Tag: windows 7 in old pcs

Windows 7 has been proven to work on older computers 2 or 3 generations away from contemporary models. Microsoft has apparently fixed what was wrong with Vista and gave us a new OS free from the bloat and objectionable pop-ups that was the hallmark of the Vista user experience. Microsoft even announced that Windows 7 will work on netbooks. This is significant knowing that beginning in 2008, more portable computers were sold compared to desktop units.

Two PC enthusiasts are trying to do the unthinkable -install Microsoft’s latest operating system, Windows 7, on computers 2 or 3 generations older than contemporary PCs. We will find out how they did, whether they were able to squeeze something useful from these computers or was it just an experiment doomed to fail from the start.

When you encounter a Pentium 4 computer running contemporary applications or acting as a server, chances are the computer is running on Linux. Breathing new life into old computers has been the exclusive domain of the Linux operating system because it demands little on computer hardware, has robust security such that you can eschew resource hungry anti-virus software, and most of all, because it is open source and free.