Windows 10 Pro vs Windows 10 Home

OK, I'll call it solved. It seems as if the Pro version shouldn't cause me problems.

Pro will be fine. I’d almost bet you won’t be able to tell any difference.

wiganken said:

OK, I'll call it solved. It seems as if the Pro version shouldn't cause me problems.

No, none whatsoever. I have both on various machines and use then interchangeably. There's no practical difference, just a few extra features in Pro (that you're free to ignore).

There is a practical difference in the initial setup. There is an extra step at the beginning where you choose between setting up for business use (ie. joining a company's domain) and for personal use. Once you choose personal use the subsequent steps are identical to setting up Home.

NavyLCDR said:

Some versions of Windows 10 Pro will not let you create the first account as a local account if the computer is connected to the internet.

I've not seen that. Whenever I've set up Pro the offline account option was available. Home however will insist on the initial account being a Microsoft account, not offering the offline local account option unless you disconnect from the internet before starting the setup. To be sure, just make sure you don't connect until the initial setup is completed.

Bree said:

I've not seen that. Whenever I've set up Pro the offline account option was available. Home however will insist on the initial account being a Microsoft account, not offering the offline local account option unless you disconnect from the internet before starting the setup. To be sure, just make sure you don't connect until the initial setup is completed.

Of course you are correct, and I had it backwards. Some Windows 10 Home require the Microsoft Account login, not Pro. Edited my incorrect post to reflect the correction, thank you!

@TairikuOkami Is home really lighter? I was under the impression that they were identical, but with some features disabled in Home.

In practical use of Home vs Pro, there is no difference except that Pro has has additional capabilities. In normal usage you will never notice a difference.

I have not used Home ever, except in testing. I always feel like it is nice to have the extra capabilities available even if you may not have a need for them at the moment.

siepo said:

@TairikuOkami Is home really lighter? I was under the impression that they were identical, but with some features disabled in Home.

I just did a clean install of Windows 10 Home. Looked at disk and memory usage. Then I upgraded that Home to Pro and looked at disk and memory usage. Here are the results, Pro showed a decrease in resources used:

HOME:



PRO: