There are no “home” versions of Windows 8. Just Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro.
It is most likely that today’s offer is just Windows 8 (Basic).
If it were sold with Pro, we might have advertised it as such.
Not knowing about this Woot, I just bought the comperable but slightly slower(?) Acer 15.6" Windows 8 Laptop i5-3337U 1.8GHz 6GB 500GB+20GB SSD | M5-581T-6405 for $325 with No Tax and $10 s/h. I literally ordered it just a few hours ago so I can still cancel and go for this Asus. This Woot comes out to be about $419. I’m not sure if the slight increase in speed justifies the extra $85. We’re talking about a 0.7ghz increase in CPU speed, which translates to a Passmark Score of 3823 (#286) vs 3214 (#383). However, the Acer’s 2 extra gb of RAM and 20gb SSD should make up for it. Plus, the Acer has Bluetooth, which this doesn’t. Regardless, they’re both great prices for an i5 laptop … I still can’t believe I only paid $335, which can barely get you an i3 laptop.
you must make a backup OS disc. My asus’s hdd died after 5 months, and they DO NOT SELL BACKUP DISCS FOR WIN 8!!! Luckily they sent me an RMA to reinstall for free, but what a hassle. First thing I’ll do when I get it back is make about 6 backup OS discs
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE BACKUP COPIES OF THIS LAPTOPS WIN 8. I PURCHASED THIS A MONTH AGO FROM WOOT THE LAST TIME THEY HAD IT FOR SALE. THIS IS A REFURBISHED LAPTOP. THEY DO NOT TELL YOU THIS UNTIL YOU GET YOUR ASUS UNBOXED BUT IN THE QUICK START GUIDE THE FIRST THING IT SAYS IS “TO PROTECT CUSTOMER DATA FROM A PREVIOUS OWNER THIS HARD DRIVE WAS WIPED CLEAN DURING THE REFURBISH PROCESS. THIS PROCESS INCLUDES WIPING OUT THE RECOVERY PARTITION. AS SUCH A RECOVERY DISC CREATION WILL NO LONGER WORK.” SO IF YOUR WINDOWS 8 DOES CRASH AND YOU NEED TO RELOAD WIN 8 YOU ARE OUT OF LUCK UNLESS YOU BUY A WIN 8 INSTALL DISC WHICH IS NOT CHEAP. MY ADVICE IS STAY AWAY. ASUS AND WOOT COULD HAVE PUT A RECOVERY DISC INTO THE BOX BUT DIDN’T.