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Windows 7 from scratch

brian.gill98 · 2014-06-01 17:50:10

I recently purchased a new laptop from laptops direct. It has no os preloaded on it and I am wondering what type of windows do I need? I am looking to get windows 7 professional

01-06-2014 06:50PM

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brian.gill98

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I recently purchased a new laptop from laptops direct. It has no os preloaded on it and I am wondering what type of windows do I need? I am looking to get windows 7 professional

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#2 02-06-2014 02:19AM

Overheal

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Are there features of Pro that you need, that Home Premium does not have?

In most cases an OEM license will do nicely.

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#3 06-06-2014 11:19AM

Stuxnet

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Unless you need to add your laptop to your employers corporate network domain, you do not need Win 7 Pro,
Home edition will do fine and save yourself unnecessary expenditure.

Some perfectly good free OS's to try out, easy to install Ubuntu or Linux Mint worth trying out

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