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Apparently in Windows 11 they removed that loophole, and now you require an internet connection at least once during setup to proceed.
by CannisterFlux 5y ago
Apparently in Windows 11 they removed that loophole, and now you require an internet connection at least once during setup to proceed.
- naikrovek 5y agoWindows 11 Home only. Pro, Enterprise, and Education don't have this requirement.
- dividedbyzero 5y agoAre any of these freely sold to individuals, or do you only get them as part of larger deals?
- vel0city 5y agoPro is sold to individuals and you can easily get a laptop with a Pro license from an OEM.
- dividedbyzero 5y agoSeems like there's also Pro for Workstations. Also, full disk encryption seems to only be available in Pro?
- naikrovek 5y agoYes. Well, BitLocker is in Pro, Pro for Workstations and Enterprise. Same for Hyper-V, if that matters to you; not available in Home. Home edition is for non-commercial use. I don't know if that's in the EULA or not, but that's the use case that Home is meant for. Pro and higher are for work use cases, and features add on as you go up the line. Pro for Workstations and Enterprise support slightly different feature sets, IIRC. Creating new ReFS filesystems is only available on Pro for Workstations, for example.
- vel0city 5y agoThe other benefits of Pro for Workstations is a higher RAM limit (2TB vs 6TB) and socket count (2 CPU sockets vs 4 CPU sockets), NVDIMM-N support, and SMB Direct. Not normally features that would be missed on a normal PC.