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    Vista on best buy lapys

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Lum-X, Jul 7, 2008.

  1. Lum-X

    Lum-X Notebook Evangelist

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    does anyone know if best buy gateway 6860 ships with vista 32 bit or 64 bit cause it has 4 gigs of ram and on 32 bit i cant get all of them
     
    Lum-X, Jul 7, 2008
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It is 32bit, and I'm pretty sure you cannot upgrade to 64bit on the OEM key included.
     
    Greg, Jul 7, 2008
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    The 6860 comes with Vista 64bit.
     
    vrux, Jul 7, 2008
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    Its 64 bit
     
    zosobao, Jul 7, 2008
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    Just to follow up on Greg's post:

    32-bit keys and 64-bit keys are completely interchangeable. You technically own the license to both versions. I'm not suggesting anything, just informing.
     
    Bauer418, Jul 7, 2008
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    Alright, maybe I am wrong on the 64bit...if you can check the laptop yourself in BB...good idea.

    Perhaps I am wrong on both counts... :mad:
     
    Greg, Jul 7, 2008
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    The P6860 fx ships with 64bit vista, the oem disk that comes with it has both on it. So you can have either one.
     
    flynnaz, Jul 7, 2008
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  9. Lum-X

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    Thats good
    FLYNNAZ

    i se you have a lots of gateways and 64 bits os
    do you have lots of problems with drivers (not GPU,chipset,etc thease elementary drivers but others like camera, scaners)
     
    Lum-X, Jul 7, 2008
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    lum-x since it comes shiped with 64 bit pre installed u dont have to worry about drivers because drivers will obviously come preinstalled, the gateway website wil have them as will your D Partition.
     
    Lakjin, Jul 7, 2008
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    yes i know that but i dont have drivers for xp-vista 64 but for my camera thats what i ment cause i know that yo have them in a particon
     
    Lum-X, Jul 7, 2008
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    The only driver I haven't found yet that's caused a problem is I can't find one to a Linksys wireless print server I have at home. The printer is fine, but there's some software you're supposed to install on your client PCs to "find" the printer-server and that won't install. And so far I can't seem to make it function without this software even if I hard-code the IP address and manually try to discover it.

    Otherwise, I'd say 99% of the "Vista driver problems" report are old reports that have been fixed. Driver problems was a legit issue when Vista first came out, but it's minor one now. Most come from people who don't have Vista and are just regurgitating initial problems from a year & a half ago when vista first dropped.

    My old (circa 2001/2002) camcorder required the install CD to work under WinXP, I was pleasantly surprised to find it worked without the install CD under Vista (pleased because I couldn't find the CD lol).
     
    MtnMike, Jul 7, 2008
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    I have not had any problems with Vista 64bit or 32bit except with a old GE webcam, no biggy.
     
    flynnaz, Jul 7, 2008
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  14. Lum-X

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    I will have problems with my camera cause its a bit old and i must buy new one soon
     
    Lum-X, Jul 8, 2008
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