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NightBlade
Joined: Jul 29, 2007
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From: Nessebar, Bulgaria
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Windows 7 is awesome! Definitely better than vista. Runs pretty smoothly on my bro's 7-year old PC (his previous one). 
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Trev1982
Joined: Mar 07, 2007
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From: 192.168.0.6
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So what's the recomended amount of ram to run 7 basic or home what ever they call it, I just seen some nifty 14 inch notebooks in asda for 200 quid, only 1 gig of ram tho, it would be ideal to take to work if it runs well,
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kwabs2006
Joined: Sep 12, 2006
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From: Ghana
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Can i upgrade an xp branded laptop (hp pavillion zv6000) to windows 7? & what are the system requirements?
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Trev1982
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The wiki for windows 7 pretty much sucks really, doesn't say much about specs, I think we all no really 2 gig of ram will be better than 1, so i'm going to pick up the little notebook and just add more ram
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jagger2k
Joined: Nov 14, 2004
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On 2009-07-16 01:01:00, kwabs2006 wrote:
Can i upgrade an xp branded laptop (hp pavillion zv6000) to windows 7? & what are the system requirements? _________________ Im getting a new iphone 3gs for free! Click here to get one too: http://tiny.cc/cHDRh[ This Message was edited by: kwabs2006 on 2009-07-16 00:33 ]
It runs really well on my laptop and my specs are:
AMD Turion 64
1024MB ram
80GB Hard drive
ATI raedon xpress 200m graphics.
Full areo and everything.
Vista on the other hand crawled on my system. |
yea g
Joined: Jul 02, 2008
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From: New Zealand
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I can run windows 7 64bit on 1gb ram (even though the minimum is 2gb) and I can ven run gta iv on it!
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voda_jon
Joined: Nov 28, 2004
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bought my pre order from comet.co.uk last night.... £49.99 not too bad in my opinion for an OS that works for once lol...
I've been running the RC Beta version on my Laptop and nettop and can honestly say this runs like a dream and i couldnt be happier (unless of course it was MAC OSx which is still a lot more reliable and quicker for certain tasks).
Anyone else grabbed a pre-order? |
deluded
Joined: Sep 14, 2005
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I've just installed Windows 7 64-bit a couple of days ago and it works really well. All the bells and whistles of Vista and the speed of XP. It's one OS I won't mind buying off the shelf since my 2 months old HP Pavilion P6090D came pre-loaded with Vista Home Premium. The best part was I didn't even have to install any drivers manually. Windows 7 detected all my hardware correctly. Most of older software run fine on it.
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waibun_lee
Joined: Dec 03, 2004
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From: UK
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Pre-ordered home ultimate from PC world, plus 2% quidco for £44.99 delivered, seems very zippy so far.
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yea g
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Wow good prices! I wonder how much the preorders are over here....
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max_wedge
Joined: Aug 29, 2004
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From: Australia
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windows 7 is quite good. Faster than vista, less cluttered UI, windows snap open, clean and lean. I like it a lot. I will buy it off the shelf but I still plan to wait three months just to see what issues arise.
btw, it runs quite well on 512MB ram even.
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strizlow800
Joined: Aug 23, 2006
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From: Macedonia, Skopje
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I agree with max wedge... I use windows 7 since new year (december/january)... Mainly pirated torrent versions which seem to work very good, even the beta ones. The win7 seems to be the best OS microsoft ever released. A real XP successor imho. Lot faster than Vista, more stable, better experience, better multimedia and etc...
P.S. Also program compatibilty rocks. 
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voda_jon
Joined: Nov 28, 2004
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@max_wedge... prob best gettin it on pre order for half the price an waiting instead of payin the full price. |
kwabs2006
Joined: Sep 12, 2006
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From: Ghana
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Any links to download the beta versions? and which is best for a 3 year old laptop? thx
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Cycovision
Joined: Nov 30, 2003
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From: England
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Here you go:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/download.aspx
It'll make you sign up for Microsoft Live account if you haven't already got one before you can download and obtain a key.
Which one is best depends on whether your laptop has a 64bit processor. Just choose the 32bit version if you're not sure.
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Posted: 2009-07-16 00:49
Sony Ericsson software/hardware support! 
