It'a an Inspiron 560MT desktop, which is about a month off its fifth birthday, and there have been a few episodes recently including this, and some requests to repair the computer have been seen.
I am thinking, therefore, if it may be time to swap the machine and upgrade to Windows 10. What do you think, and is Dell still the way to go, or is there something with the current specs of better value?
BTW gaming does not interest me at all.
My Computer
At a glance
Home Premium 64 bit2.9 gigahertz Intel Core2 Duo 64 kilobyte pri...4096 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory Slot '...ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Inspiron 560MT
OS
Home Premium 64 bit
CPU
2.9 gigahertz Intel Core2 Duo 64 kilobyte primary memory cac
Motherboard
Board: Dell Inc. 0K83V0 A00 Serial Number: ..CN750939CP069B
Memory
4096 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory Slot 'DIMM0' has 102
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series
Sound Card
High Definition Audio Device NVIDIA High Definition Audio (
Monitor(s) Displays
DELL ST2210 [Monitor] (21.7"vis, s/n P479R01Q0VCU, January 2
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
628.58 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
554.78 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
I have both HP and Dell and do not see any difference in quality. My HP box has a bit more room to work on - e.g. for adding disks. In laptops I like my Gateways.
My Computer
At a glance
Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
Hi,
Depends on what you define "supports" means really
A desktop is quite different from a laptop fewer special drivers are needed on a desktop
What I translate that to mean is what you'd need to do is clean install what ever os you wanted to use basically
10 would often require that anyway after the upgrade has occurred.
I have a 6 y.o. Acer supposedly not compatible or not supported anymore by Acer but I tested win-10 for nearly 9 months without any need for anything from Acer
You need very little if anything from Dell anymore.
Then after that is done to a totally separate hdd and disconnected from the machine,
Upgrade to 10.
Beside win-10 usual bugs I'm sure it will function long enough to clean install 10 on a new ssd or hdd Windows 10 - Clean Install - Windows 10 Forums
My Computer
At a glance
Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64biti7-5930K 2nd i9-9940x both water blocked VRM'...Trident-z 3200C14 2nd Trident-z 3600C16EVGA 1080ti ftw3 2nd Titan Xp both water blocked
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom assembled by me :}
OS
Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
CPU
i7-5930K 2nd i9-9940x both water blocked VRM's too
2nd ASUS X299 Apex/Intel i9-9940x with Custom water loop/7H-Prem-x64/Corsair 450D case/Ram Trident-z 3600C16 4x8gb / Samsung970Evo plus 500gb SSD/Dual ssd EZ swap evo/PSU EVGA SuperNova 1200w-P2 80+Platinum/GPU Titan Xp /8-ML-140 on push-pull on 2-280GTX rads
