I want to install Windows 7 and I'm thinking of the Home Basic edition. Will it matter if I go higher such as Professional or Ultimate? Also should I install 64-bit of 32-bit. I'm thinking of going with the 32-bit Windows 7 Home Basic edition. I just wanted to make sure that my hardware will be able to take it.
i've run windows 7 professional on pretty much lower specs and that, and it ran pretty well. The main possible bottleneck i see is the ram - 1gb is enough, but its the bare minimum i recommend with with windows 7- 2gb is a little bit more comfortable.
Most netbooks come with windows 7 starter, which is good enough for basic things. I've not seem home basic out here since its for developing countries only, but Unless you need some feature specific to the higher versions (I run professional for RDP and xp mode support for example), it would make sense to get a home version.Wikipedia has a table talking about the different featuresets of windows 7 varients.
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