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Mar 28, 2010 | 11:03 PM

#16

papadelogan

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From: Gulf Coast of Florida

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Originally Posted by Izzy351

I'm running it on this laptop now (brand new Dell Precision M6500, Core i7 processor, 8GB RAM, 256GB Solid State HD), but still running XP Pro on everything else. I REFUSED to bother with Vista. It's SMOKIN' fast on this machine...

Dang Joe!!! Solid state drive and an i7 processor???? cha-CHING-a-LING!!!! very nice!!! please tell me you're running 64bit!

i have a Dell Precision M4400 (dual 3.06 procs, 4GB RAM) and have Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit and love it. Aero desktop is awesome. I use it at work also and it's great. Go for it!

Mar 29, 2010 | 12:41 AM

#17

kbeefy

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From: Eastern Washington

I've been a fan of xp pro for a long time, bought a new laptop last year w/ vista preinstalled. Hated it! it was slower and more glitchy than the 5 year old laptop it replaced.

Rebuilt my home computer (core i7 920, 6gb ddr3, 5870 graphics, 80gb ssd for OS and 1.5 TB hd for storage) and installed win7 ult 64. Plus a 28" Hanns-g monitor for a xmas gift. This thing is awesome! Installed win 7 on the lappy, night and day difference.

All my stuff either worked fine on 64 or I was able to find updated versions for 64bit.

Mar 29, 2010 | 02:27 AM

#18

Skip1970

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From: Semper Fi tell I die!

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Originally Posted by kbeefy

I really wanna try win 7 ultimate 64, but im afraid to lose my scanner and printer as i have heard you loose allot of hardware support with it.

Mar 29, 2010 | 05:01 AM

#19

indyF-350psd

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i just got a new laptop its an HP Pavilion dv7 running windows 7 in 64 bit. i love this darn thing! blazing fast and win 7 is pretty cool i think......

Mar 29, 2010 | 06:12 AM

#20

Trucky2

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From: Lake Greenwood, SC

Windows 7 should have been Vista, Service Pack 3. No money in service packs tho...

Mar 29, 2010 | 07:38 AM

#21

Furyus1

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From: Southern Oregon Coast

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Originally Posted by b-uno

I really wanna try win 7 ultimate 64, but im afraid to lose my scanner and printer as i have heard you loose allot of hardware support with it.

I've been running Win7 since beta - hardware support is quite a bit better than Vista's, actually... Most hardware has Win7 drivers out for it - for those that don't, Vista and XP (not XP 64-bit) drivers will work. I've had to use XP drivers on 7 more than once and have not any problem...

Also, I would suggest going with Professional as you don't really gain that much going to Ultimate and there is a substantial price difference...

Last edited by Furyus1; Mar 29, 2010 at 11:17 AM. Reason: Added Info...