I have an older desktop with Intel pentium 4 processor. Not sure the specs but will it work with windows 8? I will be using for Day trading so need real time processing. Otherwise which processor is recommended?
Probably not. Drivers would be difficult to impossible to find. And it would be very slow. Most smart phone cpus are more powerful than a p4. I wouldn't suggest running win 8 on anything slower than a core 2(duo or quad).
I have an older desktop with Intel pentium 4 processor. Not sure the specs but will it work with windows 8? I will be using for Day trading so need real time processing. Otherwise which processor is recommended?
Hi,
Windows 8 requires that the microprocessor support the PAE, SSE2, and NX-Bit instruction set extensions.
All pentium 4 microprocessors support PAE and SSE2, but the NX-Bit was introduced with the Prescott microarchitecture. This means that Willamette and Northwood generation Pentium 4 microprocessors will not support Windows 8.