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Started by Ryex, December 16, 2011, 08:45:04 pm

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Ryex

December 16, 2011, 08:45:04 pm
I've had my computer for about 3 years now. it's a Dell XPS M1530. nice laptop, Powerful for when I bought it. 2.5 GH dual core, 4 GB ram, nvidia GeForce 8600m GT. it cam with a Vista 32 bit os
About a year ago I upgraded to Windows 7 32 bit

here is my discovery, my computer is 64 bit capable. about a year after I bought my laptop they started selling the exact same modal with a 64 bit OS! no difference in hardware the motherboard and processor ect are 64 bit capable. so just to day I formatted my HD and installed the 64 bit version of 7. (don't worry I saved all my files)

I just gained half a gig of ram by upgrading and it seems to be running faster too. I'm running an average of 5-8% less CPU under normal operation.

WHY DID I NOT DO THIS SOONER!
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December 16, 2011, 10:52:16 pm #1
To answer your question bluntly, you obviously didn't know. :3 Its awesome to hear your computers running better.

ForeverZer0

January 17, 2012, 02:50:41 am #2
I just stumbled across this, and I thought of this post.

http://www.igorware.com/64bit-checker/download

Its a tool that will tell you if your processor is 64-bit capable or not.  If you were thinking about upgrading, it could save you some time looking it up.
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