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npuesey

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I want to upgrade my Toshiba Satellite A105-S4274 operating system from windows xp to windows vista.
Do i need to get a windows vista disc for my specific toshiba model or can i just use any copy of it?
 
You just need to make sure that your laptop supports everything and there are drivers. Then you just need to get a cd. They don't make specific ones for specific laptops. But vista is one of the worst OS's. I would recommend Windows 7.
 
bkribbs said:
You just need to make sure that your laptop supports everything and there are drivers. Then you just need to get a cd. They don't make specific ones for specific laptops. But vista is one of the worst OS's. I would recommend Windows 7.
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I would get that but my laptop can't run win 7
 
Official Windows 7 requirements
Windows 7 system requirements
If you want to run Windows 7 on your PC, here's what it takes:

1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)

16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)

DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows7/products/system-requirements
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Official Windows Vista requirements

Windows Vista system requirements
If you want to run Windows Vista on your PC, here's what it takes:

1 gigahertz (GHz) 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

1 gigabyte (GB) of system memory (512 megabytes (MB) for Home Basic)

40 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space (20 GB for Home Basic)

Support for DirectX 9 graphics with WDDM and 128 MB of graphics memory (32 MB for Home Basic)

DVD-ROM drive

Audio Output

Internet access (fees may apply)
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows-vista/products/system-requirements
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Your Laptop is compatible,and as you can see they have almost the same requirements. :D
 
Win 7 is actually less resource intensive than Vista so a given machine has a better chance of being able to run Win 7. Vista and Win 7 drivers are interchangeable so if you can't find a specific Win 7 driver for your laptop you can use a Vista driver in its place.
 
I've installed Win7 on laptops that were absolute trash.

less than 512mb ram, crappy onboard graphics, 60GB hdd,

it will work...better than vista,,,i guarantee
 
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