should i upgrade to windows 7?

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  1. Posts : 4
    windows vista ultimate 32 bit
       #1

    should i upgrade to windows 7?


    these are my specs:
    intel pentium 4 2.6 ghz (ht enabled)
    1.5 gb ram
    80 gb hard drive
    ati radeon 9600
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  2. Posts : 570
    Windows 7
       #2

    You will probably need more RAM and a better CPU for it to be a good experience.
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  3. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #3

    I would get rid of Vista, install XP on that.
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  4. Posts : 4
    windows vista ultimate 32 bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    is 2 gb ram and 3.2 ghz pentium 4 enough
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  5. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #5

    deadman1133 said:
    is 2 gb ram and 3.2 ghz pentium 4 enough
    Yes, but for 64 bit I would suggest 4GB RAM.
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  6. Posts : 120
    Win 7
       #6

    I have a box with those same specs. It's barely adequate for XP, good enough for a print server. But definitely not adequate for Windows 7.
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  7. Posts : 24
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
       #7

    just take notes for Microsoft, it says:If you want to run Windows 7 on your PC, here's what it takes:

    1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

    1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)

    16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)

    DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

    So according to your configuration, it's okay for u to update to windows 7
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  8. Posts : 4
    windows vista ultimate 32 bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    i will install 32 bit not 64 bit
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  9. Posts : 570
    Windows 7
       #9

    Well I can tell you now it will be horribly slow and sluggish
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  10. Posts : 29
    Windows 7 64 Bit
       #10

    My recent experience with upgrading from Xp to Win7.
    If using the the "classic" desktop the screen redraw speed is slow (processor usage shoots up) when dragging a window over another one,(Dual Core Processor, ATI HD4600) I had to install a custom "classic" Aero theme to solve this.
    if you are happy using the standard Aero theme, that works fine.

    For your machine spec, I would stick with Xp, the only reason I upgraded was to use the extra memory I had installed.
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