xp - vista - windows 7?????

**Landy Smurf** · 18th August 2010, 07:55 PM

i have xp and vista i put them about the same windows 7 oh actually yeah we have that too it is a fair bit better easier to use with more features

**dmdigital** · 18th August 2010, 07:58 PM

I must admit W7 and Vista seem very similar in layout. I really found Vista annoying - including the layout.

Just an aside Lou, Adobe products and others can often be swapped over to another OS. Sometimes it's no cost other times there is a small fee for a new disk to be sent out. Not that this is something you want to do right now.

**dullbird** · 18th August 2010, 08:14 PM

Ok well scrap all that as I think the new laptop has windows 7 home premium 64bit on it....it said this on the side of the box and I was like oh yeah ok what ever probably loaded on with access to only a couple of features to pay to unlock sort of thing..

then I got the laptop out and there is a license key on the back

..

So I guess my next question is,

is 32bit software able to be used on 64bit operating system??

**Narangga** · 18th August 2010, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by dullbird

Ok well scrap all that as I think the new laptop has windows 7 home premium 64bit on it....it said this on the side of the box and I was like oh yeah ok what ever probably loaded on with access to only a couple of features to pay to unlock sort of thing..

then I got the laptop out and there is a license key on the back

..

So I guess my next question is,

is 32bit software able to be used on 64bit software??

If all else fails...

**incisor** · 18th August 2010, 09:01 PM

yep..

but the 32bit emulator uses 1gig of ram :P

is fine....

just do it...

mikehzz · 18th August 2010, 11:07 PM

You have to be careful with new laptops as there are sometimes no xp drivers for the hardware. In general win 7 is quite good, no use being stuck in the past. Most of my business clients are now prepared to make the change having been hesitant at first because of the vista debacle. Mike

**HangOver** · 18th August 2010, 11:59 PM

Vista is all round crap don't use it, ever.

Bottom line is if your laptop or computer has less than 4GB of total memory go 32bit XP.

if you have more than 4GB total memory, (including video) go for W7.
If you go W7 64bit. It really is a no-brainer.

**Ferret** · 19th August 2010, 12:02 AM

Originally Posted by dullbird

If so would all my programs such as lightroom etc work OK with it.

I have lightroom on Win7, it runs fine at least on my gear.

**mowog** · 19th August 2010, 06:45 AM

The Win 7 64bit install will run 32bit software. Including office.

Lightroom will install as a 64bit version on Win7 64bit.
You will need to get 64bit drivers for most printers.

**Lionel** · 19th August 2010, 08:53 AM

Originally Posted by garrycol

Oh - I lost me e-mail system as Win 7 does not have an e-mail system.

You are probably suffering from trying to run Windows 7 on older hardware.

W7 does have a mail system, but it differs from Outlook Express(XP) and Windows Mail (Vista). It works as a Windows Live application, but it is possible to get it to work in a similar manner to the others and import e-mails from Outlook Express.

I found this link:

TweakGuides.com - The TweakGuides Tweaking Companion

Which is very useful for finding out about Windows 7. The regular (free) version of the guide is worth a look.

Cheers.

Lionel

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