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Re: Windows 7 vs 8
« Reply #25 on: June 24, 2013, 09:14:01 pm »
Stick with 7, it isnt going any where for a few years.

You only need Pro if your connecting to a domain, home premium will be fine for you.

Pretend 8 doesn't exists. 9 will be out in 2 years or so anyways lol

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Re: Windows 7 vs 8
« Reply #26 on: June 25, 2013, 06:30:31 pm »
Hi Shane thank you

1. Because i am only on Dial Up, new laptop computers don't support dial up. but i do have another    computer that i will be using for online.
Can i download Drivers, Windows 7 updates etc onto a flash drive and load it on the new computer and load offline?

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Re: Windows 7 vs 8
« Reply #27 on: June 25, 2013, 07:30:46 pm »
Yes you can, but on dial up you are looking at a long download time as some drivers can be in the hundreds of MB.

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Re: Windows 7 vs 8
« Reply #28 on: June 25, 2013, 09:19:33 pm »
Yes you can, but on dial up you are looking at a long download time as some drivers can be in the hundreds of MB.

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Thanks Shane

I have done Windows Updates on Dial up but not any driver updates.

Is it easy to do, specially the Windows updates?

Is there a link to how to do this, or briefly can you tell me?

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Re: Windows 7 vs 8
« Reply #29 on: June 26, 2013, 01:20:53 pm »
All depends on which system you get bud.

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Re: Windows 7 vs 8
« Reply #30 on: June 28, 2013, 01:27:21 am »
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All depends on which system you get bud.

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Thanks Shane

I intend to get a Windows 7 64 bit


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Re: Windows 7 vs 8
« Reply #31 on: June 28, 2013, 12:02:09 pm »
I meant what model and make of laptop :wink:

Some may offer Windows 7 drivers, other may only offer 8. Would be a good idea to check the model before you get it.

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