Windows 7 Questions

[yoo992]

Windows 7 Enterprise
vs
Windows 7 Home Basic
vs
Windows 7 Home
vs
Windows 7 Home Premium
vs
Windows 7 Professional
vs
Windows 7 Ultimate

Which one would be the fastest OS for a computer with 2.3 GHz and 2 GB of ram... Does it matter/??
Will the windows 7 Ultimate perform slower than the Windows 7 Home Basic??
Also, concerning the x32 or x64 or x86 , would choosing one or the other affect the speed of the computer???

Thanks

 

[madanchi]

choosing which bit wont differ in performance if youve got the correct amount of ram needed for each bit. 32bit = anything below 4gb, 64bit=4gb above

as for the rest im not sure and wouldnt be able to give an accurate enough answer

 

[dudelewis1]

Oh and 32 bit is x86 btw, just a different way of writing it.

 

[yoo992]

so the computer's speed would decrease if I were to say, install x64 with a computer wiht 2GB of ram?

 

[dudelewis1]

Not really, but if you don't have more than 4 gigs of ram or plan on upgrading to more than 4 gigs there is really no point.

 

[yoo992]

so one more question..
One or the other (Ultimate or home , etc.) won't slow down my computer in any way?

In other words, my computer performance won't change due to the type of windows 7 i choose to install?

 

[foothead]

Ultimate is more bloated, and it costs more for features that 95% of people will not use.

Home premium is typically the way to go.

 

[Celegorm]

Ultimate is more bloated, and it costs more for features that 95% of people will not use.

Home premium is typically the way to go.

Agreed.

Ultimate add business features to the home edition like the ability to join a domain (which is in professional but not home premium), Unix support (which home users never touch) and a few other network security things that really only work on large corporate domains.

With out trying to sounds like a dick, if you don't know anything about what I just mentioned, then Ultimate isn't worth your money.

 

[Legodude522]

I would recommend Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. Does everything you need and well. I still would recommend you upgrade your memory.

 

[yoo992]

yeah.. the thing is i'm getting the OS for free regardless...

If it doesn't slow my computer down, I think I'm going to go for Ultimate.. I take it that it takes more HD space though