Satellite Pro S300-121: Win 7 64bit installation: yes or no

i have win7 32bit on my Satellite Pro S300-121.
I have 4gb of ram installed.
Should i install the 64bit version or will i not notice any difference in speed?
I know i have to do a clean install but is it worth it for the S300-121 any pros and cons either way, your thoughts

> Should i install the 64bit version or will i not notice any difference in speed?
Generally speaking yes but before you do anything check Toshiba download page at first and be sure Win7 64bit is supported for your notebook model.
If not than leave it. There is no sense to use non-supported OS without right drivers and Toshiba specific tools and utilities.
In the past many people have had such problems.

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I am Frman From Kurdistan Of Iraq
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Hello Frman
The whole story is very simple. To learn how to identify and find drivers for your notebook do as follow:
# Go to http://www.toshiba-tro.de/unitdetails and put X8016403H serial number there. You will see there exact name and model number of your notebook.
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- USB Memory, supported at the same time
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        Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
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DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode
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Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
            Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0268&SUBSYS_11790602&REV_1000
        Manufacturer ID: 1
             Product ID: 100
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            Driver Name: RtkHDAud.sys
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          Date and Size: 2/8/2010 12:15:44, 5860384 bytes
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              Cap Flags: 0xF5F
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+No Windows XP driver for PCI Memory Controller+
http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/TSB83023N0000R01.htm
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