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| Thread ID: 124757 | 2012-05-17 20:22:00 | Upgrading to Windows 7 Advice | DarkFather (16402) | Press F1 |
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| 1275960 | 2012-05-17 22:53:00 | I may just go 32 bit then. Just check that photoshop and your other adobe software will run on 32bit applications, I think I read somewhere adobe have stopped supporting it for some of their new software versions and will only run on 64bit. I'm not sure it thats all or just some of their product line. If you install WIn 7 on a second drive darkfather, just dont active it straight away (untick the we box that says to active automatically once online - or similar), I think you have 3 days before you have to activate it, so that gives you some testing time. Good luck with your install and testing, if you havent had a lot to do with Win 7, you'll find it a bit different, but will hopefully learn to enjoy it :) |
Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1275961 | 2012-05-17 22:59:00 | Don't go 32-bit. What's the point, you might as well stay with XP. As others have said, if you are putting 7Gb of RAM in the machine, you NEED 64-bit Windows. You will probably find that after installation all of your drivers are installed. Windows7 is by far the quickest and easiest Windows to install so far and driver support is very good. It should go OK on that hardware. |
trig42 (11325) | ||
| 1275962 | 2012-05-18 01:26:00 | You probably wont need any drivers as Windows 7 will install them all for you whether x64 or x86, I dropped a corporate image on an ASUS with a x2 3800 AMD CPU just yesterday and didnt need to worrry about drivers at all.... Personally, if you have the RAM, I would install x64.... |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1275963 | 2012-05-18 03:30:00 | +1. Go for x64. | linw (53) | ||
| 1275964 | 2012-05-18 03:30:00 | Thanx to all so far. I am taking it all into advisement. I think I will try the 64 version, on a separate HD, for a week. I also will be disabling a few things in Win 7 that I have no need or use for, such as Auto Updates, Security Manager, Search, etc. I have also been told disabling Aero gives a good boost. Just to clarify, I am not buying more RAM, it is just RAM I already had that I could not use since XP only reads 3.5. |
DarkFather (16402) | ||
| 1275965 | 2012-05-18 04:08:00 | You'll still need 64 bit if you want to use 7 GB. Since 32 bit wont see all of it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1275966 | 2012-05-18 05:17:00 | Search is really handy. Aero looks nice. In my opinion if you have enough RAM (4Gb+) you do not need to diable anything. Try it without disabling anything. |
trig42 (11325) | ||
| 1275967 | 2012-05-18 05:51:00 | Go 64 bit as most if not all computers sold these days have 64 bit Windows 7 and have at least 8gigs of ram. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1275968 | 2012-05-18 16:34:00 | Search is really handy. Aero looks nice. In my opinion if you have enough RAM (4Gb+) you do not need to diable anything. Try it without disabling anything. I never need or use Search. I have used it a grand total of one time in the past 3 or 4 years. I know where everything is on my PC, I keep it VERY organized. And that's saying something since I have 2.5 TB of space nearly full between 3 Hard Drives. And that's just internal, not external. Aero may look nice, but I really don't need it. I don't need all the 3D windows, glass effects, and such. I'll test it and see. |
DarkFather (16402) | ||
| 1275969 | 2012-05-19 15:35:00 | Well I have an E6600 with Asus PB5 & 8 GB DDR800 with W7 Pro 64 and it's the most stable os I'ver ever had - I use CS5, too but I'm only a dabbler. | Fishb8 (484) | ||
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