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Upgrading from XP to Windows 7

With the XP support cutoff approaching and the system drive on my desktop giving up today with terminal

h/w failures I will make the switch to W7 64bit (I'm not interested in W8). Fortunately I have an XP laptop

to get onto the Internet with. I need to be able to run lagacy XP apps (Word, Excel etc) so I am looking at

the W7 Pro with 32bit support. Where can I get genuine MS copies of W7 64bit for the lowest cost? I will

need two copies. I'm happy to pay, but would like try and avoid the sort of prices I'm seeing advertised if

that is possible.

 

The system itself is based on a Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 Rev 1.0 motherboard and Intel E6600 overclocked to

3GHz. I've checked that it will support W7 64bit with updated Gigabyte drivers which I can download. It has

4Gb of RAM. There are two additional data drives (all SATA). I'm not interested in RAID. Is there anything that

springs to mind in making this move which will help me in making as painless as possible?

 

Many thanks!

Project 1547 - Out of the Blue

She's so fine, there's no tellin' where the money went - Simply irresistible.

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    With the XP support cutoff approaching and the system drive on my desktop giving up today with terminal

    h/w failures I will make the switch to W7 64bit (I'm not interested in W8). Fortunately I have an XP laptop

    to get onto the Internet with. I need to be able to run lagacy XP apps (Word, Excel etc) so I am looking at

    the W7 Pro with 32bit support. Where can I get genuine MS copies of W7 64bit for the lowest cost? I will

    need two copies. I'm happy to pay, but would like try and avoid the sort of prices I'm seeing advertised if

    that is possible.

     

    The system itself is based on a Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 Rev 1.0 motherboard and Intel E6600 overclocked to

    3GHz. I've checked that it will support W7 64bit with updated Gigabyte drivers which I can download. It has

    4Gb of RAM. There are two additional data drives (all SATA). I'm not interested in RAID. Is there anything that

    springs to mind in making this move which will help me in making as painless as possible?

     

    Many thanks!

    Project 1547 - Out of the Blue

    She's so fine, there's no tellin' where the money went - Simply irresistible.

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    Don't bother with the 32bit version mate. The 64bit version will run old MS Office stuff. I still use Office 2003 including outlook for my email and I don't have any problems at all.

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    Don't bother with the 32bit version mate. The 64bit version will run old MS Office stuff. I still use Office 2003 including outlook for my email and I don't have any problems at all.

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    Don't bother with the 32bit version mate. The 64bit version will run old MS Office stuff. I still use Office 2003 including outlook for my email and I don't have any problems at all.

     

    Good, that will save spending more money on Office then.

    Project 1547 - Out of the Blue

    She's so fine, there's no tellin' where the money went - Simply irresistible.

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    Don't bother with the 32bit version mate. The 64bit version will run old MS Office stuff. I still use Office 2003 including outlook for my email and I don't have any problems at all.

     

    Good, that will save spending more money on Office then.

    Project 1547 - Out of the Blue

    She's so fine, there's no tellin' where the money went - Simply irresistible.

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