What Verson of Windows 7 Should I use

[jimoo]

Hi

I have a dell laptop I purchased a few years ago and I want to upgrade it to Windows 7. I need to have the ability to install IIS and run web apps locally for developing apps.

I am trying to figure out what version I should use. I found the following link helpful:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/480-63-which-version-windows-purchase

According to the article I can use home professional for what I am trying to accomplish. Has anyone done this or do you have any concerns with using home professional?

The PC also has VS 2008 and SQL server 2008 installed on it.

Any tips, tricks, suggestions, or potential pitfalls would be greatly appreciated.



Jim

 

[vacunita]

No such thing as "Home Professional" Its either Home Basic, Home Premium or just Professional (which is not a Home version), aimed more at business workstations.

Home Premium and anything above support IIS.
Personally I always go for Professional. But Home Premium may be enough.

Alternatively if you don't want to spend so much, you could use Home Basic, and install Apache as your web server instead of IIS.



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[vacunita]

Actually you can install it on any version.

Installing IIS 7.5 on Windows 7 Home Premium, Home Basic, or Home Starter

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731911.aspx

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Phil AKA Vacunita
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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.

Behind the Web, Tips and Tricks for Web Development.

http://behindtheweb.blogspot.com/

 

[jimoo]

Thanks for the response and suggestions.

At this time it appears home premium or above will likely work without too much trouble.

Here is the direct link to the chart I used - simply do a find for IIS:

http://www.winsupersite.com/article/win7/windows-7-product-editions-a-comparison.aspx

Jim

 

[linney]

It might pay you to run the upgrade advisor on your laptop.

Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/upgrade-advisor.aspx

Upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/help/upgrading-from-windows-vista-to-windows-7

 

[jimoo]

Thanks linnev. I ran it last night and no problems.

Jim