Windows 10: Yes, Windows 10 runs great on old hardware

I am dual booting Win10 Insider preview 14257 with Vista in my spare DT, AMD Athlon 3800+(2006), 4GB RAM.

 

The last couple of versions of Windows have come a long way in that regard, IMHO. I happily went from XP to 7 to 8 to 8.1 to 10 on my old beater desktop PC with no noticeable decline in performance. It was the same deal with my main desktop PC that has some better hardware in it. My only hurdles have been waiting for drivers to catch up so all the hardware works like its supposed to work. With all its features fully functional.

 

Well not an all old hardware. I have an Acer 9 years old that when I attempt to install it says Nvidia doesn't support the GTX 7600 and won't support it for Windows 10. There are some situations like that.

 

Windows 10 runs great on my P5E3 Deluxe x38 DualCore2 x64 8Gb RAM. Since I added a new 250 SSD drive, its faster again. I haven't had any more hiccups then others who have new systems...maybe less *Smile So I am happen as long as this system stays running. I find this system is very solid from Win7 up to Win10 *Smile

cheers

 

My system originally ran Vista Ultimate 64 bit, and I have been upgrading to like versions ever since.

2GB does (just) meet the min spec here

Task manager normally shows memory usage around 70 - 80%

I guess I will have to fit another 2GB at some stage.

Dave.

 

I wasn't as fortunate as some here, I installed it on an old Acer Revo, and it slowed to a crawl with Windows 10, though the switch back process worked without a hitch. I have several people I help maintain their machines, and several are complaining of slowing issues after upgrading to Windows 10. I have decided not to even bother with helping them, and suggest they revert back to their previous OS.

As many know I am not a fan of Windows 10, 7 & 8 offer far more for me. Windows 10 is more a pain in the a$$ than it is worth, with all the forced updates and nagging to convert. IMHO. If it isn't broke why try to fix it.

I still think MS must be spending a few bucks at ZDNet, they seem to be only magazine that hails Windows 10.

 

not sure if 2008 hi-end spec called old by now... cpu not improving much nowdays anyway
they should put more old system to test... like from Pentium4 or so

the main problem is that unsupported device on windows10, its still okay if its not core device (device that needed for system to run properly)... like wifi, various external device. etc
but such as legacy GPU from old notebook/PC is out of answer beside staying on old OS, except u can somewhat mod+force new driver to be installed on the system

 

I have to agree with you there. Might be a bit complicated for him though.

You should read what he thinks(?) about systemd. Someone told him in the pub him it was rubbish.

He isn't terribly bright, bless him.

 

The Znet article - that is a premium system they used. If W10 did not run well on it, I would have been surprised and disappointed. I expect W10 to run exceptionally well on a maxed out system - even if it is older technology. I read about a 12 year old system - maxed out - and it too ran W10 exceptionally well. However, OEM drivers, rather than generics were used. Old could be considered anything prior to Skylake. OK, you have a minimum requirement PC that W10 can run on today. W10 is not at its full potential right now, so will it run as well in 2-3 years from now? Messing with old stuff is fun. Pushing the limits is fun. I would not take my only production (primary) PC and do the same.

 

Is your primary PC skylake? Mine certainly isn't (I wish it was but I'm still waiting for something new and unfortunately I don't have the spare notes atm).

The guy is an arse. I could find some more of his blogs to prove it but I can't (as they say) be arsed. Here is one though (it is called "I don't understand systemd at all")

 

Skylake is big bucks where I live. I hope to buy a new PC late 2017. I'll look at all the new stuff not just Skylake. By then the new technology will have been tested hardware wise. By then W10 will be several builds on and working in concert with the hardware. Mr Bott may have taken his seat on the Mars mission by then. I've been informed it is a one way ticket.