Windows 7 install - Page 3

Torque · 12-01-2010, 10:27 PM

She's into Farmtown, not Farmville. And with the Xbox now hooked to both computers, any and all videos she has on her computer get played on the TV in the living room. She's not much of a media person... she just really wants her shit to work, and it's slowly crumbling around her, alas.

Sithdarth · 12-01-2010, 10:34 PM

You know what instantly stops slow crumbling due to age? New stuff. Plus everyone loves new stuff. That and the frustration associated with getting new stuff working for her in my experience will be far less than the frustration of keeping the old stuff working for her. If for no other reason than your sanity go with the easy option.

Torque · 12-01-2010, 10:38 PM

All very true, but I'm still trying to balance the "make it work as a good present" with "throw a shitload of money at it till it works".... I happen to know what she bought me for Xmas, and while *I* don't take things such as money or time into consideration when making gift exchanges, I know she DOES, and if I go out and get her a 400 or 500 dollar(after adding all the taxes, warranties, servicing that I WILL get fucked for) computer system, she will feel like she didn't measure up. And no one wants that.

Shin Amakiir · 12-02-2010, 11:28 AM

Okay, this is what you do. You buy her a couple more sticks of RAM; NOT so that she can play games, but so that she can actually use her computer. Vista and 7 are stupid for the amount of RAM they suddenly needed. But I guess that's what happens when you don't release a new OS for years.

ANYWAY. Buy her the RAM. Stick it into her tower. (That's what she said.) MAKE SURE that when you go to buy the RAM, you take a current stick of RAM from her tower so you get compatible stuff. She may have 2 512mbs in there, so be prepared for some swapping. Once you have the RAM in, if you have the extra money, spring for 7 Home Premium. Otherwise, get a copy of Vista from the internet (You can torrent a clean Vista install disc, and therefore not piracy) and reinstall using her product key. However, if you can't find her key, then it's Windows 7 or long hours with debuggers.

12-02-2010, 11:28 AM	#24
Shin Amakiir First Axeman of Awesomeland Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The land of SEVEN potatoes! Posts: 153	Okay, this is what you do. You buy her a couple more sticks of RAM; NOT so that she can play games, but so that she can actually use her computer. Vista and 7 are stupid for the amount of RAM they suddenly needed. But I guess that's what happens when you don't release a new OS for years. ANYWAY. Buy her the RAM. Stick it into her tower. (That's what she said.) MAKE SURE that when you go to buy the RAM, you take a current stick of RAM from her tower so you get compatible stuff. She may have 2 512mbs in there, so be prepared for some swapping. Once you have the RAM in, if you have the extra money, spring for 7 Home Premium. Otherwise, get a copy of Vista from the internet (You can torrent a clean Vista install disc, and therefore not piracy) and reinstall using her product key. However, if you can't find her key, then it's Windows 7 or long hours with debuggers. __________________ No, seriously, Nanaimo is Seven Potatoes in Japanese.

12-01-2010, 10:34 PM	#22
Sithdarth Friendly Neighborhood Quantum Hobo Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Outside the M-brane look'n in Posts: 5,403	You know what instantly stops slow crumbling due to age? New stuff. Plus everyone loves new stuff. That and the frustration associated with getting new stuff working for her in my experience will be far less than the frustration of keeping the old stuff working for her. If for no other reason than your sanity go with the easy option.