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Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc
Hey guys so I'm searching for a new laptop computer trying to take advantage of Amazon/Walmart specials . I see various descriptions of the Windows operating system as listed below . What are the differences good or bad for the average laptop user ?
1.Windows 10
2.Windows 10 S
3.Windows Home
4.Windows Pro
I am currently using an old Toshiba Satellite that originally had Windows 7 but has since been updated to Windows 10 . I don't use many of the Windows office features and use Google Chrome as my search engine and daily use . Thanks in advance
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To answer your actual question...
Windows 10 is either Home or Pro (or very rarely something like Enterprise)
Stay away from 10 S. Don't get 10 S. S is for "secure" but it really means "screw you", it's very difficult to load any software on it unless it's part of Microsoft's very small "secure" selection. It's designed to be given to kids so they can't fill it with porn and video games.
Windows 10 Home is fine for 99% of us, you won't notice the difference. The only time I do is when something weird goes wrong, and Home has disabled the backdoor features that let you fix it. Pro has those features. Like, recently on my laptop, something got misconfigured and now I need to ctrl-alt-del to log in. There's a way to fix that in Pro, but not in Home. So, I'm tolerating it.