Quote Originally Posted by drdoom View Post
Agree with 2x8 gig memory. DDR3 is so cheap right now. Hard drive prices are so high right now. I am guessing they will try to keep them up there as long as possible. I know it is only about 40USD difference but why does he need Win 7 professional over home edition to game?
The main reason I recommend Pro vs. Home to anyone is the ability to do backups to network drives. Even if you just have a cheapo 1-2 drive NAS on the network, it's still worlds easier than constantly having to connect a USB drive for the backup. (In my mind.)