I'm also staying with 32-bit for awhile, because of the driver issue. In another year, things may be different. In 32-bit, you will be able to use only a little more than 3 GB of your 4 GB RAM; the system reserves some of it. This is not a problem in a 64-bit OS, however.

Windows 7 has run perfectly for me since May. I had no trouble at all with any devices that had Vista drivers. I have never had to use XP compatibility mode (which I think is only available on the Professional or Ultimate versions).

There is one trick involving the legacy firewire driver, rather than Windows 7 default. If you have firewire devices, I can elaborate.


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