I put windows 7 on my sister laptop, she hates it.

I am strict when it comes to family and computers. I put my foot down and force my family to run what I deem necessary on their computers. Is that the right thing to do? Of course not...but ask them when the last time they have had a crash, virus, spyware, etc and I guarantee you it won't be in the last 4 years...

Don't worry though...I also see the opportunity to educate them as well. They know nothing about advanced OS topics BUT they can browse safely and update their computer regularly without additional consultation. That in itself is an accomplishment and is sufficient for the average user

If it took so long to put in 7 why then replace it with vista?
Put the damn 64bit on the laptop(because i GUARANTEE that in a month or so she will ask from you again to put a 7 on her laptop...typical...)
So better do it now then to delay it...

Wow. I find this amusing.

This is not the happiest of situations (well, it is now).

This is what I would have done:
My system also has Vista on her laptop (32 bit though) and she wouldn't know the difference between Seven or Vista, let alone the x64 vs x86 crap.

If she asked me to put Seven on it, fine (I would probably have charged her though, I am really busy. My time is not free). If she didn't like it, then I would put Vista back on there. If she wants it buggy, fine. Not my problem.

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The other thing was that she really thought that x64 needed to be on her computer (which was wrong). You could explain the difference to her, but from my experience, when someone is that set in their ways trying to help them out is stupid. Give them back what they want, they will be happier with it. Eventually, they may realize that what you told them was true, then they will come back and ask for it.

~Lordbob

As someone said earlier, it wouldn't be fair if you put some crack on her machine that's going to fail on her down the road, if so you need to explain that to her and put her factory Vista back.

Bare Foot Kid said:

As someone said earlier, it wouldn't be fair if you put some crack on her machine that's going to fail on her down the road, if so you need to explain that to her and put her factory Vista back.

How did this get brought up? I see no evidence that he installed anything but the real deal on there....

He said that she just didn't like it and was frustrated with her....

~Lordbob

You made the right choice. Either put 4 gb of ram in there and install 64 bit w7 or leave it as is and explain to her that w/o 4 gb or more of ram on board, x64 is not the best option and x86 is better in that situation.

A nice technical justification for your actions could be as follows ....

Given her stated usage patten for the laptop ...

• She will need to run a 32 bit browser to enable flash and thus a more enjoyable web experience
• As this browser would have to use the 32 bit emulation to run in the 64 bit Operating system.
• running the browser in a native 32 bit browser is more efficient and therefore the best use of her system

plausible & believable