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Frankie
Frankie

Reputation: 31

What version of windows do I need to develop with .NET 4 and C#?

I am planning on starting to develop with C# and .NET. I have a Mac and need to buy a copy of windows 7 to use with bootcamp. Do I need Windows 7 Ultimate or can I develop just fine with the Home edition? Do I loose any features on the development end with Home edition?

Thanks!

Frankie

Upvotes: 3

Views: 222

Answers (4)

Lucky Cat Lee
Lucky Cat Lee

Reputation: 1

I run Windows XP on my MacBook using VMware. Not sure if you can do that to program .Net?

Upvotes: 0

Dale Ragan
Dale Ragan

Reputation: 18270

Depending on the type of applications you plan on developing, you could stick with just using Mac OS X by installing Mono and MonoDevelop. Mono is an open-source, cross-platform, implementation of C# and the CLR that is binary compatible with Microsoft.NET. MonoDevelop is an an open-source C# and .NET development environment for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.

You don't necessarily need to have Windows to develop .NET applications. If it's not an option now, at least you're aware of the projects.

Upvotes: 0

SLaks
SLaks

Reputation: 888263

You need Windows XP SP3, Vista SP1 or 2, or Windows 7 in order to install .Net 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010.

The edition (Home, Professional, etc...) is completely irrelevant, except that Windows XP Home does not support IIS. (Vista & 7 Home Basic do)
Even that is now less relevant with IIS Express

Upvotes: 8

Samuel
Samuel

Reputation: 17171

Development features are based on your IDE version not your OS version. AFAIK .NET is the same for all versions of Windows. You can develop just fine on a Home version, in fact Windows XP would work too.

Here is a chart by Microsoft that compares the versions http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/compare/default.aspx

Upvotes: 1

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