Jammy007 Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 If I purchase a desktop which is supplied Windows Vista 32-bit but it has an offer on for a free upgrade to Windows 7. Can you install Windows 7 64-bit onto the machine via this upgrade disk that is sent out by Microsoft. Don't want to purchase the system if it required me purchasing another windows 7 retail OS. Does that make sense? Quote
3FIDDYZ Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 It depends on the upgrade version disk if its 32 or 64, think they come with both. Also if its new I would go for a fresh install of 7 rather than an upgrade. Quicker and better! Quote
IanS16 Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 +1 I'd go with the fresh install, you don't get any of the pre installed cr*p either such as AOL interet trials etc Only tried W7 quickly but from what I can see tell its a hell of a lot better than Vista. Quote
Jammy007 Posted November 23, 2009 Author Posted November 23, 2009 Who's the best people to speak to regarding which version of the disk they ship out? Currys (I promise the Dell system is cheap and is actually alot cheaper than from Dell itself) just said that they don't see why it wouldn't be 64-bit. So basically fobbed me off. Dell said they can't help as I'm not purchasing it from them. Is there a contact for microsoft? I'm assuming I'll only need the product key for windows, so in the future (when I upgrade the ram to over 4gb) can I just get my hands on a "friends" version of Windows 7 - 64 bit and put my product key in? Quote
rtbiscuit Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 can i upgrade to windows 7 without loosing everything on my computer? am currently on vista. or is it worth leaving it for now and waiting for thenext big OS upgrade. am quite happy with vista, never had any problems. would i notice a difference? Quote
Rob_Quads Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 W7 is just much slicker than Vista - Can you upgrade - yes. I did it on my office PC but it took ages and IMO did not run as good as it then ran once I did a compete fresh install. RE the free upgrade. The only place that will give you a proper answer is one of the companies who do the offer. The shop staff will not know as they won't deal with any of it, its all done direct to the consumer. I heard that you had to upgrade using the install disks they gave rather than fresh install BUT i bet if you got hold of a another full CD you could use your key to do a clean install too i.e. they keys are not upgrade/clean aware, only OEM aware etc. Quote
BRO-T Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 If it’s worth anything, I’ve been using windows 7 since they released the beta version at the beginning of the year. Upgraded now to the full version and I've had no problems with it. I would recommend a fresh install. You don't want anything to do with vista being left behind. Plus you won't have half that stuff that "bloats" your machine such as toolbars, shareware and freeware software. Quote
rtbiscuit Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 so would i need to save all software etc to an external divice, then wipe the harddrive and install W7 Quote
Rob_Quads Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 I would say - back everything up. Try an upgrade. See how it goes, If its not so great then do a clean install. Or if you know what your doing just do the clean install from the get go Quote
rich5259 Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 my old laptop was dying, so I got a new Vaio that was preloaded with Win7 64bit - seems to run better than the wife's dell with vista32 on it. Similar spec cpu and ram before anyone asks Quote
Jammy007 Posted November 23, 2009 Author Posted November 23, 2009 Thanks everyone. Still seems to be a bit of a grey area searching online. I do agree with you though Rob. I'm sure the key will activate a clean install of someone elses software. All you pay for really is the key after all. The software can be picked up in many places Quote
Ekona Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 so would i need to save all software etc to an external divice, then wipe the harddrive and install W7 No, but really everyone should have a backup hard disk somewhere on their setup, memory is p*ss-cheap these days. If you do a clean install (as opposed to an upgrade) Win7 is still nice enough to leave all your old files in one big file called windows.old after the install. That way you can hop in, dig out all your pr0n and put it wherever you want to on your Win7 install. I certainly didn't expect it to do that so I did do a major backup before the install (and tbh it's what everyone should do just in case) but it was a nice surprise to find regardless. Quote
martinmac Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 I have just upgraded from Vista to windows 7. What a relief, Vista was driving me nuts. & is much better, much quicker and much more user friendly. Its very simple to upgrade and you lose nothing. It takes about 4 hours and involves a few prompt clicks. Quote
Chris`I Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 I have just upgraded from Vista to windows 7. What a relief, Vista was driving me nuts. & is much better, much quicker and much more user friendly. Its very simple to upgrade and you lose nothing. It takes about 4 hours and involves a few prompt clicks. And a quick change of resolution eh bud Quote
Chris`I Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 Just testing. Dont mind doing that - you know my day rate Quote
Chris`I Posted December 16, 2009 Posted December 16, 2009 Its Christmas. Thats why you got mates rates Quote
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