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    Disadvantages of 7 Professional?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Danja, Sep 21, 2009.

  1. Danja

    Danja Notebook Evangelist

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    I' looking at taking up the $30 dollar 7 for Students offer, and I emailed Digital River and was told that I could upgrade my Vista Home Premium to either 7 Home Premium or 7 Professional. This seems like a no brainer, but I wanted to ask on here before I commit to a purchase. Are there any features that Windows 7 Home Premium has that Professional doesn't?

    Thanks.
     
    Danja, Sep 21, 2009
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  2. coolguy

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    Professional has more features than Home Premium.
     
    coolguy, Sep 21, 2009
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  3. Kuu

    Kuu That Quiet Person

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    The main thing you get with Pro is Windows XP mode, which I read is still possible on HP, but you have to install it yourself or something to that effect.
     
    Kuu, Sep 21, 2009
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    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    Professional's disadvantage is that it is more expensive. In your case......
     
    surfasb, Sep 21, 2009
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  6. Fountainhead

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    Professional has everything that Premium has, so if there's no price difference then your first instinct is correct, it's a no-brainer.

    An aside, this is different than it was with Vista, where Home Premuim had some features that Vista Business did not, and vice versa. Vista Ultimate had the features of both. In 7 each succeeding version is a superset of the the features of the lower versions. So Starter<Premuim<Professional<Ultimate/Enterprise.
     
    Fountainhead, Sep 21, 2009
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    Is this an upgrade version or the full version?
     
    NOS, Sep 21, 2009
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    It's an upgrade edition
     
    BenUK, Sep 21, 2009
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  9. Danja

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    It's an upgrade version, but they told me I could install Professional over my home premium. If it doesn't work, I'll send them the email they sent me and hopefully get a Home Premium version in exchange.

    Thanks to everyone for the explanation.
     
    Danja, Sep 21, 2009
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  10. Krane

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    Don't expect perfection; as it is possible for any new system to have glitches when it's first released. That said, you're correct about the upgrade, "Professional" basically ads more security systems.
    Fixed! :)
     
    Krane, Sep 21, 2009
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  11. Danja

    Danja Notebook Evangelist

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    Oh, I didn't mean "works" as in "runs perfectly". I meant in the sense that it will install over Vista HP as opposed to Vista Professional, since I read in a sticky that this was not the case. Digital River says otherwise though...
     
    Danja, Sep 21, 2009
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  12. Krane

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    Well we can only hope for the best. Incidentally, I'm looking forward to a glitch free upgrade/transition as well--from Premium to Ultimate.
     
    Krane, Sep 21, 2009
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