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Well if you buy 7 Pro a bit cheaper and still being sold at some places like an upgrade set bought last year for $65 and then be sure to get SP1 if not already a 7 SP1 dvd set you can upgrade directly to 10 Pro.. First split the drive in two for a second primary to put 7 on and upgrade the quick 7 install to see 10 Pro activated and then nuke that primary to regrow the first and go for the clean install of Pro.
I just one 7 laptop upgraded from the 32bit 7 to the 64bit Home edition by first running into what I expected might happen but with different results on the OEM machine being no Start button and nothing on the Settings screen at all! The Apps wouldn't open either. No worry however when instead of an upgrade to repair a fast clean install of the 32bit 10 Home saw 10 activated and I knew I was ready to go for the 64bit clean install running nicely. For my own two builds one 7 Ulltimate and the other 7 Pro the upgrade to clean install finally after the first upgrade all went well.
One thing I noticed was that Windows Media Player is in the Home as well as Pro edition while supposedly you had to download WMP separately for the 8 Home edition. MS put it back in 10 I see! So the Home edition isn't actually too much.