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I am upgrading to windows 7. How much memory should go with the up grade? at present time I have1028 and512 GB installed. CPU ok for the up grade?

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Windows 7 Requirements
Please visite the above link to check the minimum system requirements for Windows 7.
My advise is that before going for Windows 7 upgrade make sure that the drivers for Windows 7 are available, the graphic card of your system meets the minimum requirement and above all the processor is capable enough to handle Windows 7.

Hope it helps! Good Luck!
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Hello The Minimum system requirement for Win 7 is :-

  • 1GHz processor (32- or 64-bit)
  • 1GB of main memory
  • 16GB of available disk space
  • Support for DX9 graphics with 128MB of memory (for the Aero interface)
  • A DVD-R/W drive
Recommended :-
  • Core to dual Processor
  • 3 GB RAM
  • Graphics Card 1G or higher
  • A DVD-R/W drive

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You must have a minimum of 2 GB of RAM to support windows 7 if your motherboard is 5 yrs old it might not support windows 7
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Hi,
minimum 2GB for smooth use of the pc, but RAM is fairly cheep so I would go for 4GB. The most importet hardware to be fast is your harddrive.

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Hello, For the purposes of installing Windows 7

To run windows 7 you need ...1 GHz CPU ( processor) or faster ..for 32 bit ..and for windows 7 x64 you need a x64 processor.1 GB RAM for windows 7 x322 GB RAM for Windows 7 x64DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver and 20 GB disk space.

I would recommend you to install Windows 7 32 bit ,it will work better with your laptop.
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Up grade the computer

> upgrade the computer

What manufacturer?

What model-number?

What speed of CPU?
Check the manufacturer's web-site for the list of "supported" CPUs -- maybe, you can install a faster one.

How much RAM?
Check the manufacturer's web-site for the list of "supported" memory-sticks -- maybe, you can install more RAM?

What Operating System?
Maybe, you can upgrade to Microsoft Windows 7.


How much money do you want to spend in "upgrading".
Compare to the cost of a brand-new computer.
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? 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM socket support up to 16 GB*
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? Dual-channel DDR2 memory architecture
? Support DDR2 800/667/533/400 DDR2 SDRAM
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? 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM socket support up to 16 GB*
? * (Due to the DRAM maximum size is 2GB at present, the memory maximum size we have tested is 4GB)
? Dual-channel DDR2 memory architecture
? Support DDR2 800/667/533/400 DDR2 SDRAM
Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows?32-bit OS.
For Windows?64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation
? 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM socket support up to 16 GB*
? * (Due to the DRAM maximum size is 2GB at present, the memory maximum size we have tested is 4GB)
? Dual-channel DDR2 memory architecture
? Support DDR2 800/667/533/400 DDR2 SDRAM
Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows?32-bit OS.
For Windows?64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation
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When we try upgrading xp to windows 7 the upgrading failed because our cpu is old can i upgrade my xp to windows 7 using a old cpu or use a new cpu

NO you cannot, on that same computer, no matter what OS, because, you MUST change your central Processing Unit, CPU. To allow Windows 7 to work correctly.
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I can upgrade to windows 7 in my n1000

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Windows 7 requirement If you want to run Windows 7 on your PC, here's what it takes:
  • 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
  • 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
  • 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
  • DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/system-requirements.aspx

Here is you laptop spec
Processor Processor Intel Pentium M 733 / 1.1 GHz
  • Core voltage technology Ultra Low Voltage (ULV)
  • Data bus speed 400.0 MHz
  • Processor features Enhanced SpeedStep technology , Power-optimized processor system bus
  • Chipset type Intel 855GME
Cache Memory Type L2 cache
  • Cache size 2.0 MB
RAM Installed Size 512.0 MB / 2.0 GB (max)
  • Technology DDR SDRAM - 333.0 MHz
  • Memory specification compliance PC2700
Video Graphics Processor / Vendor Intel Extreme Graphics 2
  • Video Memory Dynamic Video Memory Technology 2.0
Operating System / Software
  • OS Provided Microsoft Windows XP Professional
  • Software Drivers & Utilities

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