Server OS as daily driver?

[Kevo05s]

Hi guys, I have a weird question for you.

 

OK, first thing first, lets explain the situation: I need to fresh install both of my machines this holiday vacation time, and I have legal keys for everything.

 

So yeah, on both of my rigs Im mainly gaming but also programming and server hosting through VirtualBox... I was wondering if i'd get any benefit if i'd replace my main OS (both windows 10) with windows server 2012 R2 (I have a key for one "essential edition" and a "standard edition"). or would it be better to keep it the way I am and Keep windows 10 as main OS and windows server in VMs...

 

Both rigs needs to be able to install nvidia geforce drivers, one needs SLI support 

Both runs intel CPUs (one has an i5-4460 on a b85 chipset while the other is an i7-5820K on the X99 chipset

they have 8GGB and 16GB(soon 32GB)

they have SSD boot drives with HDD for mass storage

they both need to be able to install -MS Office -MS Project -MS Visual Studio and many others

 

will I get any benefit from doing this?

will I be able to do everything a normal desktop OS does?

[d3sl91]

If anything, the issues will arise with the programs you are running. 

 

In my limited experience, I had programs say I needed to get the enterprise edition to run, because, server os. You may also get programs that purely wont run at all, because it is looking for retail OS and will simply say "unsupported OS" when installing. I think that was mostly an issue for AV programs and similar utilities if I remember correctly. 

[Kevo05s]

If anything, the issues will arise with the programs you are running. 

 

In my limited experience, I had programs say I needed to get the enterprise edition to run, because, server os. You may also get programs that purely wont run at all, because it is looking for retail OS and will simply say "unsupported OS" when installing. I think that was mostly an issue for AV programs and similar utilities if I remember correctly. 

so you'd recommend to keep my windows 10 pro and VMs ?

[DatScreamer]

Don't use server operating systems for your main computer. Just please don't. There is a reason it is called a server OS.

[d3sl91]

so you'd recommend to keep my windows 10 pro and VMs ?

I'd reccomend using the VM and installing games and whatnot to try it out first. 

[Yongtjunkit]

Hi guys, I have a weird question for you.

OK, first thing first, lets explain the situation: I need to fresh install both of my machines this holiday vacation time, and I have legal keys for everything.

So yeah, on both of my rigs Im mainly gaming but also programming and server hosting through VirtualBox... I was wondering if i'd get any benefit if i'd replace my main OS (both windows 10) with windows server 2012 R2 (I have a key for one "essential edition" and a "standard edition"). or would it be better to keep it the way I am and Keep windows 10 as main OS and windows server in VMs...

Both rigs needs to be able to install nvidia geforce drivers, one needs SLI support

Both runs intel CPUs (one has an i5-4460 on a b85 chipset while the other is an i7-5820K on the X99 chipset

they have 8GGB and 16GB(soon 32GB)

they have SSD boot drives with HDD for mass storage

they both need to be able to install -MS Office -MS Project -MS Visual Studio and many others

will I get any benefit from doing this?

will I be able to do everything a normal desktop OS does?

There's no benefit out of a sever os as its function is very limited.

[demonix00]

http://www.win2012workstation.com/

 

I'm guessing you lot don't know that there are guides out there to help convert a server OS to something that can be used as a day by day system including restoring functionality that is changed or disabled in a server OS.