Ya dont need Windows 7 pro, windows 7 home premium should be ok if you are not connecting to a Windows Domain network.  By that I mean somethign along the lines of a company network where you have a username, password and domain to log onto the network.  As opposed to the normal home requirements of a local username and password.

The home premium upgrade is considerably cheaper than 7 pro.

I use home premium 64bit with 6gb of ram and it works like a dream.

John

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