from dell business outlet if a workstation has win7 pro 32-bit installed and also shows it has the "Genuine Windows 7 Professional 32-Bit Operating System DVD" will i be able to choose to reinstall with 64 bit option from that dvd?? i thought microsoft includes both?? thanks
No. The DVD is either "Win7, 32-bit" or "Win7, 64-bit". You could of course buy Win7, 64-bit software on the retail market.
At this hour, didn't see the T3500 you quoted on the Dell Outlet (nor you ET-online). How about this one for $649 w/o OS - then buy the W7 64-bit aftermarket OEM or retail (approx $150) and install it yourself: http://outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnline...earch.aspx?brandId=2803&c=us&cs=28&l=en&s=dfb (or similar workstations on page [after 15 minutes]) Precision Workstation T5500 Tower Processor: Intel Xeon Processor E5503, 2.0Ghz, 4M Cache, 4.86 GT/s QPI No Operating System 250 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM) 4 GB DDR3 ECC SDRAM 1333MHz (3 DIMMs) 16X DVD ROM Drive128MB ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO ... should be Scataphagos approved... Bolimomo, too ... maybe
LOL! Actually, I wouldn't go for that one... CPU is too wimpy for the cost. I think the T3500 with W3530 CPU for $779 is better deal. Actually, I don't know what advantage the T5500 would have unless you wanted to run dual CPUs. If you want a REALLY good deal on Dell Outlet, you have to check back frequently. I alerted ETers to a T3500 with W3530 CPU that was available for $579. Of course, it didn't last long.
Anyone interested in a Dell Workstation can check out this site too: http://www.dfsdirectsales.com/dell/workstations/ctl641/cp11871/cl1
LOL! Thanks for a good laugh stockwrangler. But if you follow my posts... I have only used a Dell while worked at a call center. I had never owned one for personal use. I am a HP guy! (I used to work at HPQ. But that's way before they seriously got into the PC business. Their own Vectra line sucked! I can say it out loud now! Their good move was in buying Compaq - which bought out Digital... )
Yeah, made an error - but also couldn't resist a little fun here in the well-respected Hardware Forum with two of its (mostly) right-on contributors. Looks as if all the recent favorable thread ratings (except for the flagship thread) have been deleted in the past few days; doesn't matter - it won't stop trading computer-interested folks from always checking in.