Does a new 16gb Laptop, need Windows 8 Pro?

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Does a new 16gb Laptop, need Windows 8 Pro?

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I am looking at getting a new laptop. It's with the 4th Gen processor, and 16gb RAM.
One person told me it needs Win 8 Pro because of the ram, but someone else said "no, it's fine with Win 8".

Apart from benefits of extra in Win 8 Pro, do I need win 8 Pro for a 16gb RAM laptop, or is the normal Win 8 fine? ( as well as Win 7 obviously).
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Re: Does a new 16gb Laptop, need Windows 8 Pro?

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According to Wikipedia, all versions of Win 8 x64 support 16GB RAM. For Win 7 x64 you'd need Home Premium or greater.
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