Upgrading laptop to windows 10

[ovadiaitay34]

Hello everyone
I have an HP laptop pavilion g60 (pretty old one)
I was thinking maybe I could upgrade to Windows 10, is that possible with its specs?
If yes, I would like an explanation how to do it

Thanks for helpers



Link of laptop details http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01801120

 

[USAFRet]

Hello everyone
I have an HP laptop pavilion g60 (pretty old one)
I was thinking maybe I could upgrade to Windows 10, is that possible with its specs?
If yes, I would like an explanation how to do it

Thanks for helpers

Link of laptop details http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01801120

What OS is on it now?
I have a similar vintage Toshiba, with less RAM. It runs Win 10 OK. No slower than the previous Win 7.

 

[Rocky Bennett]

I know that everybody else will chime in with their opinions but what I say is that specs are only part of the equation. The most important part of the equation is drivers and if HP has drivers for your computer that are Windows 10 compliant then your PC should work well with Windows 10.

 

[ss202sl]

I agree with driver support. Hardware specs are just specs, but without driver support you can't take advantage of what the hardware has to offer.

 

[ovadiaitay34]

Right now I have windows 7 home premium running. How can I know if the drivers will be compatible with 10?

 

[USAFRet]

Right now I have windows 7 home premium running. How can I know if the drivers will be compatible with 10?

Look at HP.com. See if they have created drivers for it.

But my Toshiba runs all the basic functions just fine with the default Win 10 drivers. It depends a LOT on what you use this system for.

 

[ovadiaitay34]

I visit mostly YouTube, check mail, streaming and downloading movies, I'm not a gamer so I guess I'll be good to go

 

[dudeman509]

I successfully upgraded a HP T4200 laptop to Win 10 with no issues. It runs great (for its age) with a SSD in it.

 

[ovadiaitay34]

Dudeman, how did you do with all the drivers

 

[dudeman509]

Dudeman, how did you do with all the drivers

Windows went out and found everything itself for the HP. I did literally nothing but click install. Driver support in Win 10 is pretty excellent for most run-of-the-mill systems (Intel IGP, Intel chipsets, etc)

The one I did have issue with was finding a display driver for another laptop with a C2D ATI-based chipset. Just forced it to run the Win7 display driver, and it runs fine.

 

[ovadiaitay34]

Thanks. Since I'm not that good in computer, is there a tutorial out there?

 

[Rocky Bennett]

Thanks. Since I'm not that good in computer, is there a tutorial out there?

Have you purchased Windows 10 yet?

 

[ovadiaitay34]

Not yet, isn't the upgrade for free?

 

[Rocky Bennett]

Not yet, isn't the upgrade for free?

No, there is no free upgrade. Amazon has Windows 10 for $99 and other dealers are charging between $89 and $109 US for Windows 10. All you have to do is buy the license and we will walk you through the installation.

 

[USAFRet]

Not yet, isn't the upgrade for free?

Not any more. That ran out July 29 2016.