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    Windows 7 Ultimate on Vaio?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by DeathDealer, Jul 28, 2011.

  1. DeathDealer

    DeathDealer Notebook Consultant

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    I have a Z-12, i-7, and 4g RAM.

    I'm currently running Home Premium with no problems. If I upgrade to Ultimate, will it hamper my computer at all (slow or lag)?

    Are there any negatives to upgrading to Ultimate?

    Thanks for your help!
     
    DeathDealer, Jul 28, 2011
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  2. TofuTurkey

    TofuTurkey Married a Champagne Mango

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    My Samsung Q1 with Pentium celeron and 1gb RAM runs Windows Ultimate. I don't think you'll have any problems.
     
    TofuTurkey, Jul 28, 2011
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  3. Brianho1337

    Brianho1337 Notebook Evangelist

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    My Fujitsu S2210 (specs in sig) runs ultimate very well. If the Z doesn't run it well, then......I'd be surprised...
     
    Brianho1337, Jul 28, 2011
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  4. Ung_Kung

    Ung_Kung Notebook Evangelist

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    the real question is, do you need it?

    compare
     
    Ung_Kung, Jul 28, 2011
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  5. reb1

    reb1 Notebook Evangelist

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    I ran a trial of windows 7 Ultimate 64bit on my Vaio VGN-BZ560P22 for about a month to make sure everything worked out first. I made an install disk from the Windows 7 legal downloads post. http://forum.notebookreview.com/windows-os-software/428068-legal-windows-7-download-links-just-like-vista-before.html
    I went to the Wikapedia post to get a more full featured comparison of the different windows 7 versions. Windows 7 editions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    I chose the 7 Pro 64bit version a couple of weeks ago. I have 4gig of ram and everything runs great on it. Your computer has a faster processor so I would not worry about it.
     
    reb1, Jul 28, 2011
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  6. Brianho1337

    Brianho1337 Notebook Evangelist

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    Well, Ultimate does allow you to work in the language you desire without having to reset your whole machine. That's probably the best selling point of Ultimate.
     
    Brianho1337, Jul 29, 2011
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  7. Ung_Kung

    Ung_Kung Notebook Evangelist

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    i think you might miss understand. in any Win7 version you can type and read any language, the function is win7ultimate is refer to the UI only (ie, when you right click instead of view, sortby. refresh is going to change to your installed language)
     
    Ung_Kung, Jul 29, 2011
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  8. avmaxfan

    avmaxfan Notebook Evangelist

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    You have the one of the fastest Win7 laptops out there and you anticipate LAG ?? :eek:
     
    avmaxfan, Jul 29, 2011
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