A master with thesis or without thesis better?

I am a current Graduate Student going for a Master's in History and I can tell you that the Thesis option is generally better. If you want to get a Phd someday or work in an educational setting, a Thesis is more desireable than a Master's without a Thesis. If you want to get a Master's degree and then do something outside of Academia, then you are ok with a Non-Thesis option. If you want a Phd someday or you want to show others that you were a dedicated graduate student, then I would definitely go for the Thesis option. A Thesis shows that you have the ability to write good and think critically, which is what most Phd programs want in a canidate. Go for the Thesis.