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To: Breccia who wrote (90477)	8/28/2015 4:41:38 PM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 110652

The greater the time difference between an OS release and the age of the hardware, the more likely a person will witness problems such as you described. Unfortunately old hardware is often faced with compatibility issues and finding suitable drivers. Something those on a budget that want Win10 might consider is getting a Win7 box from Ebay. Most of these PCs are off-lease computers that companies have retired. They're cheap and still available. * * *

To: Breccia who wrote (90477)	8/28/2015 4:51:44 PM
From: Mike McFarland	1 Recommendation Recommended By goldworldnet Respond to of 110652

That's okay, good to know Vista is not eligible. Too bad, the PC actually has a pretty fast cpu w/ passmark score over 3000 so would have been nice to refresh it. Old PCs--I have an older motherboard without uefi, I had thought it would not work, but turns out it is okay for w10. That one is an Asus G41 chipset board w/ an E3400 and W10 runs very nicely (I do have a low end Nvidia graphics card and 4gb of ram on it too however). "Windows 10 will continue to support legacy BIOS. For new devices that are launched a year after the release of Windows 10, they must have UEFI and Secure Boot enabled at the factory" answers.microsoft.com

To: Breccia who wrote (90477)	8/28/2015 7:39:51 PM
From: Ahda	1 Recommendation Recommended By goldworldnet Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

Can one copy Vista information to a new computer? Does anyone on the board have a suggestion in moderate range as to which all in one computer to buy. I realize this is a difficult question but I would appreciate any help I can get. Thank You Darleen

To: Breccia who wrote (90477)	8/29/2015 7:05:44 AM
From: PMS Witch	2 Recommendations Recommended By B.K.Myers goldworldnet Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110652

I was curious how well Windows 10 would run on my old hardware, so I installed it to find out. I'm using a Dell OptiPlex GX520, circa 2005. This machine has a Pentium 4 processor and 512MB of RAM. It's my favourite platform for evaluating how well various incarnations of Windows handle minimal hardware. Windows 10 Install checks before it does any work, so I had to "borrow" a 1GB memory stick for the installation. Afterward, I removed the "extra" RAM and Windows 10 (32-Bit) ran OK on 512MB. Since Windows 7 (64 Bit) runs unacceptably slow on this system, I didn't bother installing 64 Bit Windows 10. I didn't run any formal speed evaluations, but instead, gauged how the system "felt" as I was doing some quotidian work. Windows 10 seemed slower than Windows 7. Not much slower, just a little, but enough to notice. ( And Windows 7 runs just a tiny bit slower than Windows XP.) Another observation. . . Since I prefer installing my systems on Virtual Hard Drives, they occupy less disk space than installations to separate volumes. The smallest "footprint" from Windows 7 is 6GB. With Windows 10, it's 7GB. I consider this 1GB "growth" acceptable. (Note: Windows XP (in it's own volume) occupies only 1GB!) Windows 8.1 occupied over 8GB. Cheers, PW. P.S. Windows 10 Install managed to supply all the correct drivers for my old hardware without any effort on my part. As well, it supported my laser printer which is only a few weeks old. P.P.S. All my evaluations are done after "Clean" installs. With Windows 10, this is a bit of extra work because to activate, I need to run an "Upgrade" installation first. The "Upgrade" registers my hardware with Microsoft, so that when I do the "Clean" install, it activates automatically.