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leavingwt

JD,

Wait for Windows 7, which will be released in October.

Home Premium is what you'll want.

64-bit is not practical for most home users. Vista/Win7 32-bit will take advantage of 3.5 GB of RAM.

-LWT

Farkel

Does anyone have an extra floppy drive for my TRS-80? I've had to use the library computer until I can get mine fixed.

Farkel

John Doe

Not practical as in overkill, or not useable? I probably won't upgrade. I'm a cheap skate. ;-)

restrangled

Jd....My other son says Absolutely wait for windows 7 which is an upgraded version of Vista.....Same thing WT said.

He also said its going to be very cheap.

r,

leavingwt

Not practical as in overkill, or not useable?

It's a technical issue. If you'd like to read all of the gory details, go here:

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000811.html

I agree. You shouldn't upgrade unless there is a NEED to upgrade. Allow the apps or security to drive the upgrade cycle, if possible.

leavingwt

For those interested in the Cliff Notes version of the RAM limitations of the 32-bit operating systems.

To be perfectly clear, this isn't a Windows problem-- it's an x86 hardware problem. The memory hole is quite literally invisible to the CPU, no matter what 32-bit operating system you choose.

The Almighty Homer

I'm using Windows 7 RC 7260 and I think its great , you can download a copy from Microsoft and they will e-mail you a Product Key,

its valid until March of next year just about everything that works in Vista Driver wise seems to work in Windows 7 ,

but its worth checking out your peripherals first.

Windows 7 will stop people complaining all what annoyed most users of VISTA.

I just ordered an HP (the box only) after looking also at Dell. $384 that includes shipping and tax. A 2.5 Ghz with 350 Gb HD. I'll probably trash the keyboard and mouse since I like what I already have.

I'm retiring my home-brewed 5 year old 3 Ghz dual core. I believe the power supply is faulty.

A bit of heads up -- effective as of a few weeks ago, if you order an OS of Windows Vista Home Premium or better, you will be entitled to a free upgrade to Windows 7 when it becomes available. I asked the phone rep how that will happen and he said by downloading -- not by CD.

Len

John Doe

I'm retiring my home-brewed 5 year old 3 Ghz dual core. I believe the power supply is faulty.

What are you going to do with your old one?

Fatfreek

What are you going to do with your old one?

After I'm done transferring files, I may also want to harvest the burner, the network card (although the new one has both) and turn the current hard drive into the new computer's slave drive.

Len

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