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    M1330 & Win 7 64bit? Will it float?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Sebastian78, Jun 12, 2009.

  1. Sebastian78

    Sebastian78 Newbie

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    I'm just about to download the new Win 7 RC, but started wondering if I should go 64bit right away?

    I'm just going to do a clean install (it's a year since last anyways...) so I'm not upgrading from Vista. I'll be taking backup off-course and making a list of all installed sw so I can easily install them in the new OS.

    Anyone done this? Are there any issues? What can I expect? Which drivers wont work?

    I have the A15 bios, 4GB mem and will do an upgrade of the processor as well.
     
    Sebastian78, Jun 12, 2009
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  2. Mickbt26

    Mickbt26 Notebook Evangelist

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    If you can find the drivers for Vista x64 then most of them should work right away, The ones that do not can be compatability troubleshooted by windows 7 and forced to install.
    Ive installed windows 7 on mine and everything is working just fine using a lot of vista x64 drivers. good luck
     
    Mickbt26, Jun 12, 2009
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  3. SlackCollective

    SlackCollective Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm running Win 7 64-bit (RC1) on my M1330 - Windows update found most of the drivers, and for the remaining ones, Vista's x64 drivers work fine. Much snappier than Vista x64, plus around 20GB less HDD space used.
     
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  4. laziepig

    laziepig Notebook Geek

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    yes running good here.. but i prefer 32-bits and down-graded it.
     
    laziepig, Jun 14, 2009
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  5. paper_wastage

    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    same here, m1330 with windows 7 64 bit...

    everything found by windows update besides the bluetooth drivers... still have to download the vista drivers from dell and perform the FN-F2 trick(dell support has a small program to toggle this bluetooth when you are stuck here) to get it to work
     
    paper_wastage, Jun 14, 2009
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