30 Jun
2015
30 Jun
'15
3:37 p.m.
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Fred
Cisin
Sent: 30 June 2015 16:06
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Advice Requested on Life Expectancy of a PC Windows System
On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
Because the base OS and Applications no longer supports current internet
standards ?
I don't think this qualifies as answers
persay, but more just data
points really...
I have successfully installed & run Win7 x86 & x64 on Dell Latitude
D620, D630, D820 & D830. Not sure on the age, but they gotta be
getting on to around 7 years. The RAM they have varies between 2GB &
4GB.
I have also installed Win8 x64 on a Latitude
D830, then proceeded to
swap that drive into a D620. Yesterday, I just "upgraded" a D820 from
WIn7x64 to Win10 x64 preview; 3GB RAM, we'll see how that goes...
In other words, you should not be using WinXP anymore unless you
have
an app that just won't work with Win7.
Why not??!?
Why do the experts advocate not using something that had been working?
The fact that you CAN "upgrade", doesn't
seem to imply that you SHOULD.
In that case, ditch the program or run in a VM.
Why?
If the hardware is becoming too unreliable, . . .
If you need some sort of unavailable support, . . .
Otherwise, WHY change?