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14th Jan, 2009 at 01:28:17pm

Leading on from this post:
http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=265160

I've been told that if the designers and engineers want 64-bit systems, then it's a new machine. Which our ledger won't allow as the newest machine is 2 months old.

This confuses me a little, as the specs on both machines say it'll support upto 64bit:

http://www.dell.com/content/products/produ...n&~tab=specstab

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF...21-3432827.html

So, am I right that it is an OS upgrade only? Or will they also need new chipsets? I'm just looking for ammunition as the folks who will make the descisions know as much as me, and are being told by the minnions that the ONLY way these can be changed to 64-bit is with full replacement of the unit.

Edited by turbodave16v on 15th Jan, 2009.

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14th Jan, 2009 at 01:30:49pm

you can run 64 bit OS's on those pc's, you can get the 64bit OS from the same place you got the last one from *wink*

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14th Jan, 2009 at 02:03:36pm

ha ha ha!
Cheers Jimbo, but that might not fit into our corporate IT policy!

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14th Jan, 2009 at 04:34:30pm

Maybe the IT guys don't know how to install an OS... Or it's probably due to company policy because these are 64-bit processors.

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15th Jan, 2009 at 02:53:53pm

YAY!

IT manager has - after being supplied facts which I'm thankfull to you guys for - pushed his minions on this, and he has now come back saying there is no reason why we can't upgrade the HP units (the current corporate computer supplier) wtih 64bit.

I think comparing this whole scenario as "buying a 2009 corvette, then pulling out half the spark plugs and driving it in that state" worked pretty well :)

Cheers all!


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