I am a Linux user, but this new Windows might yet convert me =) But I do have some problems. Apart from learning a new OS, this keeps worrying me:
As I don't use Windows, I didn't really check what kind of a license I was getting. Turned out it was Windows 7 Starter which is only available in 32-bit. But I need to use 6-8 GBs of ram. I thought it would create no big problem as I was also using Arch in 32-bit with PAE mode. But Wikipedia reports that "Microsoft Windows implements PAE if booted with the appropriate option, but current 32-bit desktop editions enforce the physical address space within 4 GB even in PAE mode".
So, is their policy still the same with Windows 8? If it is, is there a way to update from Windows 7 Starter to 64-bit Windows 8 Pro?
Thanks for your help.
As I don't use Windows, I didn't really check what kind of a license I was getting. Turned out it was Windows 7 Starter which is only available in 32-bit. But I need to use 6-8 GBs of ram. I thought it would create no big problem as I was also using Arch in 32-bit with PAE mode. But Wikipedia reports that "Microsoft Windows implements PAE if booted with the appropriate option, but current 32-bit desktop editions enforce the physical address space within 4 GB even in PAE mode".
So, is their policy still the same with Windows 8? If it is, is there a way to update from Windows 7 Starter to 64-bit Windows 8 Pro?
Thanks for your help.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8