Mark_88
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With the new technology...
A friend asked me to find her a used computer system...she has a 2.66 celeron processor with 1.5 gigs or ram that can only be upgraded to 2 gigs.
I saw a few systems similar to mine (Dell GX series) and saw that they have only a 2.0 gig processor but it is dual core (so I'd imagine it is faster than what she has) and it comes with 2.0 gigs of ram. Problem is it also comes with Windows 7 that I'm not familiar with.
Would the newer system be bogged down by 7 or could it handle it as a base. The friend only does surfing and e-mail.
I know I can upgrade the RAM to 4 gigs on my system but, silly me, I didn't get the series number (think it was actually lower than mine)...something like GX360...
This is a fairly novice user who does OK on XP...don't want to shock her too much with all these changes...lol
Anyway...any input on Windows 7 ram useage and what to expect would be appreciated...I could research it I'm sure but I'd rather hear from real live experienced users as opposed to some bot posts proclaiming the beauty of 7...blah...blah...blah
A friend asked me to find her a used computer system...she has a 2.66 celeron processor with 1.5 gigs or ram that can only be upgraded to 2 gigs.
I saw a few systems similar to mine (Dell GX series) and saw that they have only a 2.0 gig processor but it is dual core (so I'd imagine it is faster than what she has) and it comes with 2.0 gigs of ram. Problem is it also comes with Windows 7 that I'm not familiar with.
Would the newer system be bogged down by 7 or could it handle it as a base. The friend only does surfing and e-mail.
I know I can upgrade the RAM to 4 gigs on my system but, silly me, I didn't get the series number (think it was actually lower than mine)...something like GX360...
This is a fairly novice user who does OK on XP...don't want to shock her too much with all these changes...lol
Anyway...any input on Windows 7 ram useage and what to expect would be appreciated...I could research it I'm sure but I'd rather hear from real live experienced users as opposed to some bot posts proclaiming the beauty of 7...blah...blah...blah