We performed a comparison between Windows 10 and Windows Server based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Windows 10 is the winner in this comparison. It received higher marks for its technical support and is the less expensive solution.
"The solution's price is affordable."
"Windows 10 is stable and scalable."
"Windows 10 is easy to use."
"The product is user-friendly and runs on multiple PCs."
"Every new version is always an improvement on the last."
"I have found no bugs or glitches in the solution."
"Windows 10's most valuable feature is that it is quite intuitive and really easy to use compared to other operating systems."
"The solution is versatile and allows for easy installation."
"I like the views in the user interface."
"Its performance is very good, and it is stable. All applications are working perfectly, and there is no issue."
"The main feature of the solution is the ease of use."
"The tool is easy to access and manage. You don't have to take any backups."
"The performance is good."
"A valuable feature of Windows Server has been the performance. We have done all the redundancy and fault tolerance things to protect our servers and, so far, so good."
"Very easy to configure."
"The initial setup was straightforward. We had it fully installed within one or two hours."
"If the desktop version could be a little bit more like the mobile application, that would be great. It's just easier to navigate."
"The interface could be more user-friendly."
"The overall performance could be improved — it loads slowly at times."
"They should change their policy to include some basic support for more than just updates."
"It would be better if it were more stable. It will also help if Microsoft improves the user interface in the next release."
"Windows 10 should have less frequent updates."
"The stability could be improved."
"I have found that Windows 10 could be more stable."
"The scalability could be improved a bit."
"There's a short availability that could be much better."
"The solution's licensing price is on the expensive side."
"I would like Windows to come up lighter because the footprint itself can consume more than 300GB. It would probably take close to 100GB of space to install a Windows operating system because it has got so many features."
"The only problem we have faced is when we are upgrading the solution it is complex."
"The security is not good."
"From a security perspective, sometimes, malware attacks and hackers take advantage of the tool's vulnerabilities. There is a need to have updates in the product to fill in the vulnerability gaps."
"I would like to see the security features improved in the future."
Windows 10 is ranked 7th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 259 reviews while Windows Server is ranked 4th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 180 reviews. Windows 10 is rated 8.2, while Windows Server is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Windows 10 writes "User-friendly, easy to setup and manage domain ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows Server writes "Easy to setup, stable and caters to my wide range of use cases but lacks user-friendly interface". Windows 10 is most compared with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Ubuntu Linux, Oracle Solaris, openSUSE Leap and Rocky Linux, whereas Windows Server is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Oracle Linux, Windows 11 and CentOS. See our Windows 10 vs. Windows Server report.
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Windows Server integrates well with all Microsoft and many other mainstream solutions.
Building a Failover Cluster is comparatively much easier in Windows Server than with other solutions. We really like the ease of use, stability, and performance of this solution. You get a good active directory that offers consistently evolving features that scales easily. Windows Server supports more memory and uses CPUs more efficiently.
Windows Server requires a lot of monthly maintenance with vulnerability management. From a security aspect, this should be improved. We would like to see a command-line version of Windows Server. Overall this solution can be very expensive.
One popular feature of Windows 10 is its connectivity with mobile devices and ability to make cabless connections with external devices. Windows 10 has improved functionality and better integration between the networks and Windows 10 core system. The new subsystem for Linux is great. Windows 10 also offers a very good gaming option. which many of our team members thoroughly enjoy. It is a very stable solution with flexible scalability.
Windows 10 gets a lot of updates and the automatic updates have caused some problems with our team, resulting in losing files or work. There are instances where updates have caused system crashes and failures. The process needs to be tweaked a bit. The enterprise version has many options, like games that are really intended for home use. The install process can be a bit complex and takes a lot of time to deploy. Windows 10 is a very expensive solution.
Conclusion:
These are both great solutions by an industry leader.
Windows Server is a very robust and powerful on-premises hardware. We were looking to really step up our connections and Windows 10 can only handle about 10 or 20 connections, whereas Windows Server can handle an excess of 50,000 connections. We also needed more memory and more power. Windows10 Pro offers 2TB of RAM, while Windows Server can go to 24TB. Windows Server hardware can also handle more cores and processors; it has 64 sockets to Windows 10’s 2 sockets. Windows Server is the best solution for our organizational needs.
Hi @Netanya Carmi ,
Key Differences Between a Windows Server and a Windows Desktop
Here are the key differences between a Windows server and a Windows desktop.
1. Windows Server Supports More Memory
One of the main differences between a Windows server and desktop is the amount of memory each can support. A desktop running Windows 10 Enterprise has a 4 GB memory limit on an X86 and a 2TB limit on an X64. These numbers are greatly increased depending on the Windows server version. You can view the memory limitations for the Windows and Windows server releases on the Microsoft Developer site.
2. Windows Server Uses CPUs More Efficiently
In general, a server OS is more efficient at using its hardware than a desktop OS, especially a CPU; therefore, if you install Alike on a server OS, you are taking full advantage of the hardware installed on your server, which also allows Alike to offer optimal performance.
3. More Network Connections Allowed on a Windows Server
With a desktop version of Windows, network connections are limited to 10-20. A Windows server is not locked down to just 20 network connections; therefore, a Windows server can support well beyond 20 network connections based on your hardware’s capability.
4. The Server OS is Configured for Background Tasks
By default, server editions of the Windows OS are configured to give priority to background tasks and services, whereas the desktop editions focus on foreground. While priority can be changed, the desktop edition’s management does not yield the same performance results.