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What I learned from 3 years of running Windows 11 on “unsupported” PCs
(arstechnica.com)
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As of 15 min ago, my dad has decided to install windows 11 on his 12 year old home pc. Oh boy.
I'm running Windows 11 on a 12 year old X79 platform. Runs just fine.
But it was definitely top of the line in its day and 48GB of RAM keeps any system relatively snappy.
It's an i5-2430m powered AIO PC with a HDD and 8 gb of ram (its only saving grace). It's fine for what my dad uses it for, which is largely web browsing for work and excel.
Omg, I wonder if I'd splurge on a ram stick or an ssd (if I couldn't do both for some heavy economical reason).
Just FYI I made an el cheapo "win-game-box" with an old dell and wasn't able to install w10 on the ssd so I put it on a hard drive. So slow I felt I went back in time to 2005. Figured out how to reset win10 with a specific dell iso and was able to put it on the ssd -> totally okay/snappy pc.
It's 2 4 gb sticks and so I'd have to hope that it supports 16 gb of ddr3.
As for the ssd, that's in the cards eventually. But since it's an aio Pc, it's an utter pain to work on
It's actually not shit for a hdd which confuses me. It's just an Hitachi Travelstar hdd. I've used faster (on paper) machines that don't feel as responsive as that computer.
Yeah Win11 will probably be a noticeable performance hit on that. Especially Explorer which they made dog slow when adding tabs and the new context menu.
The Office apps and browser will probably be about the same.
Tell him you'll have to do it for him and install Linux mint
I made that comment to my mom this morning. Also I have tried Linux on that machine and its weird. It has a very old digitizer that sort of works. (Sony Vaio AIO). Disabling it is a #1 priority.
He's technically inclined enough to install it himself entirely.
Other issue is the wireless card. It's an old Qualcomm card (not ath9k).
We'll figure it out once windows 11 stops working. Or if the drive dies.
I'm glad I put mine on Mint years ago. His Mint 21 install is still supported until 2027 and I only have to help him like twice a year with smth