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Installed windows 64 on 32 bit netbook

  • 12-11-2016 07:12PM
    #1
    pavb2
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    Hi all

    My daughter has an Acer netbook about 4 years old, 1 gb of RAM. I've had a lot of problems so re-installed windows 7 64 bit as my 32 bit DVD is broken.

    So is this ok and what adjustments if any should I make to get decent performance it seemed to install ok or should I buy a windows 32 bit DVD and install that.


Comments

  • #2
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,094 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Its fine.


  • #3
    PropJoe10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭PropJoe10


    So long as the processor actually supports a 64-bit OS then there shouldn't be a problem - it might use slightly more RAM than a 32-bit OS, though. 1GB RAM is pretty short for any modern Windows OS, 32 or 64 bit.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,160 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    It will use more RAM than the 32-bit version. Microsoft recommend at least 2GB of RAM for 64-bit due to this but it should still work.


  • #5
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,206 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    IIRC the extra memory overhead for 64 bit windows over 32 bit is of the order of a few percent. But I'd still suggest going up to 2gb ram anyway, the only instance of win7 i ever saw running well on 1gb ram was the netbook edition on an eeepc, and even then it still improved when I upgraded it to 2gb.


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