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reno
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windows pro or just get windows home on a new laptop

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im wondering best choice - im looking at some dell laptop computers. one a vostro3510 and a inspiron 3000
there about a $200 different - with the difference's being . vostro having a 4 cell battery and back lit keyboard both are .
11th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-1165G7 Processor (12MB Cache, up to 4.7 GHz)
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro (Includes Windows 11 Pro License) English
Memory
12GB, 8GBx1 + 4GBx1, DDR4, 2666MHz
Driver
RTL 8821CE Wireless Driver
LCD
15.6-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) Anti-glare LED Backlight Non-Touch Narrow Border WVA Display
Hard Drive
512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
Wireless
802.11ac 1x1 WiFi and Bluetooth
Video Card
Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics with shared graphics memory
Cable
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Re: windows pro or just get windows home on a new laptop

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Get Pro if you can. Pro allows you to use a local account and you have more options for deferring Windows Updates. However you can always upgrade Home to Pro for $100 on the Windows Store. You can also use the trick on Home to tell Windows your Wifi is a metered connections to prevent auto updates.
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