Is windows 7 professional worth it?

I have Windows Home Premium and it does all that I want, so for me the answer would be "no". But if you particularly need any of the features of Professional then only you can decide what that is worth.

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I agree with ijack; Whats the main reason you want pro?

I plan to purchase a new laptop. Win 7 Pro is $30.00 more.
I am just trying to see if it actually has more features. I always try to keep costs down when adding final features.


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Rocky  

If the difference is only $30 is not too bad. Whats the main use of the laptop?

Windows 7 editions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions

Ah - well have a look here. Are any of those features worth $30 to you? Do you want to join a Windows domain, or encrypt your file system? I suspect for most home users the answer is "no". It might just be worth it for XP Mode if you have any programs that won't run on Windows 7 - I haven't found any yet.

^Agreed. Only XP mode or EFS, and BitLocker may be worth anything.

Since OP can have 3rd party (open source) apps to do any encrypting no need to get Pro imo. If you really want encryption, take a look at TruCrypt.
See: http://www.truecrypt.org/