Which WIN OS to Install with this Hardware Specs ?

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Hi Guys,

I am planning to buy a new laptop and it comes with only DOS so I will have to install a OS in it. I need suggestions based on its hardware specifications which is the most compatible Windows OS I should install in it ? Please suggest ?

The Specs are

Pentium Dual Core-3rd Generation
2.4 GHz
64 BIT
2GB Ram can be extended to total of 4GB aswell. (Has an additional 2GB RAM Slot)
500 GB Hard Disk.

Thanks

windows 7 home basic or premium

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for less than 4gb ram install 32 bit win 7 home premium/pro/ultimate or 32bit win 8(if you like its new interface).

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whitestar_999 said:
for less than 4gb ram install 32 bit win 7 home premium/pro/ultimate or 32bit win 8(if you like its new interface).

I am not sure I understood correctly... But on a 64 Bit Machine why would one install a 32 Bit OS ? or are these two different things ? And Windows 7 will it not lag on this Configuration? I mean will it not be too advanced for such less powerful Hardware Specifications ?

What Windows OS is there which is not pathetic other than Windows 7?

Anyway, with 2 GB 32 bit, with 4 GB 64 bit.

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whatthefrak said:
What Windows OS is there which is not pathetic other than Windows 7?

Anyway, with 2 GB 32 bit, with 4 GB 64 bit.

Ok Got it ! So what you mean to say is, If I have 2 GB RAM go for 32 Bit and if I have 4 GB RAM go for 64 Bit right ? But does the 64 BIT OS has any advantages against 32 BIT OS ? If Yes what are those advantages ?

And does Windows 8 Sucks even when compared against Windows 7 ?

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whatthefrak said:
What Windows OS is there which is not pathetic other than Windows 7?

Anyway, with 2 GB 32 bit, with 4 GB 64 bit.

windows 8 isnt all that bad,i prefer 7 but i have 8 on my htpc as a primary os and its great as a htpc os

Win8 has lower memory footprint I think

Kvishal said:
Ok Got it ! So what you mean to say is, If I have 2 GB RAM go for 32 Bit and if I have 4 GB RAM go for 64 Bit right ?
But does the 64 BIT OS has any advantages against 32 BIT OS ? If Yes what are those advantages ?

And does Windows 8 Sucks even when compared against Windows 7 ?

For daily tasks you cannot differentiate between 32 bit & 64 bit OS, IMO getting a 64 bit OS makes more sense today simply because it leaves you with a upgrade path for more RAM.

I would pick windows 8 over windows 7 anyday.

tanmaymohan said:
Win8 has lower memory footprint I think

yes it is

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Chaitanya said:
I would pick windows 8 over windows 7 anyday.

But will Windows 8 work smoothly on my above mentioned Hardware Specs ?

In my knowledge it will do butter smooth.

FYI : win 8 works better on slower systems as compared to win 7

Yes it will work flawlessly

but some applications are leaving 32 bit and wholly shifting to 64 bit, example adobe CS6 stuff...
if you wont be using such applications go with 32 bit

kkn13 said:
windows 8 isnt all that bad,i prefer 7 but i have 8 on my htpc as a primary os and its great as a htpc os

I don't think there is any OS which I tried to like so much other than Windows 8.1 Pro. Installed it three times, and each time I found a new problem and was 'forced' back to Seven! Last week I broke the DVD, and it made me feel good

First time I couldn't find a way to have two users at log-in, but that was solved with the hep from people of seven forums.

Next time I couldn't open my router's configuration page (192.168.0.1) with all the browsers I tried! This was the killer deal!

Needless to say the first thing anyone will hate is that new Tiles childishness on a non touch device! However apps like StartIsBack and all are there to solve it. The only advantage of Windows 8.1 was the Screen Mirroring feature which is unavailable for Win 7, which I liked. Also Win 8.1 is more optimized for laptop's battery efficiency, at least the report says like that. But I am, what you people call a power user, don't care how much resource one OS sucks from my rig, it ain't that bad

Kvishal said:
Ok Got it ! So what you mean to say is, If I have 2 GB RAM go for 32 Bit and if I have 4 GB RAM go for 64 Bit right ? But does the 64 BIT OS has any advantages against 32 BIT OS ? If Yes what are those advantages ?

And does Windows 8 Sucks even when compared against Windows 7 ?

Yes, if you have 4 GB 64 bit is recommended. Below 4 GB, 32 bit.
And yes, Windows 8 sucks when exactly compared with Windows 7. But again, you might find Windows 8 cool, if I didn't face the problems with Windows 8.1 then I would not bash it to be honest. I will try Windows 9 again once it's released, but never 8.1 again

PS : Sounds like it's you laptop, so it might sound crazy but I will advice Windows 8.1 regardless of my hatred towards it. Cause it's kinda low powered config, and as Win 8.1 is really well optimized for lower specified hardware it might run fine than Windows 7. If for some reason you don't like it you can always go back to super trustworthy Seven

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3rd gen pentium dual core is more than enough to run win 7 or win 8 smoothly.all processors are 64bit os compatible for years now.64bit os has no user noticeable advantage over 32bit except the ability to use 4gb or more ram.win 8 will use less ram & slightly more power saving(longer battery backup) but again the difference won't be significant compared to win 7.

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whatthefrak said:
I don't think there is any OS which I tried to like so much other than Windows 8.1 Pro. Installed it three times, and each time I found a new problem and was 'forced' back to Seven! Last week I broke the DVD, and it made me feel good

First time I couldn't find a way to have two users at log-in, but that was solved with the hep from people of seven forums.

Next time I couldn't open my router's configuration page (192.168.0.1) with all the browsers I tried! This was the killer deal!

Needless to say the first thing anyone will hate is that new Tiles childishness on a non touch device! However apps like StartIsBack and all are there to solve it. The only advantage of Windows 8.1 was the Screen Mirroring feature which is unavailable for Win 7, which I liked. Also Win 8.1 is more optimized for laptop's battery efficiency, at least the report says like that. But I am, what you people call a power user, don't care how much resource one OS sucks from my rig, it ain't that bad

Yes, if you have 4 GB 64 bit is recommended. Below 4 GB, 32 bit.
And yes, Windows 8 sucks when exactly compared with Windows 7. But again, you might find Windows 8 cool, if I didn't face the problems with Windows 8.1 then I would not bash it to be honest. I will try Windows 9 again once it's released, but never 8.1 again

PS : Sounds like it's you laptop, so it might sound crazy but I will advice Windows 8.1 regardless of my hatred towards it. Cause it's kinda low powered config, and as Win 8.1 is really well optimized for lower specified hardware it might run fine than Windows 7. If for some reason you don't like it you can always go back to super trustworthy Seven

ohh i see you were hit by the wifi bug,i touch wood didnt have that issue but alot of my friends had it,8.1 supposedly fixed it
i like windows 8 but i prefer 7 as my daily os
maybe 8.1 update 1 will change that

Get 4GB ram and install 64 bit windows 7. Haven't used win 8 that much. So can't really say much about it.

I used Windows 8 for testing on a pentium 4, 1.5Gig RAM TBH i was shocked to see Windows 8 performed well over Windows 7 in its first boot, but the worst thing happened is drivers. My motherboard audio output is faulty, so a sound card with no support was useless. So sticking with Windows XP.
For [MENTION=92565]Kvishal[/MENTION] Try Windows 8, you will feel butter smooth and blazing speed

Windows 8.1 is optimised for this kind of specs or even more lower than these. When windows 8 performance is good on low specs I feel like 8.1 will a little better than 8 in terms of performance and fluidity.

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amjath said:
I used Windows 8 for testing on a pentium 4, 1.5Gig RAM TBH i was shocked to see Windows 8 performed well over Windows 7 in its first boot, but the worst thing happened is drivers. My motherboard audio output is faulty, so a sound card with no support was useless. So sticking with Windows XP.
For [MENTION=92565]Kvishal[/MENTION] Try Windows 8, you will feel butter smooth and blazing speed

i also installed windows 7 on my pentium 4 HT 531 3ghz , it had the same issues with the sound card, after installing numerous xp drivers it wasnt working so i tried Realtek HD drivers and it worked,try it out it may work for u
xp runs slower than 7 on my p4 pc
i havent tried windows 8 on the p4 pc yet since i fried the gpu years ago

does it work with the onboard gpu?

what ever you want . you can !! :doublethumb:

kkn13 said:
i also installed windows 7 on my pentium 4 HT 531 3ghz , it had the same issues with the sound card, after installing numerous xp drivers it wasnt working so i tried Realtek HD drivers and it worked,try it out it may work for u
xp runs slower than 7 on my p4 pc
i havent tried windows 8 on the p4 pc yet since i fried the gpu years ago
does it work with the onboard gpu?

On board GPU yes. Could you please post the link for sound card drivers, also how do i know that this driver works with my addon sound card

K

i dunno even mine was a weird old outdated sound card but the normal realtek HD audio driver worked somehow
heres a link though-
Realtek

i had actually given up hope on that pc since its my oldest but fond memories!!

but after this it works perfect
btw which P4 do u have? mines a prescott HT edition

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Guys,

I am so...so...confused between installing Windows 7 or Windows 8 ?? isn't windows 8 made and meant to be used more for touch enabled devices mine is not a touch screen laptop. So should I go still with Windows 8 ? Or it makes no difference if you have a touch enabled laptop ? Will windows 8 still be a better choice ?

Thanks !

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depends on your taste.i find win 7 simpler to use but one of the main reason behind it is me being a power user so not sure how much difference it would make to an average user.there are people here(average as well as power users) who are happy with win 8.

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whitestar_999 said:
depends on your taste.i find win 7 simpler to use but one of the main reason behind it is me being a power user so not sure how much difference it would make to an average user.there are people here(average as well as power users) who are happy with win 8.

I consider myself as power user

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One more thing about using Windows 8 and I guess it is also the case with Windows 7 none of these OS allow a window opened aside next window in your browser as in you have to do by tabbed browsing open tabs in the same window but you cannot open new windows is that not the case with both of these OS ?

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take a look here:
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/chit-chat/182011-experience-windows-8-i-thought-vista-bad.html

anything browser related has nothing to do with os,it depends on browser to disable tabbed browsing.

I am pretty fast at adapting to new interfaces, but using Windows 8 on a friend's laptop gave me headache (I think his touchpad was partially at fault).

Another of my friend has pretty low end HP laptop with 2nd gen core i5 + 4GB DDR3, he was fine with windows 7, but after he did a clean install of Windows 8 his laptop started freezing often and he switched back to windows 7 in three days. So, I'd suggest that instead of buying windows 8, install a trial version (I think 30/90 days trial is available) first to see how well it does on your system.