if I install 32-bit OS on the laptop, how much resource I waste? 50% of cpu, memory and main-board?
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You'll only "waste" 4 gigs of memory. The 32 bit os won't take up any more harddrive space or cpu cycles than the 64 bit. You will probably only notice it if you are running some memory intensive applications or very specific applications. And if you are using those apps, you wouldn't be asking the question. :) What will happen if you do use some program that takes up a lot of working memory is that the os will use the swap file on the hard drive as virtual memory, and then you will notice a bit of a slow down because hard drive access is much, much slower than memory access. For normal Office apps, web browsing, and general computer use, I've noticed no difference between 64 bit and 32 bit windows. The big difference for both of them is going from 2 gigs of ram to 4 gigs on older computers. For most general computer use, 4 gigs is enough to hold the os and apps in memory very little paging. I'm not an intensive gamer, so there may be some games that benefit from the extra memory. But again, if you were a super high end intensive gamer, you wouldn't want to go to the 32 bit version in the first place. :)
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Hi, 32bit systems dont recognize more than 3gb, you must upgrade to 64 bit os in orther to use full 4gb
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Yes, but you should figure out what type of operating system you have (32 bit or 64 bit), because a 32 bit OS will have a cap of 4 Gigs of ram. Your motherboard should have 2 slots for ram, which means you could possibly have 8 Gigs, but only with a 64 bit OS.
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32bit oses can only physically allocate 3.5GB of memory. No 32 bit os can allocate over this set amount. If you need to allocate more memory you will need a 64bit os.
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good evening, I will actually install a 32 gb and not think of any problem, now I have a 16 gb and goes just as well.
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Yes but you might lose warranty and if the OS installed is not 64 bit, you wont be able to see the difference after 4gb of RAM
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64 bits... This laptop has been my best investment ever. One of the weak points is not Full HD
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Get the 830D; use Win7 64 bit and try to get 4 gig ram... Runs fast and cool.
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Hi,We have Windows 7 Home at 32-Bit, This is also stated in the Title of item. Any questions you can contact us 844-889-1070, Sincerely, Re-Circuit
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32GB assuming that you have windows 7 pro. Basic limits you on ram available.
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This motherboard will work fine either way, but if you need more than 4GB RAM you will need a 64-bit OS.
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A 32 bit OS will only support up to 4GB of RAM but a 64 bit OS will support up to 512GB with Windows 8 professional. Most modern computers use a 64 bit OS. This motherboard works fine with either.
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Thank you Kenneth.....if I bought a new laptop with Windows 7 and 64 bit OS, would the programs in my current 32 bit Vista machine work--or other 32 bit programs?
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Any core 2, either duo or quad, is capable of 32 or 64 bit operation. The settings are in the bios at start-up. Default setting is 32 bit.
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Absolutely. You won't have any trouble running 64bit Windows or apps like Photoshop CC.
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Yes, and FYI, you can always downgrade but not upgrade. 32 bit programs will run on a 64 bit system while 64 bit programs will NOT run on a 32 bit system.
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Windows 7 32 bit Will be blind to any more than 4 gigs of ram. Won't hurt it but it will not use it and therefor a waste.