Windows 7 launch party>> I WON ! - Page 3

aka Brett · 02-Oct-2009, 06:08 PM **#31**

Quote:

Originally Posted by iltos

yowsers, brett!!

i'm a little late to the party, but am happy for you nonetheless....

'bout time there was some good news 'round here

Thanks !

aka Brett · 09-Oct-2009, 12:58 PM **#32**

I got the package yesterday and have installed w7 64 bit. I only had to put on one driver..windows took care of the rest...Very easy install

**valis** · 09-Oct-2009, 02:56 PM **#33**

yeah, ditto here. Only thing I had to fix was, for skype usage, windows didn't like my sound card. Had to replace with a vista okayed one. 10 bucks, woop de doo.

aka Brett · 09-Oct-2009, 11:04 PM **#34**

I had went to the dell site and took a wild shot..it said the driver was for vista 32 bit..I ran it anyway...it covered 32 and 64.
The yellow mark had referanced my memory card slot.

I have 2 gigs of ram and didnt expect 64 to run that great with 2 gigs....I am impressed....I will bring it up to 4 gigs when i get the chance....Its over a hundred mile round trip to the nearest place to buy ram for it

hulkinator · 30-Oct-2009, 07:44 PM **#35**

Congrats from me as well to the OP!

Running W7 Pro 64 bit here also and loving it. Though I wish MS would clean up the editioning/naming scheme a little bit.

aka Brett · 31-Oct-2009, 04:14 PM **#36**

Thanks Hulkinator

aka Brett · 08-Nov-2009, 02:52 PM **#37**

Update
I went to 32 several days back as to access a network printer that 64 would not do
They feel about the same to me

JustJudy · 08-Nov-2009, 06:21 PM **#38**

Congratulations! That's SO cool!

hulkinator · 08-Nov-2009, 10:23 PM **#39**

Depending on the printer I know there are a few workarounds to your issue (I realize it's too late now). I had an older HP Deskjet with only 32-bit drivers and I was able to get it to network print from my Vista 64 machine. There was a trick related to the path you specify to locate the printer. If interested let me know and I'll see if I can figure it out again.

On a more relevant note does it seem the 32-bit version uses less RAM at startup?

aka Brett · 08-Nov-2009, 11:15 PM **#40**

I have 2 gigs of ram I can get the 32 bit to idle at 25 percent if i let it set awhile after booting
64 was a little higher if i remember right..27 or 29.

After I pop open a few apps they both climb about the same...with 64 going over the 50 percent mark a little easier
The 64 ran fine with 2 gigs..I was fairly impressed....I think it unzipped and installed apps a little faster than 32....I had expected it to run alot slower with 2 gigs of ram from what I had been reading...I made an image of 64 with my apps etc..I can go back to it easy enough..i want to go with 4 gigs first before i give it another shot though with that printer..have been watching for deals on ram

aka Brett · 08-Nov-2009, 11:16 PM **#41**

Quote:

Originally Posted by JustJudy

Congratulations! That's SO cool!

Thankyou

Blackmirror · 09-Nov-2009, 02:04 PM **#42**

Was it every thing you dreamed of ?

aka Brett · 09-Nov-2009, 03:10 PM **#43**

No but my slide show is

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