Path: ...!news.roellig-ltd.de!open-news-network.org!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Frank Slootweg Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing Date: 3 Jan 2025 11:26:09 GMT Organization: NOYB Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <8bk8njhp31eu4pri07cppsk95sfkcrtr2h@4ax.com> X-Trace: individual.net mqZLz5g1CEtoKUSDF0J5tQbXc2MzEO3KIqsg8CXyZlH872LMP3 X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:6LbHQqEEuQNShvQ2jwyBZSqZ6Vk= sha256:CPnPu++FpyhI4DUlCR19oXrjzKsUjes5eCst+5H0S+4= User-Agent: tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW/2.8.0(0.309/5/3) (i686)) Hamster/2.0.2.2 Bytes: 2202 rbowman wrote: > On Thu, 2 Jan 2025 08:55:47 -0500, Andrzej Matuch wrote: > > > Is that actually available to Home users too? I know that people using > > Pro can do so but I'm not so sure with the default version. > > I don't have access to anything with the Home edition but I believe there > is a setting where it will not automatically update if you say it's on a > metered connection. Yes, Home has that setting and it's actually the default ('Download updates over metered connections' is Off by default). And there are 'Delivery Optimisation' settings for limiting the bandwidth used for downloading updates. > How many people have Home? Even the cheap Beelink mini came with Pro as > did the Acer Swift 3 laptop. AFAIK, mostly complete systems, directed at the consumer market, for example our HP Pavilion laptops. Higher priced HP laptops, especially the business ones, come with Pro. FWIW, I've yet to miss any functionality in Home.