System Specs:

Celeron E1200 (1.6 GHz)
4GB of PC6400
NVidia GeForce 7100 GPU / nForce 630i


Plenty of hard drive space.

Wondering which OS you guys personally feel would be best.
Mostly running Office Ultimate 2007, iTunes, and Safari

12/23/2008 5:14:45 PM

celeron wtf?!

i didn't even know they made 64bit celerons lol

12/23/2008 5:27:35 PM

are you kidding?

Celerons have supported i64 since the Celeron-D back in like 2004

That said go XP-32

[Edited on December 23, 2008 at 5:36 PM. Reason : a]

12/23/2008 5:36:09 PM

why the hell are you using a celeron?

12/23/2008 5:36:57 PM

XP

[Edited on December 23, 2008 at 5:42 PM. Reason : ,]

12/23/2008 5:41:58 PM

lol no i wasn't kidding - i never considered celerons as a serious processor for anything so i never bothered knowing anything about them

12/23/2008 6:20:12 PM

not to thread hijack, but i just slapped 4gb into my vista business machine and it shows all 4gb in the system specs. im using the ncsu msdn vista...is it 64 bit? i didn't think it was...

12/23/2008 6:56:13 PM

read this http://www.vistaclues.com/reader-question-maximum-memory-in-32-bit-windows-vista/

[Edited on December 23, 2008 at 7:08 PM. Reason : asdf]

12/23/2008 7:06:50 PM

^^I've got 4 gb installed in Vista32. It recognizes 4gb, but for ram usage it only recognizes 3.5 gb. My video card is using the other 0.5gb

12/23/2008 7:14:17 PM

go vista 64-bit

it will run swimmingly

12/24/2008 1:56:48 AM

my 32bit vista install is only showing 3 of the 4 gb.

i thought about installing 64bit tonight, but according to the link, it doesn't matter.

12/24/2008 10:31:25 AM

im just trying to figure out why mine shows all 4 (under system properties)

12/24/2008 11:02:56 AM

because the OS see the ram but can't utilize it.

mine does the same thing.

[Edited on December 24, 2008 at 4:39 PM. Reason : i am going to install 64 bit tonight.]

12/24/2008 4:38:46 PM

^^ Ever since SP1 the system properties will recognize all 4 GB's (I also have 4 GB and before SP1 it showed 3.5).

If you install a 3rd party widget/gadget that shows the ram usage it will only show the 3.5 GB and can only use the 3.5 GB.

I noticed this too...sees it and shows it in system properties but still can't use it (because as you know it's a limitation on hardware).

12/24/2008 10:52:07 PM

eh i've got 8, 64 bit.

12/25/2008 12:37:41 PM

I'm not doing anything that requires more power than a Celeron, in fact, I was trying to find a single core system (for power purposes).

This isn't my primary computer, I am using it mostly for Outlook and iTunes hosting (main purpose).

Good to hear the feedback on the Vista 64-Bit, I'm going to try it without a PCI-e graphics card and see how the GeForce 7100 holds up.

12/25/2008 1:11:25 PM

i hate that i made the mistake of not getting 64bit vista on my machine when i ordered it. it sucks when the system can't utilize the 4bg of ram in it.

now i gotta format, reinstall. boooooooo

12/25/2008 3:18:21 PM