[Dxbase] Windows 7

Fri Nov 6 14:25:34 EST 2009

All good recomendations. Peter I really like your idea . Like I said this isnt anything thats gonna happen right away as vista serves me well and all my programs run with no problems. The other thing is cash flow . If I happen to pick up a few side jobs ill stash the money if I can and maybe go ahead and do the upgrade. If I happen to get a real job in the future then it will be game on as they say :).. If I thought I really needed it now I just go buy it as the wife doesnt have a problem with that stuff but I have to remind myself im not working :).. In fact I think it was the day they released it she asked me if we needed it :)... 
Im glad I posted this simply because now im a little bit smarter and that never hurts. 
Thanks All 
Dave N8DC 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Dougherty" <w2irt at verizon.net> 
To: n8dc-8 at comcast.net 
Sent: Friday, November 6, 2009 12:25:27 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: RE: [Dxbase] Windows 7 
The biggest advantage of 64 bit is the ability to use as much RAM as you can 
throw in the machine. If you put 4GB into a 32-bit box, you'll use at most 3 
and a bit. If you put 8 gig in a 32-bit machine, you'll still only be able 
to use 3 and a bit. If you put 8GB into a 64-bit OS, you'll access all 8 
gigs. Also, in the coming couple of years, more and more apps will come in 
64-bit versions. Having a "future-proof" box is, to me, a critical part of 
having a reliable system. 
My recommendation as an "IT guy," buy a new hard drive (since a mechanical 
drive will eventually fail and drives are cheap to begin with) and do a 
fresh load of Win7/64, then re-load all your old apps. If you want, you can 
put your existing drive back into the system as a secondary disk, and since 
it won't be re-formatted, you can move data from the old partition to the 
new one. 
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Regards, 
Peter, 
W2IRT 
-----Original Message----- 
From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net] 
On Behalf Of n8dc-8 at comcast.net 
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 11:59 AM 
To: Dxbase at mailman.qth.net 
Subject: [Dxbase] Windows 7 
Just playing around here today and i installed the upgrade advisor for Win 7 
and it tells me I need the 32 bit upgrade? 
I realize my machine has the 32 bit Vista system but why cant i go to the 
win 7 64 bit ? My computer has an AMD 64 x2 dual core processor and its 
2.8ghz wihh 3 gigs of memory ? 
The on the other hand do I really need the 64 bit ? 
All I use this machine for is internet stuff and logging and rig control . 
Im not going to run out and buy the program just yet anyway but I was kinda 
surprised on the info it gave me. 
Dave N8DC 
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