Windows 7 Successfully Installed on a Pentium II

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hemelskonijn

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Interesting that he got it to run, though i wonder what exactly did he get to run ?

Obvious it booted to the desktop but will he be able to boot it to the desktop start a browser and post a reply to my message here in under 15 minutes ?
 

scook9

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its' a shame the Microsoft windows use experience bottoms out at 1.0.....I would be interested to see where this actually falls. And yes, way too much spare time...
 

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I have a 2 GB HP laptop that runs out of resources after several days if I leave it on and just log out when I'm not using it. This is only using the built in email client, Explorer 8 and Quicken. I should qualify that by saying there may be a couple of other things running in the background, but I've never had this happen with Vista or XP.
 

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Sure he can run it, but can he use it? Hmm.. I've got an old pc, might try this myself (I got a lot of time too).
 

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[citation][nom]erichlund[/nom]I have a 2 GB HP laptop that runs out of resources after several days if I leave it on and just log out when I'm not using it. This is only using the built in email client, Explorer 8 and Quicken. I should qualify that by saying there may be a couple of other things running in the background, but I've never had this happen with Vista or XP.[/citation]

???? Are you referring to Windows 7? You know it's still in the RC stage... Why would you expect it to be perfect yet?

At least hold your complaints until October. :)
 

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eh... everything that would run on a 'modern' pc will run under the system shown... just slower... there's nothing in the architecture that's lacking in between those series of processor/motherboards that would not allow a program to run. if you strip down the services and wot not, i bet it'd run just fine as a IM client and web browsing without flash crap... i think we're just too spoiled because there's still a great majority, worldwide, that uses pentium 2/3 class hardware...
 
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wonder how big the harddrive is.
I have a old laptop with similar hardware but only 4 GB of HDD.
Don't think its worth trying to install :)
 
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I'm sure even a 166Mhz processor could boot Win7, but the user experience will be.. just terrible!
With CPU speeds lower than our current RAM, graphics, PCIE, or FSB speeds, what can you expect?

I bet it took all 24 hours to get that one installed!

It'd be nice to see some specs!
 

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[citation][nom]rbarone69[/nom]Windows exp rating of -8.WARNING use of this machine may cause you to go back in time.[/citation]

LOL! Thanks for the chuckle :)
 

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A pentium II what's the point lol. I also have a Pentium 233mmx I guess I could try it out on if I thought it served any purpose but it doesn't. :) I'm about to scrap a pentium III 1ghz system and put at least a P4 in that, and even P4's are slow.
 

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[citation][nom]erigolhuhu[/nom]Talking about that, are they going to add something to change that huge windows bar in the final version?[/citation]
The RC is suppose to be feature complete. Which means any changes will just be bug fixes, minor tweaks, and added drivers.
 

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meh, meh, and more MEH!! When they can get the latest version of windows to run on a 486 then I might say "hey look, windows can one more thing linux does with ease..."

 

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I'm suprised to see so many Toms readers criticising the man for having to much time on his hands. Aren't we all suppose to be enthusiasts? I think its awesome. I might give a crack at installing on my old Pentium M...
 

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I'm running the RC on a Toshiba Satilite a70 laptop. 1 Gig of ram and an ati mobility 9000 gpu. I was never able to get drivers running under vista for the gpu, but under Win 7 XP drivers from 2006 are working fine.

The laptop performs fine for everyday tasks (office, web, email) and is WOW is even quite playable on it :)

If you haven't tried it, don't open your yaps.

 

brickhouse

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LOL. I'm betting it would. If it meets the requirements for WOW these days then I bet it would. Having said that, I'm not betting on how fast at all :)
 
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