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Will This PC Run Windows 10?

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I have no idea if it will run Windows 10¹, but it will almost certainly run Debian XFCE (a Linux distribution). I doubt that you'll be able to game on that, so it sounds like you want to revive an old computer for basic tasks (ie. office-type work, watching videos). For this, Debian will work very well. (It will also work well for more advanced things like programming and, if you have a more powerful computer, anything that Windows can do (except in some cases compatibility with specific games is problematic).)

 

¹: Windows 10 has terrible disk thrashing, however if you use a computer frequently it tends to get slightly better. It may technicaly run, however. You really need an SSD to properly run Windows 7 or later though. Debian XFCE, however, works just fine on a mechanical drive.

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Just now, john01dav said:

I have no idea if it will run Windows 10¹, but it will almost certainly run Debian XFCE (a Linux distribution). I doubt that you'll be able to game on that, so it sounds like you want to revive an old computer for basic tasks (ie. office-type work, watching videos). For this, Debian will work very well. (It will also work well for more advanced things like programming and, if you have a more powerful computer, anything that Windows can do (except in some cases compatibility with specific games is problematic).)

 

¹: Windows 10 has terrible disk thrashing, however if you use a computer frequently it tends to get slightly better. It may technicaly run, however. You really need an SSD to properly run Windows 7 or later though. Debian XFCE, however, works just fine on a mechanical drive.

Yeah I will run gta v gta iv etc on it

I Can RUN it on very low settings(modded setting)

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Just now, Cheapassgamer said:

Yeah I will run gta v gta iv etc on it

I Can RUN it on very low settings(modded setting)

In that case you'll probably want to get an SSD as Windows 7 and later is basically unusable because it for some reason wants to thrash the disk instead of doing what it is supposed to.

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56 minutes ago, samuel74258 said:

windows 10 lite don´t have any garbage so its like windows 7 but better

But he will still need a SSD. Unless you want to wait s week for booting lol

 

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It could run it just fine if you had an SSD. Windows 10 literally hates normal hard drives and your hard drive is probably pretty old so it's probably a lot slower than modern hard drives.

 

1 hour ago, john01dav said:

In that case you'll probably want to get an SSD as Windows 7 and later is basically unusable because it for some reason wants to thrash the disk instead of doing what it is supposed to.

Windows 7 works just fine on normal hard drives. I've used i7-4770 PC's with 16GB RAM, HDD and Win10 and they were a lot slower for basic things than an old Core2 Duo E8400 system with Windows 7.

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2 hours ago, Pasi123 said:

It could run it just fine if you had an SSD. Windows 10 literally hates normal hard drives and your hard drive is probably pretty old so it's probably a lot slower than modern hard drives.

 

Windows 7 works just fine on normal hard drives. I've used i7-4770 PC's with 16GB RAM, HDD and Win10 and they were a lot slower for basic things than an old Core2 Duo E8400 system with Windows 7.

But Windows 7 Is Not Free.

I Already Have It Installed On My Old PC. But CAN I transfer it to my new one? 

*dont tell anyone ,its pirated*

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1 hour ago, Cheapassgamer said:

But Windows 7 Is Not Free.

I Already Have It Installed On My Old PC. But CAN I transfer it to my new one? 

*dont tell anyone ,its pirated*

Windows 10 is not free too. Using unregistered is the same illegal as using pirated.

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