will windows 10 work properly in 10 year old laptop

[nischayvm]

hello guys,

i have an old laptop which is actually 10 years old but it has windows XP so i thought installing windows 10 in it.so guys how do you will it work. should i proceed to install windows 10 in it.please help me guys. and its specs are

 processor : Intel Celeron M 520 ( 1.6 GHz & 1c/1t)

RAM: 3gb

 

if you meed further info reply here.

 

please help me guys.;-)

 

[kelvinhall05]

If you absolutely insist on using that thing, throw in a $20 SSD and put a light Linux distro on it.

[nick name]

It'll work just use Windows 10 32 Bit.  

[deathfrankcore]

my sis has a laptop like that from toshiba and windows 10 is working quite fine

 

[nick name]

1 minute ago, kelvinhall05 said:

If you absolutely insist on using that thing, throw in a $20 SSD and put a light Linux distro on it.

Oh, yeah.  I also did this when I installed Windows 10 on an old laptop.  

[jaslion]

As far as I can find it lacks certain instruction sets windows 10 needs to even allow an install. So no.

[sub68]

window 10 requires at least 4gb of ram

so I feel like linux is your best bet

can't give you recommendation because mine are all anime distros lol

[TetraSky]

It will "work", yes. It could run on my shitty tablet with 2GB of RAM after all.
But it won't be the best experience though. Far from it.

I would rather suggest Linux instead. Like : Mint Cinnamon, Pop! OS or Ubuntu.

[Jae Tee]

2 minutes ago, sub68 said:

anime distros

learn new things every day

[sub68]

Just now, Jae Tee said:

learn new things every day

its linux mangaka I use it as a test os

[jaslion]

Just now, Jae Tee said:

learn new things every day

There's a Hanna Montana distro too. It's linux so basically your imagination is the limit at that point.

[sub68]

Just now, jaslion said:

It's linux so basically your imagination is the limit at that point.

when something is open source there's a lot of cool things

[nischayvm]

8 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

put a light Linux distro on it.

so,the thing is my dad is going to use it so he is not experienced in  linux. i need to go with win 10. btw can i put more RAM in it. now both slots are filled (0.5gb & 1 gb) so i will swap out 0.5 gb ram and put 4gb in it. will it work

 

thank you for your precious reply

[nischayvm]

12 minutes ago, nick name said:

It'll work just use Windows 10 32 Bit.  

thank you. 

[kelvinhall05]

Just now, nischayvm said:

so,the thing is my dad is going to use it so he is not experienced in  linux. i need to go with win 10. btw can i put more RAM in it. now both slots are filled (0.5gb & 1 gb) so i will swap out 0.5 gb ram and put 4gb in it. will it work

 

thank you for your precious reply

He doesn't need to be experienced in Linux. Something like Mint with Cinnamon DE is super easy to learn and use. ChromeOS is another option. Anything instead of Windows; it will chug on that poor little laptop.

[emosun]

Just now, kelvinhall05 said:

He doesn't need to be experienced in Linux.

the exact opposite from what everyone who uses linux insists

I think almost any version of windows will be  probably preferable.

[sub68]

1 minute ago, kelvinhall05 said:

ChromeOS is another option.

chrome os is great for old machines if you just need to use a browser

[nischayvm]

10 minutes ago, jaslion said:

As far as I can find it lacks certain instruction sets windows 10 needs to even allow an install. So no.

can you explain me well. and what can i do so that i can install win 10 .because that laptop is for my dad so i need win 10 on it please help.

[kelvinhall05]

Just now, emosun said:

the exact opposite from what everyone who uses linux insists

I think almost any version of windows will be  probably preferable.

If he installs Arch he will need to learn how to use Linux. But if OP is smart and installs Mint or something that is super easy to use, ready to go, has a Windows-like DE, etc, it isn't hard to learn at all.

 

 

I still think Linux or ChromeOS is the best option for it.

[jaslion]

3 minutes ago, nischayvm said:

so,the thing is my dad is going to use it so he is not experienced in  linux. i need to go with win 10. btw can i put more RAM in it. now both slots are filled (0.5gb & 1 gb) so i will swap out 0.5 gb ram and put 4gb in it. will it work

 

thank you for your precious reply

It's honestly better to just get a 50$ laptop from ebay with a first gen core i3 at this point. That thing will not be usable. What will your dad do on it? Browsing the web is basically out of the question.

[kelvinhall05]

1 minute ago, sub68 said:

chrome os is great for old machines if you just need to use a browser

ftfy

 

 

Agreed, ChromeOS is waaaay underrated for weak/old machines like this, or for grandma who just needs a PC to check Facebook and her email. Highly recommend OP checks it out.

[jaslion]

Just now, nischayvm said:

can you explain me well. and what can i do so that i can install win 10 .because that laptop is for my dad so i need win 10 on it please help.

It will install just be barely usable. I just looked up the wrong celeron your cpu is fine and will allow windows 10 to install.

[nischayvm]

11 minutes ago, sub68 said:

window 10 requires at least 4gb of ram

so I feel like linux is your best bet

can't give you recommendation because mine are all anime distros lol

i will add some more ram will win 10 work in it

[sub68]

Just now, kelvinhall05 said:

ftfy

 

 

Agreed, ChromeOS is waaaay underrated for weak/old machines like this, or for grandma who just needs a PC to check Facebook and her email. Highly recommend OP checks it out.

Every body at my school hates them I am totally fine with them

and on a old machine it will be running pretty dang smooth

[kelvinhall05]

Just now, nischayvm said:

i will add some more ram will win 10 work in it

SSD is the only thing you should buy for this machine. RAM won't make a difference, that CPU is shit.

 

 

SSD + ChromeOS or light Linux distro. Either that, or a new machine.