Agreed about "whose needs." However, after over a year on Windows 7 (I
know, I'm slow on new stuff,) I have not found anything that warrants
upgrading to Professional. It is definitely not like the difference between
Windows XP home and Windows XP pro.
At any rate, if Olav decides later that he absolutely must have the Pro
splash screen at startup, he can easily upgrade to Pro since all the Windows
software is loaded at install time. I will state that I do not know if this
is the case for a Windows 7 upgrade from XP; my only experience has been
with my Windows 7 laptop that came with 7 pre-loaded.
Denys
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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Gilles Schipper
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 9:26 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] HP PC's (a6120n or m7160) ?
Perhaps home premium has "everything needed" -
but I suppose that depends on whose needs.
At least two features missing from home premium that are in w7pro:
1. support for Microsoft Virtual PC and its
included Windows XP Mode (although, I must say
when I was using w7 home premium a while back, I
was able to download and install Virtual PC and XP Mode).
2. built-in backup, including automatic backup
scheduling and disc imaging, which is obviously
available in 3rd-party products, but works very well in w7pro.
And up to now, I've preferred build to buy -
although I'm beginning to question that after
recently experiencing the issue with the
SandyBridge motherboard glitch that involved more
of a runaround on my part to get resolved than
probably would have been the case if had
purchased the PC from a Dell or HP or such. I had
to deal directly with the m/b provider, ASUS, which was a bit more
complicated.
And the low pricing of PC's these days make the
build option less attractive - although fun,
educational, and a worthwhile experience.
At 07:55 AM 2011-05-18, Denys Beauchemin wrote:
>I agree the selection was for some older PCs and I'm not sure I would spend
>anything on them.
>
>You asked a good question when you enquired about budget, I would go
further
>and ask 'what do you want to do with the PC?'
>
>I would also add that definitely, the PC should come with Windows 7 and
>there is really no need for Windows 7 professional; home premium has
>everything needed.
>
>Denys
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
>Of Craig Lalley
>Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 9:55 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] HP PC's (a6120n or m7160) ?
>
>Build or Buy, that is the question... not really.
>
>My point was, that those are "older" PC's. As an example, I went to
>DELL... (I am sure HP, Lenovo, Gateway have the same offers.)
>
>At DELL right now, there is a IntelR Pentium Dual-CoreR E5800 w/VT
(3.2GHZ,
>2MB L2, 800FSB), with 3 GB of memory and a 320GB hard drive.
>
>Total cost was $369. Tough to beat the daily specials.
>
>-Craig
>
>
>--- On Tue, 5/17/11, Olav Kappert <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>From: Olav Kappert <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: HP PC's (a6120n or m7160) ?
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2011, 1:17 PM
>
>In your opinion, between these two HP PC's (a6120n or m7160), which one
>would you choose ?
>
>How about for for speed or for Windows 7 professional ?
>
>Olav.
>
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