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Windows 7: What to Choose??
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05 Nov 2009
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What to Choose??
Im trying to upgrade my dell inspiron 1720 with windows vista home laptop up to windows 7. Im in college and therefore get the special discount of upgrading to windows 7 home premium for only $29.99. This discount also allows me to choose to upgrade to windows 7 professional for the same price.
I use my laptop for some gaming, music, doing homework (which includes programming and related courses), and messing around with any new fun software i can get my hands on.
What should i get?
-steve | My System Specs |
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05 Nov 2009
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Nottinghamshire, UK |
I went with Home Premium as I didn't need any of the Pro features. Works a treat on my home PC, but if you can get Windows 7 Pro for a good price, go for it! | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Build
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
CPU Intel Core i7 2600K 3.4GHz Sandy Bridge
Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
Memory 8Gb Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz DDR3 CL8
Graphics Card Gigabyte GTX460 1Gb OC
Sound Card Realtek HD, Logitech G35 7.1 USB Headset
Monitor(s) Displays BenQ 24" Full HD 16:9 DVI
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Microsoft Sidewinder X4
Mouse Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse
PSU XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular
Case CoolerMaster Elite 335
Cooling Xilence Red Wing
Hard Drives Western Digital 640Gb 64Mb Cache SATA III
Maxtor 250Gb SATA
Internet Speed 20Mb Cable
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05 Nov 2009
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#3 | |
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Pro is more feature rich than Home Premium. I would get Pro. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Too many to list.
OS XP, Seven, 2008R2
CPU AMD, Intel, VIA
Motherboard Various
Memory Corsair, Kingston, etc.
Graphics Card ATI, NVIDIA
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung
Keyboard qwerty
Hard Drives Maxtor, Western Digital
Internet Speed 22 Mb/s @ home, 1 Gb/s @ server
Other Info All of my systems still run fastest on XP 32-bit for the most part. Win7 is fun to play with, but I still prefer XP for raw speed, security, and functionality.
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05 Nov 2009
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Windows 7 Ultimate x86-64 |
Pro although Ultimate is the best if you want everything. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Sony Vaio Z46GDU
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x86-64
CPU P9700@2.8GHz 1066MHz FSB
Motherboard Sony branded
Memory 6GB DDR3 1066MHz
Graphics Card 9300M GS 256MB Dedicated (Speed) + Intel4500MHD (Stamina)
Sound Card Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 13.1' WXGA
Screen Resolution 1600x900
Hard Drives 320GB 7200RPM w/ 16MB cache
Internet Speed 1MB/s
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05 Nov 2009
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Quote: Originally Posted by Frostmourne  Ultimate is the best if you want everything. Thanks for stating the obvious, but Ultimate is not an option here... | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Too many to list.
OS XP, Seven, 2008R2
CPU AMD, Intel, VIA
Motherboard Various
Memory Corsair, Kingston, etc.
Graphics Card ATI, NVIDIA
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung
Keyboard qwerty
Hard Drives Maxtor, Western Digital
Internet Speed 22 Mb/s @ home, 1 Gb/s @ server
Other Info All of my systems still run fastest on XP 32-bit for the most part. Win7 is fun to play with, but I still prefer XP for raw speed, security, and functionality.
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05 Nov 2009
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Windows 7 x64 HP, Windows 7 HP, Windows 7 Ult Weatherford, Texas |
Go for the Pro version - more features (which you may only use once in a blue moon) for the same price is a no-brainer. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gateway, Toshiba Laptop, and Home Brew
OS Windows 7 x64 HP, Windows 7 HP, Windows 7 Ult
CPU Intel I3, Cerelon, Pentium 4 @ 3Ghz
Motherboard Intel, Intel, Asus
Memory 8G, 3G, 3G
Graphics Card On-board Intel, On-board nVidia, nVIDIA card
Sound Card on-board, on-board, SoundBlaster
Monitor(s) Displays Hannspree HF237, Toshiba, SyncMaster 931B
Screen Resolution default (all)
Keyboard standard wired (all)
Mouse standard wired (all)
PSU 300w, unk, 650w
Case black, black, grey
Cooling air (all)
Hard Drives 1T internal, 320G internal, 160G internal, 1T networked
Internet Speed 6M down, 768K up
Other Info Home LAN through Linksys hub to 4 port and wireless switch/router. Networked HP 2600n. Wife's computer running Windows 7, and spare laptop running Ubuntu "Karmic Kola" (9.10).
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05 Nov 2009
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 + x86 + Windows 8 x64 Newport, South Wales, UK |
As Pro includes everything that is in Home Premium I would say thet the Pro is the best choice.
This is different from Vista where Home and business contained different sets of functions | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Real World Computing (Me + a little help from Acer)
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 + x86 + Windows 8 x64
CPU AMD Phenom II X6 1035T 2.6 GHz
Motherboard Aspire M3400
Memory 4Gb PC10600 DDR3 1333 MHz
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 315 512MB
Sound Card OnBoard - Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Philips 32" HDTV, (HDMI) + 26" TV (VGA)
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @60Hz + 1360 x 768 @60Hz
Keyboard Microsoft Wireless 800 or Stock Acer, (depends where I sit)
Mouse Microsoft Wireless 800 or Stock Acer, (depends where I sit)
PSU Stock (400W)
Case Acer M3400
Cooling Stock
Hard Drives 500 GB Seagate ST3500418AS SATA II
1 TB Hitachi HDS5C1010CLA382 SATAII
1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD103SI SATA II (external)
Plus various other (client ) HDDs as needed
Internet Speed Temporaray 3G Dongle
Antivirus Avast
Browser Chrome
Other Info USB Capture + Webcam(s) Bamboo Digitizer tablet
Also run Acer AspireOne 530h Netbook, Dual Core Atom + 1GB (Win7 Ult x86) Plus various test systems for new projects
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05 Nov 2009
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Windows 7 Ultimate x86-64 |
Quote: Originally Posted by sup3rsprt
Quote: Originally Posted by Frostmourne Ultimate is the best if you want everything. Thanks for stating the obvious, but Ultimate is not an option here... Didn't see the first part? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Sony Vaio Z46GDU
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x86-64
CPU P9700@2.8GHz 1066MHz FSB
Motherboard Sony branded
Memory 6GB DDR3 1066MHz
Graphics Card 9300M GS 256MB Dedicated (Speed) + Intel4500MHD (Stamina)
Sound Card Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 13.1' WXGA
Screen Resolution 1600x900
Hard Drives 320GB 7200RPM w/ 16MB cache
Internet Speed 1MB/s
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05 Nov 2009
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If they are the same price Pro is the best option. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Homebrew
OS Windows 7 RC Build 7100
CPU Core i7 920
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-X58-UD3R
Memory 6G G.Skill DDR3 1600
Graphics Card Radeon 4870
Sound Card Integrated RealTek
Monitor(s) Displays Gateway FDP2400
Screen Resolution 1920x1200
Keyboard Logitech Illuminated
Mouse Logiteck G5
PSU Coolermaster 700W
Case CS Storm Sniper
Cooling Stock
Hard Drives WD 640G Black Edition
Seagate 320
Internet Speed cable
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