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As you say the the express solution doesn't compile, upload, burn boot loaders, have serial windows, have menus that allow libraries to be added, refresh intellisense as you code and a bunch of other things. Express is okay if you are working on a relatively fixed set of projects or a single project. The professional solution is a complete solution that makes life quite a bit easier.

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In short it includes all of the software required to setup just about any business and that which is used by just about every business.

How can this not be good knowelge for the majority of people? Let's face it, anyone who feels they don't need to expand their career options or has nothing to learn will not be needing a free copy of anything!