Should I delete Windows 10?

[PokeCatz]

Reasons to delete Windows 10:

-It runs really slow on a dual core 1.7 GHz

-My hardware is so old there is no drivers for Windows 10

-Windows 10 spies on me

-It's taking up 125GB of space on my dual boot and wont let me shrink the partition even though it has 77GB of free space. (I only have a 240GB SSD!)

-No DirectX 12 improvements because Intel GMA 965 doesn't support it.

 

Reasons not to delete Windows 10:

-Windows 7 will eventually lose support, then I will have to BUY Windows 10

-Ummmmmm.......

[Techicolors]

well you can always go with linux... 

[Weak1ings]

If it runs slowly, definitely look elsewhere.  Linux is going to be your smallest bet and can work on almost all hardware out there.

[PokeCatz]

1 minute ago, Technicolors said:

well you can always go with linux... 

That's what I plan to do actually if I delete Windows 10. My plan is to use the recovered space from the Windows 10 install to put Linux on. (And give Windows 7 more space)

[PokeCatz]

1 minute ago, Weak1ings said:

If it runs slowly, definitely look elsewhere.  Linux is going to be your smallest bet and can work on almost all hardware out there.

 

1 minute ago, PokeCatz said:

That's what I plan to do actually if I delete Windows 10. My plan is to use the recovered space from the Windows 10 install to put Linux on. (And give Windows 7 more space)

That's what I plan to do.

[Dabombinable]

Considering how it ran on my 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo T7600, probably. Despite what people say Windows 10 uses significantly more system resources than Windows 7. Honestly unless you have a DirectX 12 capable graphics card (like me) or a touch screen (like my lemon of a piledriver APU based laptop), then its pointless to even have Windows 10.

[arranb1223]

3 minutes ago, PokeCatz said:

Reasons to delete Windows 10:

-It runs really slow on a dual core 1.7 GHz

-My hardware is so old there is no drivers for Windows 10

-Windows 10 spies on me

-It's taking up 125GB of space on my dual boot and wont let me shrink the partition even though it has 77GB of free space. (I only have a 240GB SSD!)

-No DirectX 12 improvements because Intel GMA 965 doesn't support it.

 

Reasons not to delete Windows 10:

-Windows 7 will eventually lose support, then I will have to BUY Windows 10

-Ummmmmm.......

If Windows 7 runs better for you then I recomend downgrading

"If it ain't broke don't fix it"

 

wait it a moment... You say you have old hardware but have an SSD and 1.7ghz dual core, which I wouldn't consider old?

[Mira Yurizaki]

The spying thing isn't any better on Windows 7 if it's up to date. Microsoft added telemetry gathering or similar on it a while ago.

[Dabombinable]

2 minutes ago, arranb1223 said:

If Windows 7 runs better for you then I recomend downgrading

"If it ain't broke don't fix it"

 

wait it a moment... You say you have old hardware but have an SSD and 1.7ghz dual core, which I wouldn't consider old?

1.7GHz dual core, think of CPU from around 2006.

[arranb1223]

1 minute ago, Dabombinable said:

1.7GHz dual core, think of CPU from around 2006.

Oh ok that is old

[Dabombinable]

Would it be this dual core? http://ark.intel.com/products/29758/Intel-Core2-Duo-Processor-T5300-2M-Cache-1_73-GHz-533-MHz-FSB

[PokeCatz]

2 minutes ago, Dabombinable said:

Would it be this dual core? http://ark.intel.com/products/29758/Intel-Core2-Duo-Processor-T5300-2M-Cache-1_73-GHz-533-MHz-FSB

You were close, but wrong.

http://ark.intel.com/products/34445/Intel-Pentium-Processor-T2370-1M-Cache-1_73-GHz-533-MHz-FSB

[PokeCatz]

6 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

The spying thing isn't any better on Windows 7 if it's up to date. Microsoft added telemetry gathering or similar on it a while ago.

I'm still using SP1 because windows update doesn't work for some reason.

[AresKrieger]

7 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

The spying thing isn't any better on Windows 7 if it's up to date. Microsoft added telemetry gathering or similar on it a while ago.

Except the updates are well known and you can delete them without worrying about windows update changing your settings so it comes back

[Dabombinable]

3 minutes ago, PokeCatz said:

You were close, but wrong.

http://ark.intel.com/products/34445/Intel-Pentium-Processor-T2370-1M-Cache-1_73-GHz-533-MHz-FSB

Yeah..I never dealt with the 65nm Pentium. The only difference was 1MB L2 cache  So yeah, stay away from Windows 10 on that computer. And if possible, upgrade to one of the later Core 2 Duo. A T7600 should work and be a very nice boost in performance (my laptop went from a Core Duo T2600 to a C2D T7600 around 4 months before it died-I needed 64bit support for Windows 7.

[AresKrieger]

Delete windows 10, partition windows 7 and a linux variant (I think mint is similar to windows in several ways), that way you can run windows only programs and have a more up to date OS when win 7 is no longer supported (essentially my plan if open source gets better due to windows 10 backlash)

[Dabombinable]

2 minutes ago, AresKrieger said:

Delete windows 10, partition windows 7 and a linux variant (I think mint is similar to windows in several ways), that way you can run windows only programs and have a more up to date OS when win 7 is no longer supported (essentially my plan if open source gets better due to windows 10 backlash)

That's exactly what I did on my brother's laptop with its Pentium M770 (upgrade from Celeron M380) and Intel 915GML graphics. Ubuntu 16.04 (60GB partition) combined with Windows XP (100GB partition) means that for years to come it will still be useful as a spare laptop.

[JefferyD90]

19 minutes ago, PokeCatz said:

Reasons to delete Windows 10:

-It runs really slow on a dual core 1.7 GHz

-My hardware is so old there is no drivers for Windows 10

-Windows 10 spies on me

-It's taking up 125GB of space on my dual boot and wont let me shrink the partition even though it has 77GB of free space. (I only have a 240GB SSD!)

-No DirectX 12 improvements because Intel GMA 965 doesn't support it.

 

Reasons not to delete Windows 10:

-Windows 7 will eventually lose support, then I will have to BUY Windows 10

-Ummmmmm.......

As far as it running poorly on your hardware...  Something is either wrong with the install of Windows or something is wrong with the hardware because if it runs Windows 7, it run Windows 10 just fine.  There are no differences.

 

Additionally Windows 10 DOES NOT in any way take up 125GB of storage space.  More like 10GB after all of the updates and everything.

 

If you don't have drivers, the Windows Vista, 7, and 8 drivers should (in theory) work.  You might have to manually install them versus automatically, but yea that's a thing.

 

Additionally, if you're not happy with Windows 10 then don't have it.  Also, don't use the term "Delete Windows 10" - it just sounds weird because you cant delete Windows 10, its not a file.  You can delete files within Windows 10, but not the whole OS.  You can "erase the drive and start over" or you can "install another OS"...  but, as far as "Delete Windows 10" it just sounds weird.

[Dabombinable]

5 minutes ago, JefferyD90 said:

As far as it running poorly on your hardware...  Something is either wrong with the install of Windows or something is wrong with the hardware because if it runs Windows 7, it run Windows 10 just fine.  There are no differences.

 

Additionally Windows 10 DOES NOT in any way take up 125GB of storage space.  More like 10GB after all of the updates and everything.

 

If you don't have drivers, the Windows Vista, 7, and 8 drivers should (in theory) work.  You might have to manually install them versus automatically, but yea that's a thing.

 

Additionally, if you're not happy with Windows 10 then don't have it.  Also, don't use the term "Delete Windows 10" - it just sounds weird because you cant delete Windows 10, its not a file.  You can delete files within Windows 10, but not the whole OS.  You can "erase the drive and start over" or you can "install another OS"...  but, as far as "Delete Windows 10" it just sounds weird.

I hate to break it to you, but Windows 10 does run worse on the early mobile Pentium/Core 2 Duo than Windows 7.

[JefferyD90]

2 minutes ago, Dabombinable said:

I hate to break it to you, but Windows 10 does run worse on the early mobile Pentium/Core 2 Duo than Windows 7.

Its not because of the CPU, its because of drivers.  Try to finagle with the chipset drivers.

[Dabombinable]

5 minutes ago, JefferyD90 said:

Its not because of the CPU, its because of drivers.  Try to finagle with the chipset drivers.

Nope, its the CPU. I did have Windows 10 running on a Core 2 Duo T7600 for a while, and the CPU was always under a heavy load. And that's a significantly faster CPU than the Pentium T2370.

[GoodBytes]

1 hour ago, PokeCatz said:

Reasons to delete Windows 10:

-It runs really slow on a dual core 1.7 GHz

-My hardware is so old there is no drivers for Windows 10

-Windows 10 spies on me

-It's taking up 125GB of space on my dual boot and wont let me shrink the partition even though it has 77GB of free space. (I only have a 240GB SSD!)

-No DirectX 12 improvements because Intel GMA 965 doesn't support it.

 

Reasons not to delete Windows 10:

-Windows 7 will eventually lose support, then I will have to BUY Windows 10

-Ummmmmm.......

 

1- It should be running the same or better from Windows 7. You are probably missing drivers. You can install Windows 7 or 8 drivers. I got a 2005 laptop up and running with a Core 2 Duo Mobile (first gen), and a GeForce Go 7400. (http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/dell-xps-m1210-review-pics-specs/)

You won't be playing games however.

 

2- Windows 10 does not spy on you. I don't know who told you that, but that would be a lie.

 

3- You can shrink the partition as much as you want. You can't shrink it lower than 125GB because you have data there, and a huge empty gap in between. To fix this, you need to shrink it outside of Windows. They are software like GParter (free - just download the ISO, and burn to disk, and boot to it), which will move data as you shrink your disk.

 

Installing Linux to just switch continuously between Windows 7 to run 1 app, and have your stuff split is not good suggestion.

 

I would try to fix the above, if that really doesn't work, now I would go back to Windows 7.

I would not worry about buying Windows 10 later, as in any case you will with a new computer.

[JefferyD90]

36 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

 

1- It should be running the same or better from Windows 7. You are probably missing drivers. You can install Windows 7 or 8 drivers. I got a 2005 laptop up and running with a Core 2 Duo Mobile (first gen), and a GeForce Go 7400. (http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/dell-xps-m1210-review-pics-specs/)

You won't be playing games however.

 

2- Windows 10 does not spy on you. I don't know who told you that, but that would be a lie.

 

3- You can shrink the partition as much as you want. You can't shrink it lower than 125GB because you have data there, and a huge empty gap in between. To fix this, you need to shrink it outside of Windows. They are software like GParter (free - just download the ISO, and burn to disk, and boot to it), which will move data as you shrink your disk.

 

Installing Linux to just switch continuously between Windows 7 to run 1 app, and have your stuff split is not good suggestion.

 

I would try to fix the above, if that really doesn't work, else I would go back to Windows 7.

I would not worry about buying Windows 10 later, as in any case you will with a new computer.

I 99% agree with Goodbytes here.  I'm more of a "just do what the manufacture told you" which means if they don't release drivers for Windows 10, then don't run Windows 10.  Although I understand the enthusiast wants to push their hardware as far as they can, even if its a potato.

[PokeCatz]

11 hours ago, GoodBytes said:

 

1- It should be running the same or better from Windows 7. You are probably missing drivers. You can install Windows 7 or 8 drivers. I got a 2005 laptop up and running with a Core 2 Duo Mobile (first gen), and a GeForce Go 7400. (http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/dell-xps-m1210-review-pics-specs/)

You won't be playing games however.

 

2- Windows 10 does not spy on you. I don't know who told you that, but that would be a lie.

 

3- You can shrink the partition as much as you want. You can't shrink it lower than 125GB because you have data there, and a huge empty gap in between. To fix this, you need to shrink it outside of Windows. They are software like GParter (free - just download the ISO, and burn to disk, and boot to it), which will move data as you shrink your disk.

 

Installing Linux to just switch continuously between Windows 7 to run 1 app, and have your stuff split is not good suggestion.

 

I would try to fix the above, if that really doesn't work, now I would go back to Windows 7.

I would not worry about buying Windows 10 later, as in any case you will with a new computer.

1. The only drivers supported are for windows vista (yuck) and they sometimes work with windows 7 but not with windows 10

 

2. It still uses precious cpu cycles I dont have

 

3. No I cant. It would not let we shrink it below 125GB even though it had over 75GB free.

 

4. I already deleted Windows 10 so..... I don't really care for Windows 10 on older devices (pre-2010), its always giving me problems.

[PokeCatz]

12 hours ago, Dabombinable said:

Yeah..I never dealt with the 65nm Pentium. The only difference was 1MB L2 cache  So yeah, stay away from Windows 10 on that computer. And if possible, upgrade to one of the later Core 2 Duo. A T7600 should work and be a very nice boost in performance (my laptop went from a Core Duo T2600 to a C2D T7600 around 4 months before it died-I needed 64bit support for Windows 7.

What CPU's are compatible with my system?. (Gateway ML6731)