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Rojo096

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Can i use windows 7 on my old machine:
AMD Sempron LE-1100 1.90 Ghz (1 Core)
2 GB RAM DDR2
Motherboard:MSI K9N6PGM2-V2
Graphics Card:(Onboard):Nvidia Geforce 7025/nForce 630a
 
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Less than a year XP loses all support. Windows 7 however would not be very good on that machine either. I'd try Linux if I were you.
 
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AdamSpencer95

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Well, i dont think XP needs much support to be honest, i remember it being pretty bulletproof when i used to have it. Yes i agree, an OS such as ubuntu would do better than windows 7.

 
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I have a fairly ancient Dell box (2002) that I refurbished for my parents a few years ago. It's so old it uses RDRAM. Relevant specs:
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz Northwood SL7EY
MOBO: Unknown Foxconn using Intel 850E chipset
RAM: RDRAM, Mixed Manufacturers, PC800-40 (2GB)
HDD0: Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JBRTL
GFX: ATI Radeon HD4650 (AGP)

It has a copy of Windows 7 on it, and it runs very nicely; about the only thing it does have an issue with is 1080p video (although interestingly an old 3.2GHz Prescott P4 that I have lying around with a slightly better AMD card has no issues with HD at all).

So your hardware should run on Windows 7 or later just fine. Now can it do video or gaming in its present configuration? Likely not very well. But for word processing and internet surfing, you should not have a problem. If possible I'd recommend a low end but recent discreet video card and that should take care of video issues. Something like a GT 220 or 620.

Another option would be a Linux-based operating system as stated elsewhere here; I have personally used OpenSUSE and Linux Mint and can thus speak only of these two distributions, in this instance I think Mint would be a better choice of the two since its very user friendly like Ubuntu presumably is. Now it would somewhat restrict your access to programs meant for the Windows ecosystem (it would not be impossible to use them as there is WINE, but it does not claim fully compatibility with those programs), so if there are programs for Windows that you find critical I would continue to go ahead with an upgrade to Win7 if you want to keep this machine.

However, you may be better served in the longer term with getting a more recent low-end machine for sub-$500 prices and upgrading to higher-end parts as you see fit based on your budget.
 
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