Which win10 edition? Home or Pro

[Ourgas2 3]

Hi,

I want to go from win7 to win10 for P3D v4.

Should it be the pro edition or is the Home edition also ok?
Which updates should it include?

Thanks,
Christos

[tamsini 278]

I am personally using home edition. Aside from not being able to use remote desktop, I doubt there is much else of a difference, performance-wise.

[JimmiG 244]

Some will say use Professional because it sounds better. However unless there's a particular feature you need, you can safely go with Home:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compare
The main difference is in the manageability features and the ability to join a domain, something home users rarely do.

I agree the lack of a Remote Desktop server (it has an RDP client) is a bit of a silly omission, but there are alternatives like VNC and Chrome Remote Desktop.

[Sesquashtoo 2,846]

On 7/10/2017 at 3:59 AM, JimmiG said:

Some will say use Professional because it sounds better. However unless there's a particular feature you need, you can safely go with Home:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compare
The main difference is in the manageability features and the ability to join a domain, something home users rarely do.

I agree the lack of a Remote Desktop server (it has an RDP client) is a bit of a silly omission, but there are alternatives like VNC and Chrome Remote Desktop.

The biggest plus to go Pro...is that you aren't going to be a forced-W10 Beta Tester. You can defer any feature -update for up to a year...and then only when M.S. has it stable...will you get a forced Creator's Update, or whatever. That is one feature that I would, and did...pay for.  

[Wobbie 938]

Well, I prefer a fully updated operating system, which I have with W10 Home. No-one held a gun to my head & 'forced' me to get it!

I'm much happier that my OS is getting regularly updated with the latest patches, anti-virus stuff & whatever.  W

[G-RFRY 1,710]

You can block updates on home but not for to long as you may loose support in the future.

https://forums.windowscentral.com/windows-10/432412-can-i-block-update-windows-10-a.html?_ga=2.38068901.746344548.1500097473-2037682773.1463777634

And for people not on windows 10 but planning new PC builds for flight sim with the latest hardware bad news.

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-starts-blocking-updates-windows-7-and-81-pcs-newer-hardware

Ray Fry.