In this article, let’s discuss a quite popular question among users – Which version of Windows 10 is better and which Windows 10 is best to install on your computer?
Which Windows 10 is Better?
As with any earlier version of Windows, it all depends on your needs. Currently, there are three main versions of Windows 10: Pro, Home, and Enterprise. But we will also consider less common versions of Windows 10.
Windows 10 Pro
— Windows 10 Pro: Endowed with almost the full functionality embedded in Windows 10, but it’s worth noting that it includes many standard applications that may not be necessary for you in everyday life, often these are various corporate utilities such as RDP, Hyper-V, Assigned.
Windows 10 Pro is equipped with the most important corporate components that can be used both in office work and at home. Often users choose it as a universal system suitable for corporate and personal use.
In the table below, you can see the main differences between the three versions of Windows 10:
Windows 10 Home | Windows 10 Pro | Windows 10 Enterprise | |
---|---|---|---|
Basic components: | |||
Customizable "Start" menu | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Windows Defender and Windows Firewall | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Fast startup with Hyberboot and InstantGo | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
TPM support | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Battery saver | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Windows Update Center | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Business components: | |||
Device encryption | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Joining a domain | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
Group Policy Management | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
Assigned Access mode | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
Remote Desktop | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
Hyper-V | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
Windows To Go Creator | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
AppLocker | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
BranchCache | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Managing the start screen with Group Policy | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
You can download Windows 10 Pro from the official Microsoft website or from our server. Also, you can purchase a genuine Windows 10 Pro product key from our catalog for only 10.4 €. Instant delivery of the product key to your email immediately after payment.
Windows 10 Home
— Windows 10 Home: Often, this version is installed by users who have purchased PCs or laptops with Windows 10 pre-installed. It’s also quite popular because this version does not include unnecessary utilities and services that unnecessarily burden the system, as they are simply not used, as they are for corporate tasks.
Windows 10 Home includes basic system functionality suitable for home work, study, gaming, internet surfing, and other multimedia tasks. Do you have simple requirements for your PC or laptop, and you don’t want unnecessary processes to burden your system? Then Windows 10 Home is definitely for you! Moreover, the license for Windows 10 Home is slightly cheaper than for the Pro version.
You can download Windows 10 Home from the official Microsoft website or from our server. You can also purchase a product key from our catalog for Windows 10 Home on the following page.
Windows 10 Enterprise
— Windows 10 Enterprise: This version of Windows is endowed with the most extended functionality of all, along with Windows 10 Education, but more on that later.
This version has four subversions:
1. Windows 10 Enterprise
2. Windows 10 Enterprise 2015
3. Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB 2016
4. Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019
Let’s first understand what unites them:
1. Presence of additional features and services:
— BranchCache – a utility that speeds up the search and installation of the latest updates.
— Credential Guard Utility and Device Guard services – a software complex that creates a system for protecting hard disk data, RAM, incoming traffic, and network environment.
— Direct Access – system software through which the local network administrator can configure remote management between two gadgets.
2. Disabled or removed:
— By default, Windows 10 LTSB does not provide for any pinned tiles in the Start menu, but they can be added later.
— The search button on the taskbar launches only the internal Windows 10 LTSB search.
— Telemetry and data collection for displaying contextual advertising are disabled.
— Ability to customize the Start screen and detailed control of the user interface.
— Absence of the “Cortana” voice assistant.
— Absence of the built-in app store.
— Absence of the built-in Microsoft Edge browser (includes IE11).
What are the differences between versions of Windows 10 Enterprise?
The Enterprise versions of Windows 10 have longer support than the standard versions.
Windows 10 Enterprise: Until May 10, 2022.
Windows 10 Enterprise 2015: Until October 14, 2015.
Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB 2016: Until October 13, 2026.
Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019: Until January 9, 2029.
You can download installers of various versions of Windows 10 Enterprise from our catalog. Also, you can purchase product keys for them from our catalog at low prices. Instant delivery of product keys immediately after payment to your email.
Windows 10 Education
This version is practically identical in functionality to Windows 10 Enterprise, but it is created not for corporate use, but for educational institutions – schools, universities, colleges.
You can download Windows 10 Education from our website, and you can purchase a product key for it from our catalog.
Windows 10 Pro for WorkStations
This version of Windows 10 is quite interesting and unique. It is a subedition of Windows 10 Pro, created for high-performance computers, not by consuming a lot of resources, but rather to unleash the full potential of the user’s hardware.
Unique features include support for the resilient ReFS file system, and its features are truly impressive:
(1 EB equals 1,000,000 terabytes)
— Maximum file size: 18.3 EB;
— Maximum disk size: 402 EB;
— Maximum number of characters in a file name and path – 32767 each.
While for NTFS, these values
Also, unlike other editions, this system is available only in x64 version. It supports up to 4 processors on one motherboard. Supports up to 6 terabytes of RAM. And also, you won’t find pre-installed UWP games in it.
You can download Windows 10 Pro for Workstations from our website. Also, you can purchase a product key for Windows 10 Pro for Workstations from our catalog.
Conclusion: There is no “Best Windows 10” as you understood, they all have their own features, somewhere disadvantages, and somewhere advantages for specific tasks. We tried to tell you about each version as clearly as possible. If you have any additional questions, you can ask us at Email: admin@softcomputers.org