Switch from Win 7 Home Pro to Win 7 Pro

[Mercenary Roadie]

I just picked up a neat little Acer Aspire One netbook as my new tech laptop and it came with Win 7 Home Pro on it.

I have always used a Pro version with other versions of Windows, would upgrading to Win 7 Pro matter or would it just be a waste of money.

This is my tech laptop that I take on-site with me, so I can't worry about any limitation the home Pro version might have and I haven't found anything that really compares the difference of the two.

I have Win XP Pro on my old Dell and it handles everything, but I really don;t think going backwards is the right solution.

Any thoughts or recommendations?

 

[smashedbotatos]

You may be ok depending on what you do on site, but here is a refrence sheet from MS.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/compare

 

[Mercenary Roadie]

I think needing the Win Xp Mode is whats going to push me toward the Pro version

Thanks for the link

 

[altrenda]

If the Aspire One is running an Atom processor, check that it supports hardware virtualization. Most don't and won't run XP mode.

 

[Mercenary Roadie]

Thanks for that tidbit of information.

I was thinking of getting one of the older 10.1" Acers with the Atom, but ended up getting a manufacture refurb from Acer with a Intel Celeron CPU 877 @1.40 GHZ and 4.0 GB Ram (Upgradeable to 8GB) for the same price as the used ones I was looking at.

I'm happy I made this choice, it runs like a charm and does what I need it to so far.