Question Can this old laptop run windows 10 safely

[PJmonster]

Hi, i got this old samsung laptop with windows 7 from 2012 I believe, which is starting to limit what i can use, i´d like to upgrade to windows 10 but im not sure if it can handle it smoothly here are the specs

CPU- i5-3317U 1.70GHz
RAM- 8 GB
GPU- GT620M

Thanks in advance.

 

[DaleH]

It might run, but would be painfully slow.

 

[Lutfij]

You could try and install the OS after fabricating the installer for the OS using Windows Media Creation Tools. From what you've listed, you should try and make sure your BIOS is update to the latest version before installing the OS but IMHO, you're best off leaving the OS on the laptop as is and perhaps invest on a more concurrent laptop with native Windows 10 support.

 

[USAFRet]

It might run, but would be painfully slow.

It won't be any slower than the existing Win 7.

And given a fresh install of Win 10, it might be faster, due to no years worth of built up cruft.

 

[USAFRet]

Hi, i got this old samsung laptop with windows 7 from 2012 I believe, which is starting to limit what i can use, i´d like to upgrade to windows 10 but im not sure if it can handle it smoothly here are the specs

CPU- i5-3317U 1.70GHz
RAM- 8 GB
GPU- GT620M

Thanks in advance.

Yes, it will run.

With a fresh install of 10, it might even be a bit faster than the existing Win 7.

 

[Darkbreeze]

I agree. Should run fine and likely faster than Windows 7. Not least of which is because any system still running Windows 7 is subject to unwanted use of system resources by MS trying to TELL you that you need to upgrade to Windows 10 all the time. But also because the OS would be clean. And to be clear on that point, that is only IF you do a CLEAN install. If you do an "upgrade" to Windows 7 it's probably going to be worse than it is now but the good news is that 99% of the time you can simply create Windows 10 installation media using the media creation tool, and then during the installation plug your Windows 7 product key in and "poof" it should automatically result in a digital entitlement being granted for your key and an activated Windows 10 installation.

 

[geofelt]

Is there some capability of windows 10 that is important to you?

If current performance is an issue, you can likely upgrade to 16gb of ram fairly reasonably.
If you are now running on a hard drive, upgrading to a ssd is not hard to do, and the performance boost is remarkable.

 

[Darkbreeze]

I mean, other than the fact that mainstream support for Windows 7 ended 8 years ago and extended support ended 3 years ago, and work arounds for updating Windows 7 no longer work, basically EVERY capability of Windows 10 should be of importance especially the ability to stay up to date with security features. I can't think of a single good reason why anybody would WANT to stay on Windows 7 or 8.1.

But I'm totally on board with both updating the amount of memory AND moving to an SSD if they are still getting by with a HDD. The fact that the upgrade to Windows 10 is still free should be enough of an imperative for anybody to really not avoid doing it aside from some few extremely hard cases out there who for some reason mistakenly believe Windows 7 has some benefit to be had over Windows 10. Which, it doesn't. It's definitely far less secure, there's no question of that.