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new laptop. windows 7?

by bobo1172 Oct 25, 2009 6:28AM PDT

so i recently got a new laptop, and it comes with a free win 7 upgrade. currently i am running vista home premium 32 bit and got it with 4 gigs of ram. i am a light gamer. the upgrade will give me win 7 home premium 32. i am planning to get the upgrade and want to know if it is possible to get the upgrade to 64 bit for less money? also is it worth it on my system? because i dont know if 32 bit will recognize all my ram.

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To go to 64 bit OS ...

by Kees Bakker Oct 25, 2009 6:30AM PDT

you have to buy it. The free one is the 32 bit version. And most likely it will recognize enough of your RAM to have a good performance for your needs.

Kees

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by bobo1172 Oct 25, 2009 8:40AM PDT

ok thanks

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RAM

by TechAsbo Nov 7, 2009 12:19PM PST

I'm pretty sure 32-bit recognizes 3.5 GB of RAM.

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It's been as low as 2.5GB!

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Nov 7, 2009 8:40PM PST

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=?site%3Atomshardware.com+2.5+GB+RAM&aq=f&oq=&aqi= finds that under 32 bit Windows you don't always get that.
Bob

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