I now have W10 build 10041 up and running on a very old Dell Inspiron B130 LT! Intel Pentium M 1.7Ghz, with 1.5GB of 533Mhz DDR RAM. W10 is currently only using 672MB of that. Install size is 7.2G out of 74.5G available. I'm guessing this is an 80G HD.
This is a new install after HD reformat. Previously XPSP3 was on it. Total install took between 30-45min. and ran without a hitch. No errors.
First, I'm surprised it would even run on this old machine (2004 or 2005 maybe? I'm not the original owner. It was a freebie from a neighbor). Performance is very good. No waiting for a long spinning wheel/hourglass/etc.
I'm limited to a max of 1024 x 768 on the screen due to the internal Intel silicon (915GM/910ML/915MS). Max graphics mem is 763MB. (I said it was old.....)
Windows key (start) is semi-translucent to background. Lots of aps on right. Very new to me as an XP user. A rt-clk allows you to unpin/resize anything.
Task view is also new to me and I like it. File Explorer is a very different ballgame from XP..hopefully it'll remember how each of my folders is set up. I'll have to add some items to play around with it.
I looked for My computer > properties, device manager, control panel and the HD. All in new places, but find-able. The only icon on the desktop is the recycle bin, so no joy there. Not sure what this looks like in W7 or W8, but very different from XP. No worries though!
Resource Monitor is excellent! So is Task Manager. I regularly use the SysInternals programs instead with XP as they show so much more information. Definite step up here.
No joy though trying to play a DVD! Ha! What is it with MS when it comes to something as simple as playing a movie? This is 2015, not 2000. Perhaps "this feature" hasn't been added yet. I didn't get an option to play the movie, only examine the disc's TOC. According to WMP, the "disc is empty." Does W8 do this out-of-the-box or does it too need an "ap" to play a DVD? I remember XP doing the exact same thing upon a new install more than a decade ago now. Geesh.....it DID know what to do with a CD though....play it.
Well that's my two-cents review from a still-XP user. MS gets a FAIL on the DVD auto-play, but everything else seems to work and on some ancient Dell HW too boot.
This is a new install after HD reformat. Previously XPSP3 was on it. Total install took between 30-45min. and ran without a hitch. No errors.
First, I'm surprised it would even run on this old machine (2004 or 2005 maybe? I'm not the original owner. It was a freebie from a neighbor). Performance is very good. No waiting for a long spinning wheel/hourglass/etc.
I'm limited to a max of 1024 x 768 on the screen due to the internal Intel silicon (915GM/910ML/915MS). Max graphics mem is 763MB. (I said it was old.....)
Windows key (start) is semi-translucent to background. Lots of aps on right. Very new to me as an XP user. A rt-clk allows you to unpin/resize anything.
Task view is also new to me and I like it. File Explorer is a very different ballgame from XP..hopefully it'll remember how each of my folders is set up. I'll have to add some items to play around with it.
I looked for My computer > properties, device manager, control panel and the HD. All in new places, but find-able. The only icon on the desktop is the recycle bin, so no joy there. Not sure what this looks like in W7 or W8, but very different from XP. No worries though!
Resource Monitor is excellent! So is Task Manager. I regularly use the SysInternals programs instead with XP as they show so much more information. Definite step up here.
No joy though trying to play a DVD! Ha! What is it with MS when it comes to something as simple as playing a movie? This is 2015, not 2000. Perhaps "this feature" hasn't been added yet. I didn't get an option to play the movie, only examine the disc's TOC. According to WMP, the "disc is empty." Does W8 do this out-of-the-box or does it too need an "ap" to play a DVD? I remember XP doing the exact same thing upon a new install more than a decade ago now. Geesh.....it DID know what to do with a CD though....play it.
Well that's my two-cents review from a still-XP user. MS gets a FAIL on the DVD auto-play, but everything else seems to work and on some ancient Dell HW too boot.