Windows 7 vs. XP

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BackGround Story:
Ok, so my dad was one of the lucky people to actually survive Black Friday at Best Buy. He got his hands on this new HP computer not sure of it's features and won't share it. He took it into his room and hooked it up so he can have it to himself.
Anyways, as I read on the box I saw that it had windows 7 pro (had a little orgy) installed on it. I ran my ass upstairs to play around with it and he slams the door on me.

I'm planning on just buying the windows 7 cd nd installing it on my computer, my question is: Can I skip Vista and go straight to Win7? I have Windows XP and my computer is able to use vista but I'm not sure if I should risk it. Another problem is that my computer is 32-bit (lol2006) and i heard Win7 is 64-bit. I'd like to have the 64-bit version, can i do that without any hardware altercation?

Thanx!

Your computer is not 32-bit. Your current operating system may be, but your computer is not. A 64-bit OS will allow you to take advantage of more RAM than 2 GB/4 GB/whatever the 32-bit windows limit is.