On 5/23/14, 6:06, TOM WALKER -> ED VANCE wrote:   
      
   Hi Ed and Tom:   
      
    EV>> I bought the same XP computer that my brother has.   
      
    EV>> HP a1430n   
      
    EV>> He told me a neighbor suggested putting Windows 7 on his XP box   
    EV>> since MS ended support for XP.   
      
    EV>> Our PCs have a AMD 3800+ CPU,   
    EV>> The OS is 32 bit XP Media Center Edition 2005 with SP3.   
      
    EV>> Mine has 3GB DDR 400 Dual Channel 128-bit RAM,   
    EV>> I think his still has the 1GB RAM istalled by the factory.   
      
    EV>> Would Windows 7 work good on both of those PCs?   
      
    TW> On the 3 gig memory machien you shoudl have NO problems. the 1 gig one   
    TW> may be a problem but should be alright if you upgrade the memory   
      
   Keep in mind that Windows 7 x 32 bit will not be able to use any memory over   
   3.3 GB even if more is installed.  Windows 7 x 64 bit will use all your   
   memory.  I don't know how well Windows 7 will run on your AMD 3800+ CPU but it   
   ran real well on my older Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHZ 2008 MacBook using Boot Camp in a   
   dual boot configuration.   
      
   Windows 7 is still my first choice over XP and Windows 8 and 8.1.   
      
   Regards from Texas   
      
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