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Windows 7 install
Ok, so for xmas, I want to get my girlfriend a copy of windows 7. She's got a fairly old system now, and it's starting to get really buggy on her. I wanna do a full format, wipe the shit out of her drives and install windows 7. problem is I don't know if her system is capable of running it! :(
Anyone know if she's got the system to handle 7? screen shot below. Any more details needed to make the call? http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h2...m/Untitled.jpg |
Needs another Gig of Ram to run 7, and that's to run it shitty.
2.1 GHz (Dual core or more) and at least 2.5gb RAM, should be the standard. I don't think you'd be doing her any favors wiping her drives and installing 7. Edit: Mind you I'm slightly out of loop so I'd rather wait on Synk to confirm or Barrel to confirm and add a comment about communism rocking. |
hmm.... Shit. Well NOW what the fuck do I do for xmas?!?! lol.
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Maybe 7 isn't a bad choice, I mean, she's running vista already o_o
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Edit: Wouldn't take much to be an upgrade over that POS. Edit to the Edit: Could probably scrounge something up out of the garbage. |
but, hey, I still run XP on my Windows rig
You could give her RAM. That would likely be a much better and worthwhile upgrade than just bumping her to 7. For the same price you shouldn't have trouble upping her another 1-3 GB of RAM.
The upgrade advisor can be helpful if you are curious if a machine can handle 7. e: How is that a POS? I mean, solely based on the screenshot, it's a dual-core machine that's recent enough to run Vista. Mine is older than that and still runs modern games... Unless we are just assuming this HP is a terrible model, it's got an integrated video card, and things like that. |
well, I'd love to do just RAM, or some such thing, but ultimately that wouldn't solve her problem. She's not a hardcore user, just a regular chick who likes Facebook, and her blogs to actually work. Her system is starting to get too buggy to upgrade the hardware for her, and make her happy. It's a reboot, or a new computer at this point. I suppose I could pay to have a repair shop do it, but I dunno... that seems... less than personal for a "Gift"
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from helpful to asshole in two posts
Well then maybe you should buy her a class in how to not bog down her machine with malware and/or improperly configure things?
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lol. actually, she's had this system for.......... 5ish(?) years now, without so much as a twitch until she moved in with me.
So either I project some kind of field that just fucks up electrical equipment, or 5 years without so much as a defrag cycle has taken it's toll. |
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There's your present! Break up with her and tell her it's for the good of her electronics. She will thank you later.
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