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<blockquote data-quote="Nellisir" data-source="post: 5019087" data-attributes="member: 70">Thanks!&nbsp; I did some more research last night, and insofar as I can tell, 4GB of RAM is max, so that's not an option.&nbsp; I had was making Illustrator do things it shouldn't really be doing, so I'm working on improving my workflow &amp; learning programs to use when appropriate so file size doesn't get so unwieldy - which takes care of the Illustrator problem.I was planning on updating to Win 7 over winter break - no way was I going to screw with my computer just before all my projects were due!OK; that's what I was leaning towards.Now, from what I've just read, 32-bit vs 64-bit is not a hardware spec, or not hardware reliant?&nbsp; In other words, I could potentially install 64-bit Win 7 on the desktop?&nbsp; (I probably won't, since that would be a total install &amp; require a full version of Win 7, which costs more $$$ than an upgrade - and I realize going from Win XP to Win 7 is a bigger jump than Vista to Win 7, but that's OK - everything on the desktop can be backed up to my external harddrive, and there's nothing on there that isn't duplicated on one of the laptops.)Thanks!&nbsp; I researched this last night and came to the same conclusion.&nbsp; Like I said, it's been running like a trooper since I bought it.&nbsp; I got a new battery and upgraded RAM three or four years ago, otherwise never a problem.&nbsp; The HP had far more issues, initially.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nellisir, post: 5019087, member: 70"] Thanks! I did some more research last night, and insofar as I can tell, 4GB of RAM is max, so that's not an option. I had was making Illustrator do things it shouldn't really be doing, so I'm working on improving my workflow & learning programs to use when appropriate so file size doesn't get so unwieldy - which takes care of the Illustrator problem. I was planning on updating to Win 7 over winter break - no way was I going to screw with my computer just before all my projects were due! OK; that's what I was leaning towards. Now, from what I've just read, 32-bit vs 64-bit is not a hardware spec, or not hardware reliant? In other words, I could potentially install 64-bit Win 7 on the desktop? (I probably won't, since that would be a total install & require a full version of Win 7, which costs more $$$ than an upgrade - and I realize going from Win XP to Win 7 is a bigger jump than Vista to Win 7, but that's OK - everything on the desktop can be backed up to my external harddrive, and there's nothing on there that isn't duplicated on one of the laptops.) Thanks! I researched this last night and came to the same conclusion. Like I said, it's been running like a trooper since I bought it. I got a new battery and upgraded RAM three or four years ago, otherwise never a problem. The HP had far more issues, initially. [/QUOTE]

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