I'm building a PC and I figure I'd like to game on it as well, so I might as well get a copy of Windows.
However, it would also be a nice bonus to get into .NET development considering the job market around my area, so I'm curious, does the version of Windows make much of a difference with respect to software development?
Could I develop for .NET just as easily using Linux with Mono?
Joe Clark
Full-stack developer specializing in healthcare IT
I used Home version at home and Pro at work with Visual Studio 2017 on both. The differences with respect to development are negligible, if any. The main differences that I can think of that a developer might be remotely interested in are (1) the Pro version supports BitLocker for drive encryption, and (2) the Pro version allows the machine to act as a Hyper-V server. But, for normal .NET development, no difference that I can tell.