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I wanted to make a dedicated torrent computer out of my old T40 so I played with it a bit. It's slow even with XP or linux these days. I guess webpages eat up a lot of memory these days. lynx FTW. Heck of a device though. Build quality is way up there. The screen still looks better than most devices out there today.
 
Riceburner said:
10 won't run on the really old stuff, but 7 does.
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They have the same system requirements and 10 is more optimized so it should run and run better unless you can't get drivers for it.
 
So....I should try and go for Windows 10 on my son's Acer netbook?
And can an idiot like me do it? I've been following this thread, but honestly, I have no clue what you guys/ grrls are saying.

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Joe Bass said:
So....I should try and go for Windows 10 on my son's Acer netbook?
And can an idiot like me do it? I've been following this thread, but honestly, I have no clue what you guys/ grrls are saying.

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Any new Windoze laptop you get will either have 10 or be eligible for a free upgrade to 10.

Or to put it in terms you can understand, "yes".
 
fastar1 said:
Any new Windoze laptop you get will either have 10 or be eligible for a free upgrade to 10.

Or to put it in terms you can understand, "yes".
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Lolz.
It's an old one that was given to me. Had xp. I got a kid at work to put Windows 7 on it. My kid uses it for homework on Google drive and Mine craft.

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Joe Bass said:
Lolz.
It's an old one that was given to me. Had xp. I got a kid at work to put Windows 7 on it. My kid uses it for homework on Google drive and Mine craft.

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Oh I misread that as getting a new laptop. But if you have a legitimate version of 7 then you should get the free upgrade offer. I generally suggest the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" approach but I'll get around to trying 10 and if I don't like it I'll go back to 7.
 
fastar1 said:
Oh I misread that as getting a new laptop. But if you have a legitimate version of 7 then you should get the free upgrade offer. I generally suggest the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" approach but I'll get around to trying 10 and if I don't like it I'll go back to 7.
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If you want to get Windows 10 to "try it" before reverting back to Windows 7, I'd recommend creating a backup image of your Windows 7 setup as a restore point as the feature in Windows 10 that allows you to revert back to Windows 7 leaves a lot of system files behind which I've seem lead to compatibility issues.
 
unL33T said:
They have the same system requirements and 10 is more optimized so it should run and run better unless you can't get drivers for it.
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naw, it can't run 10 cause it doesn't have upgraded graphics...just the MB onboard one....so graphics aren't up to 10 spec.
 
Riceburner said:
naw, it can't run 10 cause it doesn't have upgraded graphics...just the MB onboard one....so graphics aren't up to 10 spec.
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That's surprising to me. I ran it on a virtual machine on a computer with no graphics driver installed.

They both list the same video requirements.

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Riceburner said:
naw, it can't run 10 cause it doesn't have upgraded graphics...just the MB onboard one....so graphics aren't up to 10 spec.
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Onboard/integrated graphics are fine, it's just that certain chipsets past a certain age are poorly supported. I have a first-gen Acer netbook that runs Windows 10 fine, Chrome is even hardware accelerated (not video decoding though). DirectX 9/WDDM 1.0 is a very low bar to clear. Frankly the biggest hurdle seems to be WLAN drivers
 
It was the Beta version, so maybe something in it didn't like the graphics. Maybe I'll try a direct download of the released version.
 
Joe Bass said:
Lolz.
It's an old one that was given to me. Had xp. I got a kid at work to put Windows 7 on it. My kid uses it for homework on Google drive and Mine craft.

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@Joe Bass, certain notebooks will crash and burn when upgraded to Windows 10. I'd let sleeping dogs lay.
 
CruisnGrrl said:
@Joe Bass, certain notebooks will crash and burn when upgraded to Windows 10. I'd let sleeping dogs lay.
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Sounds like a plan.

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Zimmerman says that even if users opt out of all of Microsoft's data collection during the Windows 10 setup, there are still hidden data-sharing features that only those who buy the Enterprise version of the operating system — or use his software — can disable.
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And it's being retrofitted into the previous versions of windows.
 
PLau said:
If you want to get Windows 10 to "try it" before reverting back to Windows 7, I'd recommend creating a backup image of your Windows 7 setup as a restore point as the feature in Windows 10 that allows you to revert back to Windows 7 leaves a lot of system files behind which I've seem lead to compatibility issues.
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Yeah I've been reverting back to my original Win 7 install image every few years to keep the OS fresh. Only way to go IMO.
 
I clone the HD every few months as a backup.

Tried Win10 on this test machine. Alright if I have to, but I will stay with 7 as long as I can. Nice that it kept almost all my previous apps and settings on the install.

What anti-virus are you all running with 10? Had to uninstall Symantec to load 10, cause 10 uses Defender and doesn't want another AV is installed.
 
Re-installing it after the upgrade should be fine.
 
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