Should I to update to Windows 7 or 8 on my Inspiron 530 w/Vista 32-bit Home

I have an Inspiron 530 w 4 MB of Ram and an Intel Quad Core 2 Q6600 2.4 GHz w/Windows Vista 32-bit Home.  Should what Windows OS I upgrade to 7 or 8.

I run the upgrade wizard for Windows 8 and received a red x on "network connections Intel (r) 12.4.38.0.  Don't know what that means.  The Windows 7 upgrade assistant came back fine.

Hi Snowgolf,

The Red Cross means that you cannot use Windows 8 in your pc. You can have problems with an upgrade. You'd be better off buying a full installation of Windows 7.

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