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Ok Folks I just have a simple question for the super geeks out there. Would it be beneficial to replace my 32bit XP w/ Windows 7? To be honest the only reason I think it might be is because of the fact W7 is 64bit the way I understand it and I'm thinking that would give my system a little bit more power?
Here's all my stats:
Dell XPS 700
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Hard Drive:
244 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX
Sound Card: Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi)
Operating System: Windows XP S3 32bit
If you need more info please let me know and thanks in advance to anyone who gives me a hand.
cwallen19803 said: " It's hard to say if W7 is faster than XP, but it is is slicker. "
Win7 is supposed to be "more secure". Some of the new "utility" features are supposed to be good.
As in the past with previous version jumps, people will have to abandon some hardware from the "Win XP" era that are not "supported" (drivers, etc.) in Win7. Apparently there is some hope that the WinXP virtual machine support in Win7 will mitigate that problem?
In a business setting, retraining people on the new user interface might be an issue?
Does MS Office 2007, IE, etc., look very different on Win7 than WinXP?
!TIA!
cwallen19803
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Posted July 21st, 2009 11:00
see http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/compare-editions
Takes full advantage of 64-bit PC hardware and memory. This isn't 64 bit? I guess I'll find out :emotion-1:
cwallen19803
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Posted July 21st, 2009 11:00
I've dual booted my Inspiron 1520 with XP/Windows 7. Most of my software works just fine. The only way to find out is to install it and see. It's hard to say if W7 is faster than XP, but it is is slicker. This all works: MS Office 2003, Cakewalk 2002, Sony Vegas Platinum 9, Delorme Top USA 7. I find some small utilities that don't work. still in progress there.
I even found a way to make my Soundblaster Extigy work in W7.
I'm planning to keep this configuration when I get the upgrade disk, just in case I really need XP for something. I installed the software in the same folders for both XP and W7, so there isn't as much loss of disk space as there might be otherwise.
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Posted July 7th, 2009 18:00
You can run either Vista X64 or Win 7 X64.
To go to X 64 you will have to do a clean install. Since you are on 32 bit XP you will need to buy a full retail verison of Win 7 to get x64 as an upgrade disk will only install the 32 bit version.
If you have no software that will not run on Vista then stick with XP unless you can update the software. If not, then going to x64 is the way to go and Win 7 x64 is the best route.
The Os is so quick and stable. I switcthed to Vista x64 almost a year ago and will never go back to 32 bit version. I currently dual boot between Vista Ultimate x64 and Win 7 ultimate x64 and actually spend most of the time in win 7. I have order two copies of win 7 and will install it on both my laptop and my desktop as soon as it is officially released.