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Originally Posted by mannyo
Windows 10 actually runs pretty well on ancient hardware.
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For now ...
Windows 7 was the same on release, and it's been the same story with most versions of Windows. If you install an early release of 7, without any service packs, it too will happily run on older hardware with just 1GB of RAM, but now it's middle-aged and it's gained some weight. Without putting it on a diet by identifying and removing a heap of non-essential services and features, it struggles to run efficiently at anything less than about 3GB of RAM. I reckon Windows 10 will be looking podgy in less than 12 months.
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Originally Posted by lebesset
but with the size of HDD fitted to a netbook dual OS just isn't going to work , and as microsoft are having a peek at the fitted OS before permitting the free upgrade download [ or even making a reservation ] having a sticker ain't going to cut the mustard I presume ; as 10 is an upgrade , if the old OS isn't there it won't be able to install one presumes ; don't forget a netbook comes without a DVD player or a system disc ; hastle ,hastle
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Some netbooks come with relatively large HDDs (~320-500GB), but you can easily upgrade that or replace it with an SSD, as Matty is doing, so dual boot isn't an issue. In fact, I have a netbook of a similar vintage that I configured to quad-boot at one time.
No need to dual-boot it though. If you have the key (either from the COA on the bottom, or by recovering and recording it before reformatting), trying Windows 10 later won't be an issue. It's simply a matter of reinstalling Windows 7 first then performing the upgrade.
As for the lack of a CD/DVD ROM, I can't remember the last time I used an optical disc to install an OS; it must be a good 5 years or more. For at least 10 years, it's been the norm in the IT industry to boot and install the OS from USB storage devices. At the server-end of the IT world, which is where the majority of my work is these days, optical drives have been obsolete for years, but even down at the residential end they're being omitted from newer systems now.