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• simonsarris 15y ago
  Rather, the only compromise is price and for 100% of consumers that makes the choice completely obvious. There isn't Windows 8: Productivity Crippled Edition, or Windows 8: Red and Blue editions where both have pros and cons. You don't have to labor over the difference because you're not losing anything by picking one over the other. The kicker is that even if you bought Home and find yourself needing one of the extra features (BitLocker or joining a domain), you can upgrade to big company edition for the price difference without making any real changes but paying the price (no need to reinstall, etc). For a given consumer there's literally zero reason to choose Pro until you need one of the features, and at that point you upgrade with Windows Anytime Upgrade and pay the price difference on the spot, and get your feature. Because of this there's literally zero compromising, or decision making at all really. You just get Home and keep it until the day you need Pro, a day that will never come for most people.