Laptop upgrade to Win 7

Good choice, if the laptop is acceptable with Vista
then save that extra Windows 7 license for later use.

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"Antares 531" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:04:21 -0500, Antares 531
wrote:

I have an HP Compaq Presario C 500 laptop computer that came with
Windows Vista Home Basic installed. This has been upgraded to SP2. It
has a Intel Celeron M CPU 430 @ 1.73 GHz

I am contemplating buying a 3-pack of Windows 7 to install on my
desktop, my wife's desktop and my laptop computers. I'm not sure this
laptop will handle Windows 7, though.

It has 512 MB of RAM and 68.9 GB of hard disk space with 47.4 GB free,
presently. This is set up as a 32 bit O.S. I will probably do a clean
install and delete all files from this hard drive, after backing the
important stuff up onto a flash drive or CD.

Should I set this up as a 64 bit O.S. or is that beyond the limits for
a computer like this?

Am I likely to run into any problems if I go for a clean install. That
is, will my "upgrade" intentions be honored once the original O.S. has
been wiped off and the hard drive re-formatted? How do I work around
this. I do have the Product Key (a sticker on the bottom of the
laptop) but will I need a CD or other such in order to do a complete
fresh install?

Thanks to all who responded. The situation looks rather grim, so I
guess I'll just get along with Vista until I have to buy a new laptop
computer. I don't think it would be practical or economically prudent
to upgrade my old laptop with more RAM and a faster CPU, so I'll just
knuckle under and live with it.

Gordon

Good choice, if the laptop is acceptable with Vista
then save that extra Windows 7 license for later use.

--
JS
http://www.pagestart.com



"Antares 531" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:04:21 -0500, Antares 531
wrote:

I have an HP Compaq Presario C 500 laptop computer that came with
Windows Vista Home Basic installed. This has been upgraded to SP2. It
has a Intel Celeron M CPU 430 @ 1.73 GHz

I am contemplating buying a 3-pack of Windows 7 to install on my
desktop, my wife's desktop and my laptop computers. I'm not sure this
laptop will handle Windows 7, though.

It has 512 MB of RAM and 68.9 GB of hard disk space with 47.4 GB free,
presently. This is set up as a 32 bit O.S. I will probably do a clean
install and delete all files from this hard drive, after backing the
important stuff up onto a flash drive or CD.

Should I set this up as a 64 bit O.S. or is that beyond the limits for
a computer like this?

Am I likely to run into any problems if I go for a clean install. That
is, will my "upgrade" intentions be honored once the original O.S. has
been wiped off and the hard drive re-formatted? How do I work around
this. I do have the Product Key (a sticker on the bottom of the
laptop) but will I need a CD or other such in order to do a complete
fresh install?

Thanks to all who responded. The situation looks rather grim, so I
guess I'll just get along with Vista until I have to buy a new laptop
computer. I don't think it would be practical or economically prudent
to upgrade my old laptop with more RAM and a faster CPU, so I'll just
knuckle under and live with it.

Gordon

Poor and obviously uneducated advise

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"ANONYMOUS" wrote in message
...

If you have any machines older than 3 years old, you are strongly advised
not to even try doing anything to them because Windows 7 requires a
minimum of 1 GB for 32 bit but you will need at least 4GB to do any
meaningful work. I recommend 8GB to be really productive.

The only way is to buy a new machine for Win 7 to install otherwise stick
with XP and Vista until SP1 comes out to fix some the bugs and to
introduce some more! By that time you will have the lottery and so you
can buy new machines with Windows 7 in pristine condition. Then you will
need to ask what exactly do you do with the new OS? What was wrong with
XP or VISTA apart from MS not making any more money?





Antares 531 wrote:

I have an HP Compaq Presario C 500 laptop computer that came with
Windows Vista Home Basic installed. This has been upgraded to SP2. It
has a Intel Celeron M CPU 430 @ 1.73 GHz
I am contemplating buying a 3-pack of Windows 7 to install on my
desktop, my wife's desktop and my laptop computers. I'm not sure this
laptop will handle Windows 7, though.
It has 512 MB of RAM and 68.9 GB of hard disk space with 47.4 GB free,
presently. This is set up as a 32 bit O.S. I will probably do a clean
install and delete all files from this hard drive, after backing the
important stuff up onto a flash drive or CD.

Should I set this up as a 64 bit O.S. or is that beyond the limits for
a computer like this?

Am I likely to run into any problems if I go for a clean install. That
is, will my "upgrade" intentions be honored once the original O.S. has
been wiped off and the hard drive re-formatted? How do I work around
this. I do have the Product Key (a sticker on the bottom of the
laptop) but will I need a CD or other such in order to do a complete
fresh install?

Poor and obviously uneducated advise

--


--
"ANONYMOUS" wrote in message
...

If you have any machines older than 3 years old, you are strongly advised
not to even try doing anything to them because Windows 7 requires a
minimum of 1 GB for 32 bit but you will need at least 4GB to do any
meaningful work. I recommend 8GB to be really productive.

The only way is to buy a new machine for Win 7 to install otherwise stick
with XP and Vista until SP1 comes out to fix some the bugs and to
introduce some more! By that time you will have the lottery and so you
can buy new machines with Windows 7 in pristine condition. Then you will
need to ask what exactly do you do with the new OS? What was wrong with
XP or VISTA apart from MS not making any more money?





Antares 531 wrote:

I have an HP Compaq Presario C 500 laptop computer that came with
Windows Vista Home Basic installed. This has been upgraded to SP2. It
has a Intel Celeron M CPU 430 @ 1.73 GHz
I am contemplating buying a 3-pack of Windows 7 to install on my
desktop, my wife's desktop and my laptop computers. I'm not sure this
laptop will handle Windows 7, though.
It has 512 MB of RAM and 68.9 GB of hard disk space with 47.4 GB free,
presently. This is set up as a 32 bit O.S. I will probably do a clean
install and delete all files from this hard drive, after backing the
important stuff up onto a flash drive or CD.

Should I set this up as a 64 bit O.S. or is that beyond the limits for
a computer like this?

Am I likely to run into any problems if I go for a clean install. That
is, will my "upgrade" intentions be honored once the original O.S. has
been wiped off and the hard drive re-formatted? How do I work around
this. I do have the Product Key (a sticker on the bottom of the
laptop) but will I need a CD or other such in order to do a complete
fresh install?

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:03:16 +0100, ANONYMOUS wrote:

If you have any machines older than 3 years old, you are strongly
advised not to even try doing anything to them because Windows 7
requires a minimum of 1 GB for 32 bit but you will need at least 4GB to
do any meaningful work. I recommend 8GB to be really productive.

The only way is to buy a new machine for Win 7 to install otherwise
stick with XP and Vista until SP1 comes out to fix some the bugs and to
introduce some more! By that time you will have the lottery and so you
can buy new machines with Windows 7 in pristine condition. Then you
will need to ask what exactly do you do with the new OS? What was wrong
with XP or VISTA apart from MS not making any more money?



What was wrong with Vista? How about phantom resets. How about phantom
lockups. How about taking longer to shut down than XP shuts down and
restarts on the same machine? How about not recognizing Windows-bundled
apps that Vista doesn't recognize as legitimate Windows apps? Need I go
on?

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:03:16 +0100, ANONYMOUS wrote:

If you have any machines older than 3 years old, you are strongly
advised not to even try doing anything to them because Windows 7
requires a minimum of 1 GB for 32 bit but you will need at least 4GB to
do any meaningful work. I recommend 8GB to be really productive.

The only way is to buy a new machine for Win 7 to install otherwise
stick with XP and Vista until SP1 comes out to fix some the bugs and to
introduce some more! By that time you will have the lottery and so you
can buy new machines with Windows 7 in pristine condition. Then you
will need to ask what exactly do you do with the new OS? What was wrong
with XP or VISTA apart from MS not making any more money?



What was wrong with Vista? How about phantom resets. How about phantom
lockups. How about taking longer to shut down than XP shuts down and
restarts on the same machine? How about not recognizing Windows-bundled
apps that Vista doesn't recognize as legitimate Windows apps? Need I go
on?

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:26:31 -0500, Antares 531 wrote:

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:04:21 -0500, Antares 531
wrote:

I have an HP Compaq Presario C 500 laptop computer that came with
Windows Vista Home Basic installed. This has been upgraded to SP2. It
has a Intel Celeron M CPU 430 @ 1.73 GHz

I am contemplating buying a 3-pack of Windows 7 to install on my
desktop, my wife's desktop and my laptop computers. I'm not sure this
laptop will handle Windows 7, though.

It has 512 MB of RAM and 68.9 GB of hard disk space with 47.4 GB free,
presently. This is set up as a 32 bit O.S. I will probably do a clean
install and delete all files from this hard drive, after backing the
important stuff up onto a flash drive or CD.

Should I set this up as a 64 bit O.S. or is that beyond the limits for
a computer like this?

Am I likely to run into any problems if I go for a clean install. That
is, will my "upgrade" intentions be honored once the original O.S. has
been wiped off and the hard drive re-formatted? How do I work around
this. I do have the Product Key (a sticker on the bottom of the
laptop) but will I need a CD or other such in order to do a complete
fresh install?

Thanks to all who responded. The situation looks rather grim, so I
guess I'll just get along with Vista until I have to buy a new laptop
computer. I don't think it would be practical or economically prudent
to upgrade my old laptop with more RAM and a faster CPU, so I'll just
knuckle under and live with it.

Gordon

Or you could upgrade to XP, like I did. I left the Vista partition and have
had to go back to Vista for a few hours since Christmas 2008. XP is MUCH
more stable and MUCH faster. I would still look at bringing the RAM to the
maximum your computer will support.

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:26:31 -0500, Antares 531 wrote:

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:04:21 -0500, Antares 531
wrote:

I have an HP Compaq Presario C 500 laptop computer that came with
Windows Vista Home Basic installed. This has been upgraded to SP2. It
has a Intel Celeron M CPU 430 @ 1.73 GHz

I am contemplating buying a 3-pack of Windows 7 to install on my
desktop, my wife's desktop and my laptop computers. I'm not sure this
laptop will handle Windows 7, though.

It has 512 MB of RAM and 68.9 GB of hard disk space with 47.4 GB free,
presently. This is set up as a 32 bit O.S. I will probably do a clean
install and delete all files from this hard drive, after backing the
important stuff up onto a flash drive or CD.

Should I set this up as a 64 bit O.S. or is that beyond the limits for
a computer like this?

Am I likely to run into any problems if I go for a clean install. That
is, will my "upgrade" intentions be honored once the original O.S. has
been wiped off and the hard drive re-formatted? How do I work around
this. I do have the Product Key (a sticker on the bottom of the
laptop) but will I need a CD or other such in order to do a complete
fresh install?

Thanks to all who responded. The situation looks rather grim, so I
guess I'll just get along with Vista until I have to buy a new laptop
computer. I don't think it would be practical or economically prudent
to upgrade my old laptop with more RAM and a faster CPU, so I'll just
knuckle under and live with it.

Gordon

Or you could upgrade to XP, like I did. I left the Vista partition and have
had to go back to Vista for a few hours since Christmas 2008. XP is MUCH
more stable and MUCH faster. I would still look at bringing the RAM to the
maximum your computer will support.

By definition, moving from Vista to XP is a downgrade, not an upgrade.

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"Michael Dobony" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:26:31 -0500, Antares 531 wrote:

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:04:21 -0500, Antares 531
wrote:

I have an HP Compaq Presario C 500 laptop computer that came with
Windows Vista Home Basic installed. This has been upgraded to SP2. It
has a Intel Celeron M CPU 430 @ 1.73 GHz

I am contemplating buying a 3-pack of Windows 7 to install on my
desktop, my wife's desktop and my laptop computers. I'm not sure this
laptop will handle Windows 7, though.

It has 512 MB of RAM and 68.9 GB of hard disk space with 47.4 GB free,
presently. This is set up as a 32 bit O.S. I will probably do a clean
install and delete all files from this hard drive, after backing the
important stuff up onto a flash drive or CD.

Should I set this up as a 64 bit O.S. or is that beyond the limits for
a computer like this?

Am I likely to run into any problems if I go for a clean install. That
is, will my "upgrade" intentions be honored once the original O.S. has
been wiped off and the hard drive re-formatted? How do I work around
this. I do have the Product Key (a sticker on the bottom of the
laptop) but will I need a CD or other such in order to do a complete
fresh install?

Thanks to all who responded. The situation looks rather grim, so I
guess I'll just get along with Vista until I have to buy a new laptop
computer. I don't think it would be practical or economically prudent
to upgrade my old laptop with more RAM and a faster CPU, so I'll just
knuckle under and live with it.

Gordon

Or you could upgrade to XP, like I did. I left the Vista partition and
have
had to go back to Vista for a few hours since Christmas 2008. XP is MUCH
more stable and MUCH faster. I would still look at bringing the RAM to the
maximum your computer will support.

By definition, moving from Vista to XP is a downgrade, not an upgrade.

--


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"Michael Dobony" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:26:31 -0500, Antares 531 wrote:

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:04:21 -0500, Antares 531
wrote:

I have an HP Compaq Presario C 500 laptop computer that came with
Windows Vista Home Basic installed. This has been upgraded to SP2. It
has a Intel Celeron M CPU 430 @ 1.73 GHz

I am contemplating buying a 3-pack of Windows 7 to install on my
desktop, my wife's desktop and my laptop computers. I'm not sure this
laptop will handle Windows 7, though.

It has 512 MB of RAM and 68.9 GB of hard disk space with 47.4 GB free,
presently. This is set up as a 32 bit O.S. I will probably do a clean
install and delete all files from this hard drive, after backing the
important stuff up onto a flash drive or CD.

Should I set this up as a 64 bit O.S. or is that beyond the limits for
a computer like this?

Am I likely to run into any problems if I go for a clean install. That
is, will my "upgrade" intentions be honored once the original O.S. has
been wiped off and the hard drive re-formatted? How do I work around
this. I do have the Product Key (a sticker on the bottom of the
laptop) but will I need a CD or other such in order to do a complete
fresh install?

Thanks to all who responded. The situation looks rather grim, so I
guess I'll just get along with Vista until I have to buy a new laptop
computer. I don't think it would be practical or economically prudent
to upgrade my old laptop with more RAM and a faster CPU, so I'll just
knuckle under and live with it.

Gordon

Or you could upgrade to XP, like I did. I left the Vista partition and
have
had to go back to Vista for a few hours since Christmas 2008. XP is MUCH
more stable and MUCH faster. I would still look at bringing the RAM to the
maximum your computer will support.

Michael Dobony wrote:

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:03:16 +0100, ANONYMOUS wrote:


If you have any machines older than 3 years old, you are strongly
advised not to even try doing anything to them because Windows 7
requires a minimum of 1 GB for 32 bit but you will need at least 4GB to
do any meaningful work. I recommend 8GB to be really productive.

The only way is to buy a new machine for Win 7 to install otherwise
stick with XP and Vista until SP1 comes out to fix some the bugs and to
introduce some more! By that time you will have the lottery and so you
can buy new machines with Windows 7 in pristine condition. Then you
will need to ask what exactly do you do with the new OS? What was wrong
with XP or VISTA apart from MS not making any more money?




What was wrong with Vista? How about phantom resets. How about phantom
lockups. How about taking longer to shut down than XP shuts down and
restarts on the same machine? How about not recognizing Windows-bundled
apps that Vista doesn't recognize as legitimate Windows apps? Need I go
on?

That's interesting, the Vista we have experiences none of those issues,
but then I purchased a PC with sufficient capabilities and it was
pre-installed. I suspect you need to sort that hardware out.

Michael Dobony wrote:

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:03:16 +0100, ANONYMOUS wrote:


If you have any machines older than 3 years old, you are strongly
advised not to even try doing anything to them because Windows 7
requires a minimum of 1 GB for 32 bit but you will need at least 4GB to
do any meaningful work. I recommend 8GB to be really productive.

The only way is to buy a new machine for Win 7 to install otherwise
stick with XP and Vista until SP1 comes out to fix some the bugs and to
introduce some more! By that time you will have the lottery and so you
can buy new machines with Windows 7 in pristine condition. Then you
will need to ask what exactly do you do with the new OS? What was wrong
with XP or VISTA apart from MS not making any more money?




What was wrong with Vista? How about phantom resets. How about phantom
lockups. How about taking longer to shut down than XP shuts down and
restarts on the same machine? How about not recognizing Windows-bundled
apps that Vista doesn't recognize as legitimate Windows apps? Need I go
on?

That's interesting, the Vista we have experiences none of those issues,
but then I purchased a PC with sufficient capabilities and it was
pre-installed. I suspect you need to sort that hardware out.

Depends on who is doing the defining...

David B. wrote:
By definition, moving from Vista to XP is a downgrade, not an upgrade.

--


On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:26:31 -0500, Antares 531 wrote:

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:04:21 -0500, Antares 531
wrote:

I have an HP Compaq Presario C 500 laptop computer that came with
Windows Vista Home Basic installed. This has been upgraded to SP2.
It has a Intel Celeron M CPU 430 @ 1.73 GHz

I am contemplating buying a 3-pack of Windows 7 to install on my
desktop, my wife's desktop and my laptop computers. I'm not sure
this laptop will handle Windows 7, though.

It has 512 MB of RAM and 68.9 GB of hard disk space with 47.4 GB
free, presently. This is set up as a 32 bit O.S. I will probably
do a clean install and delete all files from this hard drive,
after backing the important stuff up onto a flash drive or CD.

Should I set this up as a 64 bit O.S. or is that beyond the limits
for a computer like this?

Am I likely to run into any problems if I go for a clean install.
That is, will my "upgrade" intentions be honored once the original
O.S. has been wiped off and the hard drive re-formatted? How do I
work around this. I do have the Product Key (a sticker on the
bottom of the laptop) but will I need a CD or other such in order
to do a complete fresh install?

Thanks to all who responded. The situation looks rather grim, so I
guess I'll just get along with Vista until I have to buy a new
laptop computer. I don't think it would be practical or
economically prudent to upgrade my old laptop with more RAM and a
faster CPU, so I'll just knuckle under and live with it.

Gordon

Or you could upgrade to XP, like I did. I left the Vista partition
and have
had to go back to Vista for a few hours since Christmas 2008. XP is
MUCH more stable and MUCH faster. I would still look at bringing the
RAM to the maximum your computer will support.

Depends on who is doing the defining...

David B. wrote:
By definition, moving from Vista to XP is a downgrade, not an upgrade.

--


On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:26:31 -0500, Antares 531 wrote:

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:04:21 -0500, Antares 531
wrote:

I have an HP Compaq Presario C 500 laptop computer that came with
Windows Vista Home Basic installed. This has been upgraded to SP2.
It has a Intel Celeron M CPU 430 @ 1.73 GHz

I am contemplating buying a 3-pack of Windows 7 to install on my
desktop, my wife's desktop and my laptop computers. I'm not sure
this laptop will handle Windows 7, though.

It has 512 MB of RAM and 68.9 GB of hard disk space with 47.4 GB
free, presently. This is set up as a 32 bit O.S. I will probably
do a clean install and delete all files from this hard drive,
after backing the important stuff up onto a flash drive or CD.

Should I set this up as a 64 bit O.S. or is that beyond the limits
for a computer like this?

Am I likely to run into any problems if I go for a clean install.
That is, will my "upgrade" intentions be honored once the original
O.S. has been wiped off and the hard drive re-formatted? How do I
work around this. I do have the Product Key (a sticker on the
bottom of the laptop) but will I need a CD or other such in order
to do a complete fresh install?

Thanks to all who responded. The situation looks rather grim, so I
guess I'll just get along with Vista until I have to buy a new
laptop computer. I don't think it would be practical or
economically prudent to upgrade my old laptop with more RAM and a
faster CPU, so I'll just knuckle under and live with it.

Gordon

Or you could upgrade to XP, like I did. I left the Vista partition
and have
had to go back to Vista for a few hours since Christmas 2008. XP is
MUCH more stable and MUCH faster. I would still look at bringing the
RAM to the maximum your computer will support.

Bob I wrote:


Michael Dobony wrote:

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:03:16 +0100, ANONYMOUS wrote:


If you have any machines older than 3 years old, you are strongly
advised not to even try doing anything to them because Windows 7
requires a minimum of 1 GB for 32 bit but you will need at least 4GB
to do any meaningful work. I recommend 8GB to be really productive.

The only way is to buy a new machine for Win 7 to install otherwise
stick with XP and Vista until SP1 comes out to fix some the bugs and
to introduce some more! By that time you will have the lottery and
so you can buy new machines with Windows 7 in pristine condition.
Then you will need to ask what exactly do you do with the new OS?
What was wrong with XP or VISTA apart from MS not making any more money?




What was wrong with Vista? How about phantom resets. How about phantom
lockups. How about taking longer to shut down than XP shuts down and
restarts on the same machine? How about not recognizing Windows-bundled
apps that Vista doesn't recognize as legitimate Windows apps? Need I go
on?

That's interesting, the Vista we have experiences none of those issues,
but then I purchased a PC with sufficient capabilities and it was
pre-installed. I suspect you need to sort that hardware out.


Not every program plays nice with Vista. For an example Neverwinter
Nights will lock up or crash at random under Vista which it never did
under XP. Since my computer is a clean install of Vista Home Premium
running on a P5Q Turbo motherboard and a E8400 CPU with 4 GB of memory
this is Not a hardware issue. If you look at the forums you will see
the same problem for everyone. Even running the program in XP
compatibility mode will not fix the program. To get Dungeon Siege
Legends of Arrana to run I had to get a hacked version as the copy
protection will Not work with Vista under any settings.