My friend acquired an old Dell C400. I was suggesting that he put Windows 7 on it, but would that even run? I know I installed Windows 7 on my old Toshiba Satellite that is 8 years old.
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Try this and be sure.
It probably would not be advisable.
I tried it on a D600 (next generation, 14.1" vs. the 12" on the 400 line), no drivers for some of the devices. It was a PAIN to get working and I never was able to get better than 800x400 on standard VGA graphics drivers.
It can be made to work, though it's not very easy. I found a thread with some steps you can take to get your Dell C400 to work with Windows 7. Hope it helps.
Dell c400 Video driver issues...
Thanks for the help everyone.
wouldnt it be really slow though cause the least amount of ram is a gig and the cpu has to be atleast a 2.3 ghz
well if that is the case why did ms say this i think maybe even the employees lack knowledge of thiere own product lol maybe i thinking to run in 64 bit
That might be their recommendation or something. Also, I run it on a 2.00GHz dual-core and it runs amazingly on it.
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