red dwalf Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 I'm hoping to upgrade my windows xp computers to windows 7, not sure if i need 32 or 64 bit versions but for what I want to use it for a because my pc only has 2gb of ram i think 32 bit will be fine. So if you have upgraded from windows 7 to windows 8 and you have a windows 7 disc lying around that you won't use anymore then I would be interested in buying it from you. Needed for 2 desktop pc's and maybe 1 laptop. Cheers, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan the Plumber Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 32 would be best you need the ram if your using window7 I'm guessing some of the computer guys will say different but only going with what I know Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kheldar Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 32 will be sufficient but you're going to really struggle to buy a disc as PC makers just don't supply clean install disks any more - they're either on the computers hard drive or made to only work with the specific PC Also I don't think you can resell windows as the licence will be activated against the originals machine Bear in mind you need one licence for EACH machine A single licence box is around 40, a triple licence box 110 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red dwalf Posted June 28, 2014 Author Share Posted June 28, 2014 right thanks for that Steve, seems to be a ploy to keep you buying newer machines then L.O.L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teslar Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 (edited) 2gb of ram ain't gonna give you much performance if your planning on tabbing between windows and running EQMod,stellarium and such it would be well worth the outlay to upgrade to 4gb at least. If you plan to go above 4gb you really need 64bit to get the benefit Edited June 29, 2014 by Teslar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kheldar Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 (edited) 2gb of ram ain't gonna give you much performance if your planning on tabbing between windows and running EQMod,stellarium and such it would be well worth the outlay to upgrade to 4gb at least. If you plan to go above 4gb you really need 64bit to get the benefit Whilst I agree in principal (more memory, more memory, more memory!) I have to say in the astro case I don't Take Stellarium out of the equation (CDC, you know you want to ...) and 2GB/Win7 is MORE than ample memory to run a whole imaging suite Edited June 30, 2014 by Kheldar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I agree my obs pc only has a measly 1gb of ram it used to be 2 but the other bank failed but I am running XP the old laptop used to run fine with Win 7 and ran the portable rig no problem I admit it was a little slow on stacking and PS took an age to fire up but that could have been the slower spin speed of the HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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