Windows 7 on OLD computers

jgibson said:

Has anyone tried Windows 7 on a Dell Latitude D600? I have one that has a 1.4ghz Centrino processor, 1 GB RAM and and a 30gb hard drive that I haven't tried out yet.

you should be able to Install windows 7 without any problem......

Well after 2 & 1/2 half days of hibernating in my Computer Science Lab, I have some results to post.

Since most of you young wippersnappers keep advising on Clean Installs. I said
" Doc " believes in a true testing challenge. So I set up my Dual Intel Pent II 400mhz and my Intel Pent III 600mhz side by side on my workbench. I used my Official TechNet RTM x86 Ultimate DownLoads to do the updating on each " Dinosaur " The Tutorials on the USB Flash drive installs worked well, except I had to boot from within Win7, as the MB did not support booting from USB drives. I did have to first upgrade the Pent-III 600mhz to Build 7229 with a DVD install as it was originally running old Build 7127 I used an external LG DVD USB Lightscribe drive to do the first upgrade. Since these are Moldy Oldie computers, mainly for experimenting with Win_7, I only have AVG Antivirus & a few gadgets installed on them. The UpGrade went very well on both with NO errors in Device Manager.

I tested them both by logging in to SevenForums & viewing the latest posts on the SevenForums Gadget.

I did not activate these with my TechNet Keys, yet as I probably will not keep them running as everyday working computers.
Save the Keys for the Good ones

" Doc "

jgibson said:

Has anyone tried Windows 7 on a Dell Latitude D600? I have one that has a 1.4ghz Centrino processor, 1 GB RAM and and a 30gb hard drive that I haven't tried out yet.

You should be fine...I have just finished installing Ultimate onto our Asus Laptop which is a 1.4dhz Celeron with 1 gb Ram (shared graphics) and 160 gb hdd (new).
I had to use Drivermax to get a graphics driver installed so it would work with an external monitor...but other than that it runs as well as or better than XP (IMHO) on that machine.

Yep, that has been my problem on several oldies, also. You have to have a MB & bios that is ACPI compliant. Sometimes a bios upgrade works, if you can find one for your MB. I have spent hours & hours of testing, & playing with all the different settings in the bios, till I find a combo that works.

Oldest "Dinosaur" Running Win7



" Doc "

Another Science Experiment Under Construction

If you're telling me that you're runnning 7 on a c=64, I'll eat my IEEE interface card...

@ Tews