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[windowsfree]

I have 1.4mhz celeron with a max of 1gig memory on an old gateway laptop
Will windows 7 run slow on this and I realize AERO will be out of the equation.
I have included a screen shot of my hardware.

 

[IggyAZ]

Welcome.
I couldn't be sure if Win7 would run with bios from 2005.
Why don't you try downloading and running the MS Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor.
It will tell you at least if it would run on your present computer.
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/get/upgrade-advisor.aspx

 

[windowsfree]

I don't have WINE installed and this laptop is running Ubuntu 9.04

Thank you for the reply

 

[IggyAZ]

I don't have WINE installed and this laptop is running Ubuntu 9.04

Thank you for the reply

Glad to help.

 

[windowsfree]

Did I miss something in your reply ??? I cannot run the advisor.......
I am finding Windows 7 seems to require newer hardware and responses, don't seem too involved on this board.
Thank you for your time.

 

[theog]

Check out your first post & check Gateway web site for drivers.

http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/57769-not-reading-dvd.html

 

[windowsfree]

sorry for the confusion. The first post that you referred too is my desktop PC.
This post was me considering putting the Windows 7 on this Gateway Laptop which is running Ubuntu Linux only. The DVD I created that my desktop won't load, loaded on the laptop fine, as I actually have Win 7 running in a virtual machine on it. I loaded Win 7 on the laptop using the DVD that won't load on the desktop. Thanks for your effort. I just think perhaps Win 7 is out of the question for me on the Desktop.

 

[whs]

I have seen people run win7 on much older and lesser hardware. There should be no reason it would not run on your Gateway.

 

[windowsfree]

Thank you for the real world advice on my hardware. Now I just have to decide if I want to backup my home partition and load Win7 then load Ubuntu back on it. I am leaning towards that, but need some quiet time to do it. My desktop would be a better choice, since it has 2 gigs of RAM and 2 internal hard drives, not sure if the Geforce 6200 vid card would handle Aero or not. I think it only has 64, perhaps 128 megs of memeory, I have to check, although it runs Compiz on Linux really well. I just wish I could get that DVD to boot. Thank you again.

 

[whs]

The Geforce 6200 is an 8x card and will probably not suffice for the aero. But try it, you'll see.