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New Windows 8.1 Installation on Old Laptop

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2 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

10 will run just as good if not slightly better. I highly recommend you get an SSD if you haven't already, and if you're worried about performance, throw a lightweight Linux distro on it.

I plan on giving this laptop away so I dont think ill be installing Linux on it lol

 

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1 minute ago, NurseMedusa said:

I plan on giving this laptop away so I dont think ill be installing Linux on it lol

 

Then it's probably better to put Windows 10 on it. 

Main System: Phobos

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (8C/16T), ASRock B450 Steel Legend, 16GB G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000MHz, AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB (XFX), 960GB Crucial M500, 2TB Seagate BarraCuda, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations/macOS Catalina

 

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Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

 

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Intel Pentium 4 HT (1C/2T), Intel D865GBF, 3GB DDR 400MHz, ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB (HIS), 80GB WD Caviar, 320GB Hitachi Deskstar, Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Server 2003 R2

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Just now, ProjectBox153 said:

Then it's probably better to put Windows 10 on it. 

mhm, anyways ill keep this forum open just in case i run into a problem when downloading it onto my laptop or if anything else happens

 

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