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Then make Hyper-v home. Seriously this is a killer feature needed by everybody. And specially the non-pro users.

by n-gatedotcom 8y ago

JaRail 8y ago
A lot (most?) of the hardware Home runs on doesn't support hardware virtualization.
- coder543 8y ago
  Effectively all x86_64 hardware from the last 10+ years supports hardware virtualization, so I can't agree.
  - justincormack 8y ago
    Not necessarily in the Bios settings. And there are CPUs without still.
  - kevingadd 8y ago
    Aside from the points made by another reply (BIOS support, older CPUs), some machines have virtualization switched off by default because it's broken. I had a (fairly old) x86-64 laptop that would randomly hardlock while running VMs if I turned on hardware virtualization.
- Already__Taken 8y ago
  £2,500 Dell XPS ships Home out of the box unless specified otherwise. Windows SKU has nothing to do with hardware. https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/2-in-1-laptops/new-xps-15-2-in-1/spd/xps-15-9575-2-in-1-laptop/cn95704?view=configurations https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/2-in-1-laptops/new-xps-15-2-... Actually I can't seem to configure that directly from dell to come with Pro lol. Seems there's a question about that too.
  - wongarsu 8y ago
    With Dell you have to buy the business version of a notebook to get Windows Pro. Your example would be [1][2]. Apart from price the main differences are that the business versions ship with Windows Pro and that they have better warranty (next-day onsite). 1: https://www.dell.com/en-uk/work/shop/tablets-and-2-in-1-laptops/xps-15-2-in-1/spd/xps-15-9575-2-in-1-laptop https://www.dell.com/en-uk/work/shop/tablets-and-2-in-1-lapt... 2: https://www.dell.com/en-uk/work/shop/laptops/new-xps-15-2-in-1/spd/xps-15-9575-2-in-1-laptop/bn95704?view=configurations https://www.dell.com/en-uk/work/shop/laptops/new-xps-15-2-in...
  - WorldMaker 8y ago
    The Windows Store in Windows 10 has a "one-click" $99 upgrade from Home to Pro, Dell doesn't really need to offer it as a configuration item anymore.

Then make Hyper-v home. Seriously this is a killer feature needed by everybody. And specially the non-pro users.

JaRail 8y ago

A lot (most?) of the hardware Home runs on doesn't support hardware virtualization.

coder543 8y ago
Effectively all x86_64 hardware from the last 10+ years supports hardware virtualization, so I can't agree.
- justincormack 8y ago
  Not necessarily in the Bios settings. And there are CPUs without still.
- kevingadd 8y ago
  Aside from the points made by another reply (BIOS support, older CPUs), some machines have virtualization switched off by default because it's broken. I had a (fairly old) x86-64 laptop that would randomly hardlock while running VMs if I turned on hardware virtualization.
Already__Taken 8y ago
£2,500 Dell XPS ships Home out of the box unless specified otherwise. Windows SKU has nothing to do with hardware. https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/2-in-1-laptops/new-xps-15-2-in-1/spd/xps-15-9575-2-in-1-laptop/cn95704?view=configurations https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/2-in-1-laptops/new-xps-15-2-... Actually I can't seem to configure that directly from dell to come with Pro lol. Seems there's a question about that too.
- wongarsu 8y ago
  With Dell you have to buy the business version of a notebook to get Windows Pro. Your example would be [1][2]. Apart from price the main differences are that the business versions ship with Windows Pro and that they have better warranty (next-day onsite). 1: https://www.dell.com/en-uk/work/shop/tablets-and-2-in-1-laptops/xps-15-2-in-1/spd/xps-15-9575-2-in-1-laptop https://www.dell.com/en-uk/work/shop/tablets-and-2-in-1-lapt... 2: https://www.dell.com/en-uk/work/shop/laptops/new-xps-15-2-in-1/spd/xps-15-9575-2-in-1-laptop/bn95704?view=configurations https://www.dell.com/en-uk/work/shop/laptops/new-xps-15-2-in...
- WorldMaker 8y ago
  The Windows Store in Windows 10 has a "one-click" $99 upgrade from Home to Pro, Dell doesn't really need to offer it as a configuration item anymore.