Which version of windows to get? Advice needed
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Which version of windows to get? Advice needed
Guys,
Just got a Dell Precision Workstation 390 from my work as no longer required.
It has come with an XP disc, but that's only 32bit and the PC has 8GB of RAM, so is obviously only seeing 3GB!
My question is, do I buy a copy of XP 64bit, or go windows 7 or 8 64bit?
The HDD sounds like its eating itself so I'll get a new HDD - anything to avoid there?
What is the better OS to be on? And any links to the cheapest place to purchase would be great - I'm a bit out of touch with it all these days
Cheers
Just got a Dell Precision Workstation 390 from my work as no longer required.
It has come with an XP disc, but that's only 32bit and the PC has 8GB of RAM, so is obviously only seeing 3GB!
My question is, do I buy a copy of XP 64bit, or go windows 7 or 8 64bit?
The HDD sounds like its eating itself so I'll get a new HDD - anything to avoid there?
What is the better OS to be on? And any links to the cheapest place to purchase would be great - I'm a bit out of touch with it all these days
Cheers
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XP is no longer supported, which means Windows Update may stop working for it soon.
So I'd advise you to go with Windows 7 32 bit, unless the CPU is 64bit supported.
So I'd advise you to go with Windows 7 32 bit, unless the CPU is 64bit supported.
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According to http://www.dell.com/downloads/global...ecn_390_en.pdf - it states that it supports 64 bit so you can get Windows 7 64 bit.
However, please confirm this first before buying a copy!
However, please confirm this first before buying a copy!
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Win7 or Win8.1 (64bit). However the only real advantage with win8.1 over Win7 is its sata3 driver enhancements. Your workstation 390 dont support sata3.0 anyways so really no need for Win8.
And I mean sata3.0, not sata2.0 - 3,0gb/s. Sata3.0 = 6gb/s bandwidth.
And I mean sata3.0, not sata2.0 - 3,0gb/s. Sata3.0 = 6gb/s bandwidth.
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Win 7, and if you are buying a new drive get a small SSD as well for the OS. It's amazingly quick, and not too much money.
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I'll post a pic of the HDD soon!
So it seems that Windows 7 64bit seems to be the answer, best place to buy?!!
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