I've downloaded and ran the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor program on my PC, to see if it could run Windows 7 or not, and I've attached the report. I would be grateful to get someone's opinion on whether I should go for it or not. It looks to me like I could probably just about manage to run the 32-bit version, although the sound card is concern, particularly because I do a lot of sound recording and editing. I can't remember if it is possible to have my PC specs as part of my profile, so here they are anyway:

Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 3
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4 516, 2933 MHz (22 x 133)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Grantsdale-G i915GV
System Memory 1511 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
Video Adapter Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family (64 MB)
3D Accelerator Intel GMA 900
Monitor Acer AL1714 [17" LCD] (ETL1809049)
Audio Adapter IC Ensemble M Audio Audiophile
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801FB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2651
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 266F
SCSI/RAID Controller D347PRT SCSI Controller
Disk Drive ST380011AS (80 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA)
Disk Drive SAMSUNG HD322HJ (298 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive Generic DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device
Optical Drive PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-116D
C: (NTFS) 73359 MB (13686 MB free)
D: (FAT32) 2951 MB (1852 MB free)
K: (NTFS) 305242 MB (153195 MB free)
Total Size 372.6 GB (164.8 GB free)
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
Network Adapter Bluetooth PAN Network Adapter - Packet Scheduler Network Adapter Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection Modem Printer Canon iP6210D

Thanks

Ian

Hi

To be frank, it's going to struggle and it'll look ugly too! You won't have any sound initially..but yes, it will install and it will work.

Whether you are happy with those other "trade-off's" is up to you

Ok thanks, I was thinking that myself...maybe it's time to get a new machine.

YES yes yes!!

There are some amazing deals right now and you'll get Windows 7 installed as standard - go for it!

Well said Hengis