Upgrade to windoes 7 (but which one)

DarkWhisper · 8 Apr 2010 at 10:29

Am looking to upgrade to windows 7. but not sure which one to get.
and how do you disabled hibernation and system restore.

theheyes · 8 Apr 2010 at 10:31

Sounds like you need Home Premium x64 full retail.

DarkWhisper · 8 Apr 2010 at 10:33

Whats is OEM

theheyes · 8 Apr 2010 at 10:41

Original Equipment Manufacturer. I'd avoid it at current prices as it's false economy in my opinion and technically you're not supposed to use it anyway.

DarkWhisper · 8 Apr 2010 at 10:43

Would the 32bit work for me?

theheyes · 8 Apr 2010 at 10:46

Yes and no. It would literally work on your system, but you won't be able to use all of your memory and there is little point not going with 64 bit unless you have a very specific compatibility problem. If it's the PC in your sig, everyone would recommend 64 bit.

SiriusB · 8 Apr 2010 at 15:00

32 bit will only see at most 3.5GB of your RAM. So you pretty much have to get 64-bit if you want to use all 8GB. It is a very recent machine so I don't see you having any compatability issues. Though regardless of the age of a PC, it is usually older, poorly supported peripherals that have problems with 64 bit OSs.