I have an older laptop with a 1.66GHz Processor, 512MB of RAM and 128MB of shared graphics (Intel GMA950). Would it be possible to run Vista on this laptop? I am prepared to do without the Aero Interface, so would i have enough memory to run the non-Aero interface without the OS itself hogging up all my system resources?
2007-03-22 07:31:39 · 7 answers · asked by Wildhoney 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Visit the link below and run the utility on your laptop to see if it can run vista....
http://pcpitstop.com/vistaready/default.asp
2007-03-22 07:35:25 · answer #1 · answered by Vincent 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not awfully sure about this, but I think that Windows Vista needs a 64 bit processor to run. If this is so then your ancient laptop is 32bit so won't run. Even if you could run it with the processor inside, theres no where near enough RAM, i'll bet that the laptop runs really slow with an operating system like windows XP.
Your just gonna get major lag and waste cash on vista... it would be more efficient to buy a whole new laptop with vista pre-installed than to upgrade your current one enough.
2007-03-23 08:41:35 · answer #2 · answered by Captain Heinrich 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
To be honest, I quite doubt it.
It'll be able to run it without the Aero Interface but even with that turned off you need at least a gig memory.
2007-03-22 14:37:13 · answer #3 · answered by badassmfdrummer07 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say you can, but why would you want to? Is there a specific application that you need Vista to run?
Microsoft wants you to upgrade regardless, but new software is designed for new hardware. If you have no need for Vista, stick with XP, or I would suggest if you don't need XP, use Windows 2000. Older, more stable tested systems work better than new, bloated ones.
2007-03-22 14:37:08 · answer #4 · answered by Daniel 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm gonna say no. The aero is required to run vista. It will make your laptop extremely slow and it would be a complete pain to deal with. Just stick with xp.
2007-03-22 14:46:11 · answer #5 · answered by T-man 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Basically it is not worth it for it to work well you would need to upgrade the ram and get a better graphics card stick to xp there isn't really much difference.
2007-03-22 14:35:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go test your pc here
http://www.crucial.com/
2007-03-22 14:36:09 · answer #7 · answered by Bend it like Bender 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋