Comments on: Windows 7 Home Premium Pre-Order, $49.99 Upgrade, $199.99 Full

By: Sharron Field

Sharron Field — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:47:05 +0000

Somehow I still managed to omit the closing . ‘Link works, anyway. I blame swine flu.

By: Sharron Field

Sharron Field — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:44:13 +0000

FAIL: Syntax error. ‘Try again: -

Er… I thought it an idea to bring this article by Leo Notenbloom to your attention. FYI.

By: Sharron Field

Sharron Field — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:42:43 +0000

Er… I thought it an idea to bring ,a href=”http://ask-leo.com/whats_the_difference_between_an_upgrade_and_an_upgrade.html?awt_l=CC9jV&awt_m=1dRC.YiZWZdfbL”>this article by Leo Notenbloom to your attention. FYI.

By: Sharron Field

Sharron Field — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:05:55 +0000

In the main the two most outstanding advantages are the ability to read a file from disk greater than approx. 2GB in size, and the ability to use up to several exabytes (1 exabyte = 1000 terabytes.) of RAM - as opposed toonly around 3 1/2 GB with 32-bit. Read this article from Wikipedia.

By: Roy

Roy — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:12:39 +0000

Thank you for your prompt reply. I recently bought a new laptop and had to settle for 64-bit Vista. I then found several programs I like would not run, or not run well under this OS – programs such as uninstallers, firewalls, antispyware, and email notifiers. Even my favorite browser, Firefox, wouldn’t run well (in fact, their site displays an exclaimer that 64-bit is not supported). However, having just downloaded version 3.5, Firefox seems to be running much better on my 64-bit machine – though all the add-ons I want are not compatible. While I expect Windows 7 to be much better than Vista, I assume that I will still run into problems running these 32-bit programs on a 64-bit operating system.

I guess I would have to ask, what is the advantage of a 64-bit OS?

By: Sharron Field

Sharron Field — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:42:58 +0000

I’ve just read your question properly, having already answered… Why the … do you want to go from 64-bit to 32-bit in an upgrade?!?

I’d stick to 64-bit myself.
My last remarks stand anyway, – but with a maybe factor thrown in to cover my ass.

By: Sharron Field

Sharron Field — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:36:07 +0000

You shouldn’t have any problems Roy: The upgrade should go ahead, hopefully without issue.

- But: In my experience a reformat and reinstall is always a lot less problematic in the long run than an upgrade. Having said that; technology has moved on somewhat since I last did an upgrade. However I suggest backing up important files and going the reformat/reinstall route… Although the upgrade may well be the more painless way to go? The choice is yours.

By: Roy

Roy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:01:28 +0000

I currently have Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit with Service Pack 1. I would like to upgrade to Windows 7 32-bit. Is this possible? Or will it require a clean install?

By: Rich Menga

Rich Menga — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:26:32 +0000

From the Windows 7 page in tiny print at the bottom (very difficult to see but there): "Windows 7 Home Premium and Professional packaged product includes both 32- and 64-bit discs." Question answered!

By: DravenX

DravenX — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:58:24 +0000

You won’t be able to do a clean install. But you should be able to do the upgrade from Vista. I’m not sure how the X64 comes into play. I actually have Vista Ultimate X64 and I will want to get the Win7 Ultimate.