Thanks - I have 4gb and a quad core which is why I was thinking 64. Is there still an issue with drivers and software not working with 64?[\quote]
Yes.... there are actually MILLIONS of combinations of hardware that can run on a pc and the final version of windows 7 was shipped to OEM's and put on torrents July 22... there are a lot of drivers issues that could go wrong.... and a lot that have been fixed since then.
My student copy gave me no option of 32 or 64 but i think thats because I had to make the choice when purchasing the deal.
There is no problem at all finding any version of windows 7... be it 32 or 64 or home to ultimate.. they are on the torrents being download a million times as you read this. The PROBLEM you have to solve is the keycode. A keycode for Home Preminum will activate 32 or 64 bit Home Premunum.. but it won't activate the Professional or Ultimate version of either.
You can buy 16 versions of Windows 7 ... but there are only 4 sets of keycodes.
If you delete ie.cfg and install windows 7 you have 4 options Home, Home Preminum, Professional and Ultimate for both 32 and 64... that's 8 possible versions... then you have those 8 versions available on Update disks that won't boot.