T61 (7658 03U) Upgrading to Windows 7 pro

I have a T71 (7658 03U) Chipset GM965 with XP Pro SP3 installed. I need to upgrade to Windows 7 Pro. I have 3 GB of RAM and it looks like I have a 32 bit version of XP installed. How do I move to Windows 7 pro and can I install the 64 bit version of Win 7 Pro? Ran the Windows 7 Advisor but it is not real clear on drivers. Also thought I saw in this forum that my machine could run 8GB of RAM. Please advise on how to successfully migrate to Windows 7 Pro. Thank you.
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Welcome to the forum!
While a T61 will take 8GB of RAM, you need a 64-bit OS in order to utilize more than 3GB.
Clean install is the only approach I'd recommend and T61 is fully supported in the W7 environment.
Happy upgrading.
Cheers,
George
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