Well I used to run both Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 on my HP Mini 210 Netbook and also my MSI Wind Netbook. Both of which came with Windows 7 Starter. I had the 32 bit version because you cannot run 64 bit on a netbook. Windows 8 and 8.1 worked fine. The only thing it couldn't run was the Metro apps but I just used the ordinary software. Which was the same as I was using in Windows 7. Then Windows 8 went end of life so I moved to Linux. That was nearly 3 years ago now and I have been on Linux ever since.
@@TechSimplified910 Yes it is. A lot of people are turning to Linux now because of Windows 11. The way it is. It's nothing like the old Windows we knew and loved when we had Windows 7.
I love my D630. Upgraded it to an SSD and 6 gigs of ram because my college didn't have another 4 gig stick laying around, and it runs Windows 10 just fine. About to dual-boot Parrot OS Linux on it as well, it's been a bulletproof laptop since I've owned it, never has given me a single issue.
It's a fantastic laptop. Fantastic quality of electronics and great design. If you care about it it won't break for no reason. Just change the termal paste when it starts to freakout and It' work great. I can also recommend a lightweight Linux distro like Linux Mint Mate/Xfce if you want fully supported OS with all the modern codecs and web tech support by default. Also I recommend using the modular bay for second SSD/HDD if you don't use the DVD/RW drive. 2.5" HDD drives with decent capacity like 2TB can be pretty cheap. For OS you need SSD as the difference is huge even with that ancient SATA interface. If you know how you can always use virtual memory on your SSD. It'll be fast enough to make you don't care about going out of mem. I'm using Linux Mint Mate OS so I don't care as I can't reach 3GB anyway.
Bro, I'm using my D630 all the time. I got 2Ghz Core2Duo , 4GB RAM, Sandisk Ultra II 120GB SSD and conventional 500GB HDD in the modular bay. 2 days ago I replaced the factory CPU thermal paste and GPU thermopad with new paste. It works fine. I'm Linux user BTW. This laptop is a legacy of better times. Easy to disasemble (i got some struggle with keyboard connector as it's too sophisticated in it's design.). I love the design. I love the durability. If you care about it it will survive at least 10 years of heavy use. Also when it comes to performance it still plays 1080p HEVC videos from files and can manage UA-cam's (non 60fps) 1080p videos. I play mostly emulator games and it works fine too. I would like the same laptop with slightly modernised guts. Now we got that flat boredom.
I ran the developer preview versions of Windows 8 on my d630 back in the day to check out the special versions of Visual Studio Express that supported Metro apps. Metro was awful, but I loved that laptop. There were sooooo many parts available thanks to it being a business laptop, which made it great as a student because I couldn't afford much. Even today, I keep a Dell Latitude 7490 around as my little side project computer. Good memories!
Windows 8.1 is quite lightweight, it even runs well on computers with hard drives, the same can't be said with Windows 10 (specially newer versions of W10) and definetly not Windows 11, it's also easier on the CPU and RAM than W10 and 11.
Yes you can run Windows 8 on a netbook and also Windows 10. As long as you install the 32 bit version. Because it won't run 64 bit. Windows 11 doesn't come with 32 bit. So if you want that the only option is to install on a laptop that can run 64 bit. Windows 10 is the very last version of Windows to support 32 bit. As Microsoft have stopped support for that starting with Windows 11.
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad X220 32-bit with Core i5-2520M and 4GB DDR3 RAM (Released in 2011) as a secondary laptop (Not my main laptop). It originally ran on Windows 7 Professional, then upgraded to Windows 10 Professional but I downgraded it to Windows 8.1 cuz Windows 10 seems a bit too resource-heavy for that PC, plus I felt really nostalgic with Windows 8.1 especially the start screen. The boot duration of Windows 8.1 in that laptop is WAY faster than what Windows 10 did to that laptop. Windows 11 is reserved for 64-bit devices only so downloading it into that 32-bit laptop is never possible.
I am watching this video now on the same machine. Its still quite a capable machine though mine now runs Alpine Linux. Mine came originally with XP Pro. It will run XP Pro, Win 7 in KVM virtual machines as it has VT-x enabled CPU and is 64 bit. I tried Tiny 11 (a stripped down version of Win 11) in a VM but although it installed and kind of ran wasn't particularly usable despite allocating nearly two thirds of the Dell's resources to it! More a bit of fun.
@@TechSimplified910 yeh I don't normally recommend modified windows iso's for obvious reasons, but the developer NTDEV (also has a youtube channel) is respected in the community and it should be ok for an experiment in a VM.
@@weycresttv that’s really cool, I have next up coming video with tiny 7 I think or it made be called windows 7 lite I got figure out which version it is but it’s basically the same thing as tiny 11 just a stripped down version of the actual thing
Remembered, try Windows 8 on my Core 2 Duo PC 😅. And it was surprisingly smooth Consider it was run on my 320 GB HDD 😅 and using Core 2 Duo E4500 😊 with Nvidia GeForce 210 basic Graphics Card
Sometimes this os ran better than Vista or 7 on this kind of hardware. Years ago when i was in my highschool days we had singlecore Celeron 420 and 2GB RAM running this os and it was very fast
Did you really how did you manage to do that, windows 11 is unsupported on older hardware, I know many back door ways to install it but i am curious to know how you did it
Actually Windows 8.1 still light rather than Windows 10, but nowadays browser support for that OS already leaving, even now Firefox now entering ESR for Windows 8.1
It's a x64 cpu so it probably be able to run windows10 or even 11( ltsc or just bypass those pathetic tpm and other check). And 4gb of ram is enough to run windows10 and 11 as long as you properly debloat the system. Not sure about windows11 since t7500 might not have sse4.2 instruction set but I think 10 is fine.
Well I used to run both Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 on my HP Mini 210 Netbook and also my MSI Wind Netbook. Both of which came with Windows 7 Starter. I had the 32 bit version because you cannot run 64 bit on a netbook. Windows 8 and 8.1 worked fine. The only thing it couldn't run was the Metro apps but I just used the ordinary software. Which was the same as I was using in Windows 7. Then Windows 8 went end of life so I moved to Linux. That was nearly 3 years ago now and I have been on Linux ever since.
Nice good to hear that your running Linux now, I hear Linux is becoming more of a main stream os
Windows 8.1 support ended January 2023.
@@TechSimplified910 Yes it is. A lot of people are turning to Linux now because of Windows 11. The way it is. It's nothing like the old Windows we knew and loved when we had Windows 7.
I love my D630. Upgraded it to an SSD and 6 gigs of ram because my college didn't have another 4 gig stick laying around, and it runs Windows 10 just fine. About to dual-boot Parrot OS Linux on it as well, it's been a bulletproof laptop since I've owned it, never has given me a single issue.
nice that is really cool to hear, that you are using this computer for college, that is so cool
also I love your husky so sweet
It's a fantastic laptop. Fantastic quality of electronics and great design. If you care about it it won't break for no reason. Just change the termal paste when it starts to freakout and It' work great. I can also recommend a lightweight Linux distro like Linux Mint Mate/Xfce if you want fully supported OS with all the modern codecs and web tech support by default. Also I recommend using the modular bay for second SSD/HDD if you don't use the DVD/RW drive. 2.5" HDD drives with decent capacity like 2TB can be pretty cheap. For OS you need SSD as the difference is huge even with that ancient SATA interface. If you know how you can always use virtual memory on your SSD. It'll be fast enough to make you don't care about going out of mem. I'm using Linux Mint Mate OS so I don't care as I can't reach 3GB anyway.
Bro, I'm using my D630 all the time. I got 2Ghz Core2Duo , 4GB RAM, Sandisk Ultra II 120GB SSD and conventional 500GB HDD in the modular bay. 2 days ago I replaced the factory CPU thermal paste and GPU thermopad with new paste. It works fine. I'm Linux user BTW. This laptop is a legacy of better times. Easy to disasemble (i got some struggle with keyboard connector as it's too sophisticated in it's design.). I love the design. I love the durability. If you care about it it will survive at least 10 years of heavy use. Also when it comes to performance it still plays 1080p HEVC videos from files and can manage UA-cam's (non 60fps) 1080p videos. I play mostly emulator games and it works fine too. I would like the same laptop with slightly modernised guts. Now we got that flat boredom.
I ran the developer preview versions of Windows 8 on my d630 back in the day to check out the special versions of Visual Studio Express that supported Metro apps. Metro was awful, but I loved that laptop. There were sooooo many parts available thanks to it being a business laptop, which made it great as a student because I couldn't afford much. Even today, I keep a Dell Latitude 7490 around as my little side project computer. Good memories!
That is really cool to hear
Windows 8.1 is quite lightweight, it even runs well on computers with hard drives, the same can't be said with Windows 10 (specially newer versions of W10) and definetly not Windows 11, it's also easier on the CPU and RAM than W10 and 11.
Yes you can run Windows 8 on a netbook and also Windows 10. As long as you install the 32 bit version. Because it won't run 64 bit. Windows 11 doesn't come with 32 bit. So if you want that the only option is to install on a laptop that can run 64 bit. Windows 10 is the very last version of Windows to support 32 bit. As Microsoft have stopped support for that starting with Windows 11.
Yes indeed
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad X220 32-bit with Core i5-2520M and 4GB DDR3 RAM (Released in 2011) as a secondary laptop (Not my main laptop). It originally ran on Windows 7 Professional, then upgraded to Windows 10 Professional but I downgraded it to Windows 8.1 cuz Windows 10 seems a bit too resource-heavy for that PC, plus I felt really nostalgic with Windows 8.1 especially the start screen. The boot duration of Windows 8.1 in that laptop is WAY faster than what Windows 10 did to that laptop.
Windows 11 is reserved for 64-bit devices only so downloading it into that 32-bit laptop is never possible.
That 17 yr old laptop is in high school right now.
I am sure it is
I am watching this video now on the same machine. Its still quite a capable machine though mine now runs Alpine Linux. Mine came originally with XP Pro. It will run XP Pro, Win 7 in KVM virtual machines as it has VT-x enabled CPU and is 64 bit. I tried Tiny 11 (a stripped down version of Win 11) in a VM but although it installed and kind of ran wasn't particularly usable despite allocating nearly two thirds of the Dell's resources to it! More a bit of fun.
Interesting I never heard of tiny 11
@@TechSimplified910 yeh I don't normally recommend modified windows iso's for obvious reasons, but the developer NTDEV (also has a youtube channel) is respected in the community and it should be ok for an experiment in a VM.
@@weycresttv that’s really cool, I have next up coming video with tiny 7 I think or it made be called windows 7 lite I got figure out which version it is but it’s basically the same thing as tiny 11 just a stripped down version of the actual thing
Fun Fact: This Computer Was Made In *2000 AND FUCKING SEVEN*
I feel old reading this comment
Based on the fact that my 19 year old laptop can run windows 7 with a single core cpu (not well), I'm guessing yes.
That’s really cool!
Remembered, try Windows 8 on my Core 2 Duo PC 😅. And it was surprisingly smooth
Consider it was run on my 320 GB HDD 😅 and using Core 2 Duo E4500 😊 with Nvidia GeForce 210 basic Graphics Card
Interesting
Wow that’s really cool
Sometimes this os ran better than Vista or 7 on this kind of hardware. Years ago when i was in my highschool days we had singlecore Celeron 420 and 2GB RAM running this os and it was very fast
I use a 17 year old laptop every day. That'll easily run Windows 10 and with some modifications, it'll run Windows 11.
I forced installed Windows 11 on a 17 yo PC. It works OK, but it doesn't receive upgrades.
skyler white had a similar computer
My Dell Inspiron 1520 of 2008 runs Windows 10 64 bit.
It came preinstalled with Windows XP.
i ran windows 8.1 on my dell inspiron 530
Nice that’s a good old pc
That laptop can run windows 10 with no issues or slowdowns of any kind.
Well i got 15 year old laptop running windows 11
Did you really how did you manage to do that, windows 11 is unsupported on older hardware, I know many back door ways to install it but i am curious to know how you did it
@@TechSimplified910 you would not believe your eyes when i say that 15 year old laptop had 1 gb ram and 1.6ghz cpu
This laptop is older than me
its old as my inspiron 530 it was given from friend over week ago
Actually Windows 8.1 still light rather than Windows 10, but nowadays browser support for that OS already leaving, even now Firefox now entering ESR for Windows 8.1
Will that 17 yr old Dell laptop graduate high school
When computers were made to last
Laptops my age
got that exact same model latitdue... "runs" windwos 10 32 bit just slowly. Wouldev ran windwos 11 even if it had support for 32 bit cpus
You should use a light Linux distro on such an old PC. It will be much faster than Win.
It's a x64 cpu so it probably be able to run windows10 or even 11( ltsc or just bypass those pathetic tpm and other check). And 4gb of ram is enough to run windows10 and 11 as long as you properly debloat the system.
Not sure about windows11 since t7500 might not have sse4.2 instruction set but I think 10 is fine.
That’s the same kind of laptop I have lol 😂
Cool
It would have been more impressive if it ran windows 10