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Pro, whilst it includes extra desktop layouts and bundled apps, is primarily a way users can show their appreciation to the Zorin devs by making a financial contribution to the project. More discussion can be found here: Is zorin os 16 pro worth it

I think you should stick with Core whist fixing the issues you have, as Pro is gnome (except Pro Lite which is xfce) and you may have same problems with Pro.