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HARVERSACE
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Hey fellow NSers, I am in need of some help. I have recently gotten my hands on a hand-me-down laptop, a Dell Vostro 1000. I have been doing research, and found that with a BIOS upgrade, the computer can run Windows 7 and hold up to 8gb of RAM. I was wondering if I should do the upgrades, and then get 8gb of RAM, or stay the same, (the computer has a 64 Bit dual core processer), so I was wondering what to do.




Inb4 Mac/Pc debate
Nov 29 2011 5:12PM
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Bro.J.
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do the upgrade. and get 64-bit windows 7. and a good antivirus for all that porn.
Nov 29 2011 5:18PM
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howlongcanausern
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i'll be damned if this doesn't turn into a mc vs pc debate.

but anyway,

wat's the OS on it now? vista? if that's the case then i might consider getting windows 7 64 bit. if you run windows 7 you want at least 4 gigs, imo

btw i'm a systems administrator so i deal with this shit all the time
Nov 29 2011 5:50PM
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HARVERSACE
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OS is XP on it rite now.
Nov 29 2011 6:05PM
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howlongcanausern
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unless you hate xp for some reason, i wouldn't throw too much money at this thing and just chill with xp.
Nov 29 2011 6:11PM
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HARVERSACE
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its an X-Mas present (Windows 7) and I don't have the option to get a new system.
Nov 29 2011 6:38PM
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howlongcanausern
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if you're going to windows 7 i would make sure dell has drivers. then download them and put it on a flash drive.
Nov 29 2011 6:45PM
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HARVERSACE
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obvious troll is obvious.
Nov 29 2011 8:00PM
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