Posts by Gary Booth4

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Anyone still running Windows 7? in Software · Jan 3, 2010

Alright, thanks. I’ll give it a shot—but if this turns into a complete disaster, I’m reverting straight back to XP... honestly, if I can just slap some more RAM in there, then we're golden. And look, I actually agree with STARS here—the guy's got a point... even the dude who handed me this CD is running Win7 on a measly 512MB of RAM 👍

EDIT: I'm going to format the old drive and just blast Win7 onto it... I've got a secondary hard drive too, so I can probably just move my backups over there to make sure I don't lose any files while I'm messing around with this, right??

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Anyone still running Windows 7? in Software · Jan 3, 2010

Hey everyone... I’ve been digging through the minimum system requirements for Win7 lately, and honestly, the information is all over the place—some sites claim you need 512MB of RAM while others insist on at least 1GB... Now, the amount of memory isn't my main headache here; I'm currently sitting at 512MB, but I have another 1GB arriving very soon... My real concern is whether this whole thing is just going to be a stuttering, laggy mess once it's actually running. Some guy who handed me the installation disc swore it would work fine on my setup... I'm running a 3.0 Dual Core with 128MB of video memory... and for storage, I've got one 30GB drive and another 40GB one... Is it even worth attempting this with just 512MB, or should I just hold off until that extra RAM arrives before I even bother trying to install it? Thanks. 👍

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