Delphi on Windows 10 HOME 64-bit?

[PeterPanettone 158]

Got me a Mac (MacBook Pro 16") with Parallels and installed Windows 10 HOME 64-bit in a Parallels VM.

 

Is Windows 10 Home 64-bit good enough to run Delphi 10.3.3+ without problems or should I upgrade to Windows 10 PRO?

Edited February 2, 2020 by PeterPanettone

[David Heffernan 2353]

3 hours ago, PeterPanettone said:

Is Windows 10 Home 64-bit good enough to run Delphi 10.3.3+ without problems

Yes

[PeterPanettone 158]

20 minutes ago, David Heffernan said:

Yes

Are there any other considerations worth mentioning when deciding which Windows version to use for Delphi?

[David Heffernan 2353]

9 minutes ago, PeterPanettone said:

Are there any other considerations worth mentioning when deciding which Windows version to use for Delphi?

No

[Darian Miller 366]

33 minutes ago, PeterPanettone said:

Are there any other considerations worth mentioning when deciding which Windows version to use for Delphi?

 

If you want to build web applications with Delphi, you'll probably want IIS.

[PeterPanettone 158]

13 hours ago, Darian Miller said:

If you want to build web applications with Delphi, you'll probably want IIS.

TMS Web also seems to be a good choice for building web applications.

[Lars Fosdal 1793]

If you want to use Hyper-V for virtualization, you need Pro.

You can use VirtualBox instead.

 

If you ever would need to join a company network, Pro is needed.

 

[Lars Fosdal 1793]

@PeterPanettone

I tried to fix that quote but only succeeded in making it worse.

 

@Daniel - Something is broken when editing posts with quotes.

[Daniel 417]

Strange. I have to look into it.

[Guest]

23 hours ago, PeterPanettone said:

Is Windows 10 Home 64-bit good enough to run Delphi 10.3.3+ without problems or should I upgrade to Windows 10 PRO?

Though it should be OK, i recommend to drop Windows 10 Home and go shopping in ebay, buy Pro or enterprise, hell why not Server 2016 Data Center !

Microsoft policy about those from their Support is so simple, if they activate online then they are legit !, i bought more than 20 Windows license from ebay , some already working for 5 years on servers 24/7

So don't waste your time wondering : will Home be enough ?

 

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=windows+10+license&_sacat=0

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=windows+10+enterprise&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_sop=15

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=windows+server+license&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_sop=15&_osacat=0&_odkw=windows+10+enterprise

 

 

[PeterPanettone 158]

4 minutes ago, Kas Ob. said:

Though it should be OK, i recommend to drop Windows 10 Home and go shopping in ebay, buy Pro or enterprise, hell why not Server 2016 Data Center !

Microsoft policy about those from their Support is so simple, if they activate online then they are legit !, i bought more than 20 Windows license from ebay , some already working for 5 years on servers 24/7

So don't waste your time wondering : will Home be enough ?

 

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=windows+10+license&_sacat=0

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=windows+10+enterprise&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_sop=15

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=windows+server+license&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_sop=15&_osacat=0&_odkw=windows+10+enterprise

 

 

How can they make it so cheap? Do these licenses really work?

[Guest]

15 minutes ago, PeterPanettone said:

How can they make it so cheap? Do these licenses really work?

They work like any other.

 

Why are they cheap because they were sold in bulk by some OEM companies, those companies are not around any more, Microsoft knows about them and want them cheap, of course can stop them any time.

But will not stop them after online activation, so mark it shipped for the ebay seller only after you activate them.

[rvk 44]

Those licenses could also be revoked after some time by Microsoft.

You will never know beforehand.

 

https://www.howtogeek.com/392080/cheap-windows-10-keys-do-they-work/

 

[Guest]

For something around $5 lets them revoke it every month !

 

My first one was Server 2012 R2 and it is still running after 5 years and it is updating fine all the time, can't remember the cost now, but it saved me 20 euro per month on hosted Windows Server, and it was the one i asked the Microsoft support about it, their answer was not clear, the answer can be shorted to if it does validate then it is fine.