Gateway notepad windows XP home edition

[SHINEE03]

I hope you will forgive my minimal knowledge with computers in general. I just need to know if this notepad with a manufacture date of 09/11 has any use or value. It's looks brand new with very little of anything installed and seems to work perfectly.

 

[Berton]

It does have some value but you'll have to decide whether you want to put Windows 7 or Windows 8 on it, probably will cost about $100 or more/less to get a copy. Then there's the issue of having drivers available for the devices on the motherboard, if not part of Win7/Win8 would have to see if Gateway has them. There is a Win7 Compatibility site you can use to determine what will or will not work.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/CompatCenter/Home
If push comes to shove with an Upgrade not being viable you could do as I did with a couple of Notebooks and put a version of Linux on it [I used Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon] instead of throwing it out.
WinXP support has been discontinued by Microsoft and only Vista could Upgrade over it, Win7/Win8 has to be a clean install.

 

[SHINEE03]

thanks

I appreciate the information.

 

[Berton]

You're welcome.

 

[whs]

Gateways are good laptops. I own a 2008 and a 2010 model and they always worked perfectly. I suggest you run the Windows 7 upgrade advisor to see whether Windows 7 will work. Without a touch screen I would stay away from Windows 8. The cheapest Windows 7 is an OEM version. You probaly want the 32bit version but the 64bit costs the same.

 

[Berton]

Might add, only the Professional version of WinXP was available as 64-bit, other versions as 32-bit. 64-bit hardware can run a 32-bit Operating System but not the other way around.