Another reason (beside Craig's) to get Professional: you need professional to run hyper-v, which is handy for having older versions around, and also putting up Linux (CentOS, which is the free version of RedHat Enterprise Linux, is supported by hyper-v).

Hank

>I'm about to buy a new pc with Windows 8.1.
>Is there a recommended version of Windows to get (Basic, prof...)?
>My main concern is that it should be able to run my old VFP 9.0 apps without changing them.
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>Rich