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  • Re: Me again - is Pro version of Windows 11 wirth it for a home user?

    From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to David on Wed Apr 17 14:48:52 2024
    David wrote:

    So far I've always had Pro versions of Windows (7, 8.1, 10).
    I have a home network, but no Windows servers or Domains.

    Do I need the Pro version or is the Home version fine?

    Home is probably fine ...

    Pro would give you bitlocker, but if you go with the Dell OEM
    pre-install of Home, it may well come pre-bitlockered anyway, my Lenovo did.

    Hyper-V isn't supposed to be useable on Home, well they let you use
    enough of it to install WSL2, and it's pretty easy to find a batch file
    that will install the full Hyper-V anyway,

    Remote Desktop (not just the client) is about the only reason you might
    have ... I have one Home and one Pro machine, never found the need to
    upgrade the second one to Pro.

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  • From David@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 17 13:30:27 2024
    So far I've always had Pro versions of Windows (7, 8.1, 10).
    I have a home network, but no Windows servers or Domains.

    Do I need the Pro version or is the Home version fine?

    Getting far too excited about new shiny.

    Cheers



    Dave R



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  • From Abandoned Trolley@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 17 15:57:49 2024

    Do I need the Pro version or is the Home version fine?


    A sensible approach to this "problem" might be to tell us all what it is
    that you actually want / need


    also .. depending on your existing arrangements with MS you might be
    able to get a legit copy of Win 11 Pro for next to nothing - or it might
    be available as a low cost upgrade with a new Dell laptop.

    Or ... just get an upgrade online for about £20

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  • From Abandoned Trolley@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 17 17:06:00 2024
    ly want / need


    also .. depending on your existing arrangements with MS you might be
    able to get a legit copy of Win 11 Pro for next to nothing - or it might
    be available as a low cost upgrade with a new Dell laptop.

    Or ... just get an upgrade online for about £20


    Since my last message on here - barely an hour ago ..

    I have ordered a Win 11 Pro key from a place called the "MS Office
    Store" and received an activation key by email.

    I have carried out the update and I am now running Win 11 Pro on this
    machine - all for the princely sum of £22

    If I can do it, then anybody can

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  • From David@21:1/5 to Andy Burns on Wed Apr 17 17:25:55 2024
    On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 14:48:52 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

    David wrote:

    So far I've always had Pro versions of Windows (7, 8.1, 10).
    I have a home network, but no Windows servers or Domains.

    Do I need the Pro version or is the Home version fine?

    Home is probably fine ...

    Pro would give you bitlocker, but if you go with the Dell OEM
    pre-install of Home, it may well come pre-bitlockered anyway, my Lenovo
    did.

    Hyper-V isn't supposed to be useable on Home, well they let you use
    enough of it to install WSL2, and it's pretty easy to find a batch file
    that will install the full Hyper-V anyway,

    Remote Desktop (not just the client) is about the only reason you might
    have ... I have one Home and one Pro machine, never found the need to
    upgrade the second one to Pro.

    Thanks.

    At one time I might have been interested in HyperV.
    Not tinkered with that kind of thing for years.
    Back in the day I used VMWare when it was still free.

    I have used TightVNC for remote desktop but not used that in a while
    either.

    Anyway, I found a (reduced) Dell XPS 13 brand new (12th gen i7) which was
    not that much more than the Dell Outlet XPS 13 (10th gen i7) so I have
    stopped messing about and ordered it.
    Comes with W11 Home.

    Hopefully it will turn up tomorrow.

    Cheers


    Dave R



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