 Home premium and W7 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?
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  2. Posts : 1,557
    XP, Seven, 2008R2
       #2

    saverio said:
    Faced with this dilemma what would you guys do?
    definitely Pro in my case. HP is missing too many advanced features I use.
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  3. aem
    Posts : 2,698
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
       #3

    Could you sell both and get Ultimate?
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  4. Posts : 7,878
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #4

    aem said:
    Could you sell both and get Ultimate?
    What does Ultimate include that would be beneficial for this user?
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  5. Posts : 2,913
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #5

    pparks1 said:
    aem said:
    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!
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  6. Posts : 351
    Windows 7 x64 (RTM via MSDN)
       #6

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

    W7 Home premium and W7 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?
    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.

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  7. Posts : 65
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
       #7

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

    http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/win7_skus_compare.asp
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  8. Posts : 54
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64 (Full)
       #8

    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.
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  9. aem
    Posts : 2,698
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
       #9

    pparks1 said:
    aem said:
    Could you sell both and get Ultimate?
    What does Ultimate include that would be beneficial for this user?
    For me it includes having the mindset of having something supperior. That said i hope i had 4Gb so i can upgrade to 64bit.
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  10. Posts : 30
    Windows 7 RTM x64 (desktop), x32 (HTPC)
       #10

    HexDSL said:
    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.
    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
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