Currently, I have windows vista, & have heard say that windows 7 is much better. How much is the fee for the upgrade & which anti-spyware do you recommend?

I have an acer with vista soundcards computer & would like to know if my computer would work better if I downloaded windows 7.  I was crashing regularly lately & keep restarrting my computer.  It is sometimes frustrating.

I think you'll like Windows 7, easy to adapt to, run faster, less UAC popups.

However, you should check if there are Windows 7 drivers available for your model, if there then you know its compatible Windows 7.

Go to the Acer support website and search the Windows 7 drivers for your specific model number.
http://GD.PanAm.Acer.com/home/

If there are Windows 7 drivers then download to a folder on your hard drive and burn them on a CD. After you upgrade to Windows 7 install all of them.
Install the drivers for the card mother/chipset first, then the SATA, LAN, Audio drivers,
and all the other remaining drivers you downloaded.

Check the download site of the manufacture of the graphics card for the latest Windows 7 drivers for your card.
ATI: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
NVIDIA: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index5.aspx?lang=en-us

J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com

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