Windows 10 home or pro

[ryanthomp]

Should I get the pro version for $50 more?

 

[Oshino Shinobu]

I would check the differences between the two and see if there's anything in there you need/want. For the vast majority of people, Home is enough, but things like native drive encryption and remote desktop may sway some over. 

 

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/feature/windows/windows-10-home-vs-windows-10-pro-uk-difference-3618710/

 

EDIT: Also, consider buying your license from somewhere like Reddit softwareswap, Kinguin, G2A etc. It's much, much cheaper than buying it retail.

[LAwLz]

Most differences are related to enterprise environments (like being able to join a domain) is that the Pro version has:

• BitLocker (full disc encryption that you shouldn't use anyway if you're serious about security)
• Group Policy management (can be useful if you want to do some more niche things)
• Hyper-V, Microsoft's own hypervisor (used for creating virtual machines)
• Can defer updates.
• Remote desktop host.

If you aren't interested in those features then Home will serve you just fine.