Windows 7 install

Torque · 12-01-2010, 03:43 PM

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?

Nikose Tyris · 12-01-2010, 04:19 PM

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.

Torque · 12-01-2010, 05:34 PM

hmm.... Shit. Well NOW what the fuck do I do for xmas?!?! lol.

akaSM · 12-01-2010, 06:17 PM

Maybe 7 isn't a bad choice, I mean, she's running vista already o_o

Krylo · 12-01-2010, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Torque

hmm.... Shit. Well NOW what the fuck do I do for xmas?!?! lol.

New computer.

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.

synkr0nized · 12-01-2010, 08:45 PM

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.

Torque · 12-01-2010, 08:48 PM

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"

synkr0nized · 12-01-2010, 08:50 PM

Well then maybe you should buy her a class in how to not bog down her machine with malware and/or improperly configure things?

Torque · 12-01-2010, 08:52 PM

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.

synkr0nized · 12-01-2010, 08:54 PM

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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synkr0nized synk-ism Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: throughout the Wired Posts: 6,857	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. __________________ Find love. Last edited by synkr0nized; 12-01-2010 at 08:48 PM.

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synkr0nized synk-ism Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: throughout the Wired Posts: 6,857	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? __________________ Find love.

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synkr0nized synk-ism Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: throughout the Wired Posts: 6,857	^_____________________^ There's your present! Break up with her and tell her it's for the good of her electronics. She will thank you later. __________________ Find love.