TeeJay3800 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I'm interested in upgrading my machine from XP Pro SP3 to Windows 7. My computer isn't exactly bleeding edge , but XP is lightening quick on it and I've been told by a few people that it should still run 7 somewhat decently (see my sig for basic specs). I certainly wouldn't expect to use any of the fancy UI features that require more powerful hardware, but hopefully a basic install of Home Premium (or even Basic) will run alright. What do ya'll think? Dell Latitude D600 Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit SP1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhawk Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 You have over 1GB RAM which is probably all you'll ever need for Windows 7, however you could always run a compatibility check. Richard S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay3800 Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 My concern is that 1GB is the minimum requirement, and I only have just above that. I don't want to run Windows 7 if it will be any slower than what I'm running now. I'm attaching a screenshot of the results of the Upgrade Advisor. Please let me know what you think...especially about the video card and LAN card drivers. Dell Latitude D600 Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit SP1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted August 25, 2010 Moderators Share Posted August 25, 2010 upgrade to 3gb it's cheap and well worth it ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay3800 Posted August 26, 2010 Author Share Posted August 26, 2010 upgrade to 3gb it's cheap and well worth it I think the max this machine can handle is 2GB, which I may very well do eventually, but what about the driver issues described in the Upgrade Advisor? Dell Latitude D600 Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit SP1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldog9 Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 The processor is a bit faster than that but I only have 512mb on this machine and it runs 7 very well. You could always keep xp on a partition in case you ever need it for some really intensive thing. The performance hit was not anywhere near what I thought it would be with 512. 1.25gb should run fine for now. http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/NETWORK-CARD/OTHER-NETWORK-CARDS/Dell-Latitude-D610-Broadcom-570x-Gigabit-Integrated-Controller-Driver-A01.shtml I found this driver that lists Vista support. It should work in 7... You could also aattempt to install the XP driver for it in 7. For more specific help on the LAN driver issue follow the instructions HERE. If the driver page for your LAN device is of no help in regards to Windows 7 drivers or at least Vista drivers post back what those instructions said yours was. The internet - Where men are men, women are men and children are FBI agents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay3800 Posted August 26, 2010 Author Share Posted August 26, 2010 For more specific help on the LAN driver issue follow the instructions HERE. If the driver page for your LAN device is of no help in regards to Windows 7 drivers or at least Vista drivers post back what those instructions said yours was. Thanks for the info! You won't believe this, but my network card is VERY close what is in that list, but not exactly. The Device ID is 16A6. The closest in that list is 16A7. That still doesn't leave me with a Windows 7 driver for my NIC. Dell Latitude D600 Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit SP1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhawk Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 If you can't find compatible drivers for your Ethernet there is always the USB dongle option. Richard S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay3800 Posted August 27, 2010 Author Share Posted August 27, 2010 Thanks for the input guys, appreciate it! I now have 7 Ultimate up and running. All drivers are working except for the display driver (I still have a display, but using a standard/universal driver). I've been scouring the net, but if anyone knows where to find a Windows 7 driver for the ATI Radeon Mobility 9000, please let me know! Dell Latitude D600 Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit SP1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishan_rulz Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Thanks for the input guys, appreciate it! I now have 7 Ultimate up and running. All drivers are working except for the display driver (I still have a display, but using a standard/universal driver). I've been scouring the net, but if anyone knows where to find a Windows 7 driver for the ATI Radeon Mobility 9000, please let me know! http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx I hope these help as well: Link and Link Simplicity is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethec Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Link The "Don't use a beautiful background" one is ridiculous. This has no impact on performance at all. Piriform French translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishan_rulz Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 The "Don't use a beautiful background" one is ridiculous. This has no impact on performance at all. Haha, well I don't know. Maybe not for a standard computer with normal specs, but for a really low end PC with a choking RAM / CPU / GPU might show 2 - 3 seconds improvement. Simplicity is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldog9 Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 (edited) Haha, well I don't know. Maybe not for a standard computer with normal specs, but for a really low end PC with a choking RAM / CPU / GPU might show 2 - 3 seconds improvement. Yeah only useful for a complete dinosaur. I've had one before. Some old grey colored brick laptop with a tiny low-resolution and contrast LCD. The battery it had was completely dead of course and it only had a ~512MB hard drive and I believe either an original Pentium or Celeron. Whatever it was it was slow. I recall either 32 or 64Mbs of RAM. It had a red analog style nub for a mouse on the keyboard. I think it origanally ran Win95 but someone put 98 on it. It took 30 seconds at least to display a small jpeg. I dared not to use anything other than a solid color. Edit: And just idling the thing on my lap caused quite a bit of pain. I just balanced it on one knee. I tried searching for the model and company tghat made it but it wasn't on the internet. http://www.blackviper.com/Windows_7/servicecfg.htm http://www.blackviper.com/Windows_7/supertweaks.htm Edited August 27, 2010 by Talldog9 The internet - Where men are men, women are men and children are FBI agents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethec Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Again...using the Windows Classic theme is not a good idea, as Aero is GPU-powered. In fact, with that Dell Latitude, I'd bet using Classic theme would decrease performance. (that was already the case with Luna on XP. I've once enabled Luna on a small netbook...which resulted in a performance increase !) Piriform French translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay3800 Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 For those of you that might be interested, I got the display drivers working! When using the automated installer from ATI, the insallation always failed, saying something about incompatibility. However, I tried going to Device Manager, manually selecting the driver folder from ATI, and it worked! I now have the same video performance that I had when running XP. Dell Latitude D600 Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit SP1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nullack Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 I would go on a reduced diet, not turn lights on...do anything to afford more than 1GB. RAM is thousands of times faster than HDDs, even SSDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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