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Question about Windows 7 upgrade

bakoy — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:48:41 GMT

Hi, I recently bought the Vaio AW-31 M monster laptop, but it came with 32 bit Vista, so I am not fully taking advantage of my 4GB RAM. For the windows 7 upgrade, will I receive both the 32 bit and 64 bit installation discs? Because I want to install the 64 bit version.

Will I be able to do this with the upgrade CD I'll receive from Sony?

Thanks for your help.

Re: Question about Windows 7 upgrade

Blencogo — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:55:50 GMT

Hi bakoy and welcome.

The Sony 'free' upgrade is an 'IN PLACE UPGRADE' and there is no upgrade path from 32 to 64-bit.

You will only get the equivalent version you have now - Vista Home Premium 32-bit to Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit.

For any upgrade to another version (Pro or Ultimate) or another language or from 32-bit to 64-bit (or vice-versa) you will need to buy a retail upgrade version from PC World, Currys or Amazon.

Re: Question about Windows 7 upgrade

bakoy — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:42:24 GMT

Hi bakoy and welcome.

The Sony 'free' upgrade is an 'IN PLACE UPGRADE' and there is no upgrade path from 32 to 64-bit.

You will only get the equivalent version you have now - Vista Home Premium 32-bit to Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit.

For any upgrade to another version (Pro or Ultimate) or another language or from 32-bit to 64-bit (or vice-versa) you will need to buy a retail upgrade version from PC World, Currys or Amazon.

Hey, thanks for your answer! Do you think it'll be worth it to buy the 62bit version?

Cheers

Re: Question about Windows 7 upgrade

thomkets — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:53:43 GMT

Hi

I Preordered mine from currys and it came with both 32bit & 64bit dvds

hope this helps

Re: Question about Windows 7 upgrade

Blencogo — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:07:32 GMT

Thanks thomkets. Is that the £59 Home Premium Upgrade.

Welcome to Club Vaio.

Re: Question about Windows 7 upgrade

sonypass33 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:29:12 GMT


Hey, thanks for your answer! Do you think it'll be worth it to buy the 62bit version?
Cheers

It ships with both 32 & 64 version discs in the same box.

Re: Question about Windows 7 upgrade

ash_c64 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:08:04 GMT

This is the same issue i was having with the so called free upgrade! I was only getting a 32bit windows 7, which does not use my 4gb ram (which i will upgrade to 8gb) so i decided to purchase Windows 7 64bit from microsoft with student discount.. For anything more then 4gb ram its better to get a 64bit... I have a NW11z/t which the newer models ship with Win 7 64bit so i was able to easly get all the drivers from those models on the support page. Now i have a fully running Vaio with windows 7 64bit and no driver issues.