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    Asus 1215p

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by parthab, Mar 29, 2011.

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    Hi Guys

    Am planning to buy the ASUS 1215 net book, I have few queries which I wanted to get to know from any of you who had used the netbook


    1) The net book comes with 2GB ram, can we upgrade to 4GB ram ? if we upgrade will there be any change in bit rate (i.e 32 bit to 64 bit) - I read in one of the review from amazon which i pasted below,

    Source : Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: ASUS Eee PC Seashell 1215N-PU17-BK 12.1-Inch Netbook with 6 Hours of Battery Life - Black

    The laptop comes with Windows 7 (32bit) version. Windows 7 is fine, but being 32-bit is a problem. Say you had a desire to upgrade your RAM to the max 4 gig allowed... this means you need to get Windows 7 (64bit) version. And that is a problem since then you also must update each component's driver to its 64-bit version too. This takes significant time and effort tracking down what needs what. Trial and error will likely ensue for such a thing. You can use up to 3 gigs RAM with 32-bit Windows, which is probably fine for most of the people in today's market.

    2) Can we upgrade the OS ( i.e from Win 7 starter to Win Xp or Win 7 premium or something)

    3) Can we install any applications, softwares, utility softwares, programming applications etc
     
    parthab, Mar 29, 2011
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