topic does anyone know if my PCV-RZ502P computer will run Windows 7 - any help appreciated in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/does-anyone-know-if-my-pcv-rz502p-computer-will-run-windows-7-any/m-p/346146#M9794 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi mick62,</P><P></P><P>The quick answer is probably yes, but there are other considerations.</P><P></P><P>Your model has a max supported RAM of 2GB and you would need to upgrade to this in order achieve acceptable performance. Win 7 is less memory hungry than Vista and some people report that Win 7 will run on 1GB RAM - I am somewhat sceptical out that claim.</P><P></P><P>A major problem will be finding drivers that will work with your hardware. There is no Sony support provided for this model under Vista, let alone Win 7.</P><P></P><P>You will also lose all of the functions provided by the Sony utilities - Fn keys etc.</P><P></P><P>Your call, but I would stick with XP.</P><P></P><P>Rich</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:34:41 GMT rich912 2012-07-26T08:34:41Z does anyone know if my PCV-RZ502P computer will run Windows 7 - any help appreciated https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/does-anyone-know-if-my-pcv-rz502p-computer-will-run-windows-7-any/m-p/346143#M9793 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>does anyone know if my PCV-RZ502P computer will run Windows 7 - any help appreciated</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:26:00 GMT https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/does-anyone-know-if-my-pcv-rz502p-computer-will-run-windows-7-any/m-p/346143#M9793 mick62 2012-07-25T11:26:00Z does anyone know if my PCV-RZ502P computer will run Windows 7 - any help appreciated https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/does-anyone-know-if-my-pcv-rz502p-computer-will-run-windows-7-any/m-p/346146#M9794 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi mick62,</P><P></P><P>The quick answer is probably yes, but there are other considerations.</P><P></P><P>Your model has a max supported RAM of 2GB and you would need to upgrade to this in order achieve acceptable performance. Win 7 is less memory hungry than Vista and some people report that Win 7 will run on 1GB RAM - I am somewhat sceptical out that claim.</P><P></P><P>A major problem will be finding drivers that will work with your hardware. There is no Sony support provided for this model under Vista, let alone Win 7.</P><P></P><P>You will also lose all of the functions provided by the Sony utilities - Fn keys etc.</P><P></P><P>Your call, but I would stick with XP.</P><P></P><P>Rich</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:34:41 GMT https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/does-anyone-know-if-my-pcv-rz502p-computer-will-run-windows-7-any/m-p/346146#M9794 rich912 2012-07-26T08:34:41Z