[SOLVED] What is the highest Windows version that runs on Sony Vaio Model PCG-71C11M, product name VPCEL3S1E?

[PeterMuellerr]

Which Windows versions above Windows 7 run on Sony Vaio Model PCG-71C11M, product name VPCEL3S1E ? The laptop itself was shipped with Windows 7, and I wonder whether anyone can report on positive or negative experiences with Windows 8.1 or Windows 10. The product sheet is here: https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/laptop-pc-vpc-series/vpcel3s1e/specifications, except the color is black.

 

[USAFRet]

Which Windows versions above Windows 7 run on Sony Vaio Model PCG-71C11M, product name VPCEL3S1E ? The laptop itself was shipped with Windows 7, and I wonder whether anyone can report on positive or negative experiences with Windows 8.1 or Windows 10. The product sheet is here: https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/laptop-pc-vpc-series/vpcel3s1e/specifications, except the color is black.

If it came with Win 7, it will almost certainly run Win 10.

How much RAM is in it?
How well does it run 7 currently?

 

[Eximo]

e450 embedded processor, came with 1x4GB. Yes, it can run Windows 10, but it won't be enjoyable. Plenty of websites out there that will cripple it just trying to load the page, why I retired my e350 and turned it into a MAME box.

 

[PeterMuellerr]

If it came with Win 7, it will almost certainly run Win 10.

How much RAM is in it?
How well does it run 7 currently?

6 GB RAM as of now. I know that 8 GB would be better. The laptop doesn't run Windows 7 very well currently. (The reason for the bad performance is not the laptop itself, but a very, very much substandard treatment by its owners, extremly mildly put. Some updates are missing since 2013, the Windows Defender has never been run in the past years (instead the “free” version of Avira, which I consider half-bloatware and half-adware, said everything would be fine, whereas it was not fine in reality), the adware is all around, etc. The list goes on, and on, and on. The owners are faithful Christians having a strong belief that g-d would apparently solve all their problems. I love being called g-d, but this changes neither their technical attitude nor the state of their laptop.)

 

[PeterMuellerr]

Yes, it can run Windows 10, but it won't be enjoyable.

Have you yourself tested this, at least for your e350?

 

[USAFRet]

I have Win 10 running on an older, cheesier system.

Discussion - What's the oldest and/or cheesiest system you have Win 10 installed on?

Mine is a 2009 era Toshiba Satellite L305-S5955 Celeron 900, 2.2GHz, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD. The only upgrade from stock was a warranty replacement of the original 160GB HDD to the current 250GB. Currently v1903, Build 18362.295 https://www.cnet.com/products/toshiba-satellite-l305-s5955/specs/...

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The problems on that system would seem to stem from a junked up install.
A full wipe and reinstall, of either 7 or 10, would do wonders.

And the included Windows Defender AV is just as good or better than Avira, without the ad junk.

Also, possibly swap in a SATA III SSD. Replace the existing HDD.

 

[Eximo]

And you yourself tested this, at least for your e350?

I think the highest it ran was Windows 8.1, but several general posts regarding the e450 and Windows 10 are out there. People are running it.

Just a lowly dual core, at 1.65 Ghz or something. Even when I had my e350 running at 1.8Ghz most websites with advertisements and auto launching videos became unusable. (heck I have issues with weather.com on an i5-7200u) If it is just for office work or really casual gaming it should handle it. I used to run dosbox and other emulators on it for old games. AMD graphics was actually more suitable to running a lot of older titles compared to my main gaming rig's Nvidia cards.

 

[PeterMuellerr]

I have Win 10 running on an older, cheesier system.

Discussion - What's the oldest and/or cheesiest system you have Win 10 installed on?

Mine is a 2009 era Toshiba Satellite L305-S5955 Celeron 900, 2.2GHz, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD. The only upgrade from stock was a warranty replacement of the original 160GB HDD to the current 250GB. Currently v1903, Build 18362.295 https://www.cnet.com/products/toshiba-satellite-l305-s5955/specs/...

forums.tomshardware.com

The problems on that system would seem to stem from a junked up install.
A full wipe and reinstall, of either 7 or 10, would do wonders.

And the included Windows Defender AV is just as good or better than Avira, without the ad junk.

Also, possibly swap in a SATA III SSD. Replace the existing HDD.

Thanks. As for your older Toshiba system, its chips might hypothetically have standard MS drivers, whereas some parts of Sony Vaio in the OP might hypothetically have no fresh drivers. Your statement is a good sign, but in general, it's hard to tell 100%.

I agree with you with respect to the junk install, a clean installation (of Windows 7, though one would have to grab Internet Explorer 11 from somewhere), Windows Defender, and a drive upgrade. As for a clean install of Windows 10, I have strong, positive hints from you and @Eximo now.

 

[PeterMuellerr]

@Eximo Ok. Knowing from first hand that Windows 8.1 runs is a good thing to know, thanks!

 

[USAFRet]

Thanks. As for your older Toshiba system, its chips might hypothetically have standard MS drivers, whereas some parts of Sony Vaio in the OP might hypothetically have no fresh drivers. Your statement is a good sign, but in general, it's hard to tell 100%.

I agree with you with respect to the junk install, a clean installation (of Windows 7, though one would have to grab Internet Explorer 11 from somewhere), Windows Defender, and a drive upgrade. As for a clean install of Windows 10, I have strong, positive hints from you and @Eximo now.

In all the systems I've touched, I've not seen one that will run 7 and fail to run 10.
It may be slow, but it was dirt slow on Win 7 to start with.

 

[Eximo]

In all the systems I've touched, I've not seen one that will run 7 and fail to run 10.
It may be slow, but it was dirt slow on Win 7 to start with.

Only one I am aware of is the Pentium D. It will run 7 and 8, but not 8.1 or 10. Missing some required instruction sets.

 

[USAFRet]

Only one I am aware of is the Pentium D. It will run 7 and 8, but not 8.1 or 10. Missing some required instruction sets.

Yeah, that will do it.

 

[Eximo]

Anyone want to buy a Pentium D SFF PC? I really need to do something silly with it, but it is so tiny. Maybe an STX board would fit...ultimate sleeper Dell. Ooh, maybe hide one of the new NUCs in it.

Sad part is right before I tried updating it to Windows 10 I upgraded the system memory (8GB!) and cloned the drive to a new one. Actually managed to fill itself up due to a stupid programming choice. It would take a daily backup of the local SQL Express DB, and not roll over the old ones. This same company had us upgrade to Windows 10 for security purposes. That software couldn't fight its way out of a paper bag. For a point of sale, it didn't even handle the money format properly in any of the forms... Comma was always in the wrong place until the form was saved. Help page was "under construction" for about 6 years.