Oldest "Dinosaur" Running Win7

[janno]

@ Kilodow,

my Dell c400 came with a DVD player (external ofcourse), but I think it can be done from a USB device thats big enough to hold a disk image.

not sure though if that would work on my C400...

you could also divide your 100 gb HD into 2 partitions, and run an install from the existing OS (probably XP), when it reboots my guess is that the installation files are already on your new partition, i havent tried this yet myself...

you could (as a last resort) trie to borrow a external DVD player from someone, and install it that way (would be the easyest)

if you run in to any problems, PM me...

Janno

 

[KazeNoKoe23]

Typing this from my ASUS Eee PC 1005HA with an Intel Atom 1.6 GHz processor, 1 GB RAM, and 160 GB hard drive. Installed Windows 7 Home Premium on it and it runs fairly well. Not the best thing in the world for multitasking, but it runs reasonably well. Better than it did with that dinosaur of an OS Windows XP anyway.

 

[Hunter19XX]

This is great
May the oldest computersaurus wins lol!

 

[chev65]

We should start the WEI 1.0 club! This one works perfectly and I'm upgrading the GPU to a GeForce 6200 so I can have aero working also.

 

[hackerman1]

This is great
May the oldest computersaurus wins lol!

well, i already have....
take a good look at the last post on page 5 in this this thread.

 

[krazdkiller]

Here is my Oldasaurus An Intel Pentium III 600mhz processor, I had 512mb ram, but I found another 256mb chip to add to it. :shock: Installed Build 7127 on a 40gb IDE Hard Drive. :huh: It runs, I have email, & SevenForums ! I got till March 2010 to see if it keeps running. Plus I only gave $ 9.99 for it at a Thrift Store.

don't know if i would have paid that much.

 

[Hunter19XX]

This is great
May the oldest computersaurus wins lol!

well, i already have....
take a good look at the last post on page 5 in this this thread.

I see, so you have. congrats

 

[Mitch656]

Im enjoying reading this LOL

i started reading it when there was like 3 pages now there 8 or more!

 

[Mitch656]

make that 11

 

[valtonray]

only wish i could get it to run on my old school apple mac 2

 

[kingcarcas]

Haha wow, i don't know what is more shocking people running it on these systems or the fact that they say it runs smoother than XP I remember when i was having second thoughts about getting a copy for my dads laptop, Celeron 1.4ish, 512mb (upgraded to 1.5), crappy intel GMA.

MS really hit a Home Run with 7.

 

[starfox444]

There's a computer that I want to install Win 7 on but it doesn't have enough RAM.

Intel 2.0 GHz
30 Gig hard drive
200 MB RAM

 

[DocBrown]

There's a computer that I want to install Win 7 on but it doesn't have enough RAM.

Intel 2.0 GHz
30 Gig hard drive
200 MB RAM

Find out the Brand & Model of the motherboard & what type Ram it takes & how much Max Ram the MB will hold. Then check out where you can get more Ram at a good price. The CPU should be ok, HD could be a little larger or just add a second HD for storage.


" Doc "

 

[chev65]

How bout that oldest machine with full Aero tranparency along with thumb previews. I had to install a Geforce 6200 into my old P4 1.7GHz machine to get the Aero working. This machine is part of my Homegroup and all file sharing and streaming options work perfectly.

It was a fine line between full HD functionality and the power supply limitation of only 250watts. The 6200 only requires a 250watt power supply which is exactly what this old compaq has. My WEI score went from a 1.0 to 2.0 which allowed for full Aero functionality using the Geforce 96.85 drivers. After the driver install Windows update automatically installed the Nvidia control panel.

The Geforce 6200 was 45 bucks with free shipping from HongKong. The picture quality and movie playback improved dramatically also. Between Win 7 ultimate and the new 6200 this old machine has new life in it and it works very well for me as my new Garage computer. Doesn't everyone have a Garage computer? :sarc:

 

[madtownidiot]

Just got win 7 to load on a Dell Latitude D600 (circa 2003) with only 256MB ram and a 1.6-GHz Pentium M

 

[hybridfan]

hi !

W7 runs on a P2 with 266MHz CPU, 96MB RAM & 4Mb graphic card !

i have done 3 tests: 2 successful...
1. 128 MB RAM
2. 96 MB ram

take a look at the screenshots...

on my third test with 64 MB i got some errormessages about "insufficient memory", then it rebooted...

i also have a P1 with 166Mhz CPU & 1MB Graphic card, without the powersupply-unit, as i have used it for some test on another PC.

if i can find the Powersupply-unit, i´m going to test the P1 tomorrow...

YAY! great stuff mate

 

[lordalpha1]

Got Final 7600 Running!

Got win7 ultimate 7600 final running faster than xp on my oldest system (look at specs)!!! Will send screenshot! WITH AERO!!!

 

[kilodow]

@ janno,it work but i kept getting bsod with my radeon 128mb cos there where no drivers for it,am now back to xp,thinking of trying it again with a geforce fx 5500 256 and see if it can run aero,will keep u posted.

 

[Zomby88]

I have a Dell, original windows 98, Pentium3, 1 GB. I use it as a music server.

 

[hackerman1]

thanks hybridfan.

however, those test were with W7-RC.
W7-Professional (RTM-version) for some reason needs 160 MB.

it might run on less, but i have no RAM´s to combine to get something between 128 & 160 MB.