Windows 7

What is your thoughts on Windows 7 ? 

I just installed the 32 bit Ultimate version on my laptop. Since i only have one gig of ram installed i can not run all the options, but it does seem to work well.

It has taken a little getting used to the different layout and options since i am coming from Xp.

So far i do like it quite a bit. I like that it is easy to burn, play music, i like that i can boost the memmory with an usb pen, and also that i can put quick links to programs in tool bar in the bottom.

I like it a great deal.  Have been running it for about a year and think it will start to take over XP in a couple of years.  The XP mode on the ultimate version is what will finally win the XP business people over.

 

Lippsman, i have a problem with windows 7. Most of my applications , drivers and such got sorted. I have an acer aspire 9300 laptop. So i was able to download vista drivers for most of it.

However i can not get the buildt in microphone to work. I googled a bit and saw that other windows 7 users have the problem.

Do you know any solutions to this?

I got it fixed, i think, when i started to play with some settings in windows.

Sorry, just saw this.  There are a ton of new features to do with sound.  You just have to bang around in there.  May not be a bad idea to set a restore point whenever you start to muck around

Yeah one problem though is that when i crank up the sound to the max it echoes. Very weird.

How high do you have it cranked up?  Full blast ?

Yeah, i need to adjust it to 50% to avoid the echo.

Lippsman are you using the memboost? 

Since i only got one gb of ram i am thinking the memboost could be a good thing for me. I am thinking about maybe purchasing a 4 gb usb stick and use it as memboost.

My question though is it worth it. Will i notice a difference. I have read both pro and cons for it ?

Sorry it is called Readyboost

I would just max out your internal memory.  It's much better than using the readyboost.

Yeah well the problem is that i only got 1 gb. Originally i had allocated 250 mb to the graphics card in XP, but i had to go into my bios and allocate only 64 mb to the graphics card, to get close to the 1 gig that is needed in Windows 7.

I am thinking about maybe putting some more ram into my Acer. I know there is 2x512 DDR2 Mb in it now. It's max capacity is 4 gb.

It is a little tough knowing what sort of ram though

I found this site, seems alright. Tells me what ram i can use

https://www.memory-express.co.uk/index.aspx?pageid=30

DDR2 667 SoDIMM  seems to be the max i can run.

Also go to www.crucial.com and use thier memory detector

Lippsman cool link. Shows a bit more info than the site i used myself. So i can get 2x2 gb for 99$. That is not to bad.

A final question, if i install 4 gb, should i then upgrade to a 64 bit system?

I have a dual core  amd turion processor. Is the 64 bit system better (quicker) than the 32 bit?

It may not be.....Unless the software is written for a 64 bit CPU, the speed increase isn't really that much.

Personally I would just get the memory and see how much of a speed increase you notice.  Now your 32 bit system will not see all the memory. You will only see between 3 and 3.5 gig.

You can't just upgrade your CPU to 64 bits.  You have to change out the motherboard and memory also.  So you will pretty much be building a new computer.

Got my 4 gb installed. Seems to be working alright. I can only make use of 2.94 gb since there is one giga reserved by hardware and can not change it in my bios. But i will just have to live with that for now.

I like the aero preview windows on the task bar that show what you have open when you mouse over them.  My favorite thing by far.