Windows 7 Install questions, warnings?

Bought Windows 7 Home Premium (Full) cost ~$260 Cad to replace free Windows 7 Ultimate RC 7100 Build. This was necessary because the RC was not recieving critical updates. After install of 32 & 64 Bit OSs, pleased to see update Windows 6.1-KB978207-x86.msu got done. Tester beware.
Two things I've noticed since Saturday install that are different between Ultimate & Home P. where no fine print documentation suggests basic differences. Buyer beware?
1) Task Manager in 1 graph per CPU shows 8 in Ultimate, 4 in Home P. Though Windows Experience Index is the same in Home P. vs. Ult., I am wondering why they see my ealry 2008 Mac Pro differently? Install was done after rebootcamp in Snow leopard and 1st installed Home P. x64 formatting. I ran Snow Leopard disk for Boot camp install, not my original Leopard disk. I doubt that Home P. will ever see the computer as Ultimate does and so wonder if performance is less accordingly?
2) In Disk Management the "Offline" function ( Right click Disk 0 icon) is not available in Home Premium. This makes the drive invisible to Windows, rather than doing a Disable in Device Manager.
*From System Tools - System Information*
+Windows 7 Home P. 64Bit+
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600
System Manufacturer Apple Inc.
System Model MacPro3,1
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5462 @ 2.80GHz, 2800 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Apple Inc. MP31.88Z.006C.B05.0802291410, 2008-02-29
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Hardware Abs Layer Version = "6.1.7600.16385"
+Windows 7 Home P. 32Bit+
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600
System Manufacturer Apple Inc.
System Model MacPro3,1
System Type X86-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5462 @ 2.80GHz, 2800 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Apple Inc. MP31.88Z.006C.B05.0802291410, 08/02/29
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Hardware Abs Layer Version = "6.1.7600.16385"
*Spec from Snow Leopard's Profile:*
Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro3,1
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total
Number Of Cores: 8
L2 Cache (per processor): 12 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.6 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MP31.006C.B05
SMC Version (system): 1.25f4

This chart might help:
http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/win7skuscompare.asp#performance
Home only supports 1 Processor with unlimited cores. A little late in helping you decide though.
Microsoft's chart leaves that info out:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/compare

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