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Genuine Windows Vista

by Ray_moe Jul 13, 2009 6:18PM PDT

I am looking at a new computer with vista o/s the specs are

Windows Vista Home Basic Sp1 with media,32 edition English

Is this a 32 bit operating system??

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Probably.

by Kees Bakker Jul 13, 2009 6:31PM PDT

Not clear from what you post. There is no "32 edition".

Kees

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That how it is published

by Ray_moe Jul 14, 2009 12:58AM PDT

Kees

This is a Dell Optiplex 360 minitower the specs for the operating system are word for word as published in there ads.

Thanks for the reply

Ray

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Then

by Jimmy Greystone Jul 14, 2009 1:46AM PDT

Then you probably want to look elsewhere for your buying options.

And the Optiplex 360 is rather old at this point, so trying to run Vista on it probably wouldn't be pretty. Just because you CAN do something doesn't always mean you SHOULD.

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