Worth Upgrading Old Computer?

[JoJoBoy]

I got a free copy of Win7 Pro (32-bit) the other day and am thinking of installing it on my parents computer. The thing is my parents computer is very old. Its a an HP with the following specs
CPU AMD XP3200+
Ram 1.5gb of 3200 (400mhz)
HD WD 200gb 7200rpm
GFX ATi 9600XT 128mb
MB Asus KT400
Im wondering if it will run fine or not on this. They currently run Win XP HOME which does fine with this system. Is anyone running something similar to this with Win 7?

 

[HeXploiT]

I got a free copy of Win7 Pro (32-bit) the other day and am thinking of installing it on my parents computer. The thing is my parents computer is very old. Its a an HP with the following specs
CPU AMD XP3200+
Ram 1.5gb of 3200 (400mhz)
HD WD 200gb 7200rpm
GFX ATi 9600XT 128mb
MB Asus KT400
Im wondering if it will run fine or not on this. They currently run Win XP HOME which does fine with this system. Is anyone running something similar to this with Win 7?

It would run ok but the real question is will all the drivers work properly. Theoretically normal x32 should work but we all know how this goes with MS. Imo I would just leave that rig and save windows 7 for something better. You never know when you may need that copy for something a little more useful.

 

[sgtwiltan]

You could try one of the free Linuxes which works wonders on old systems. I have an old P3 running with 256 mb of PC100 running PCLinux OS minime as basically a surfing box. Runs great and doesn't make me have to invest money on every new piece of software I'd like to try. I'd use that win7 license for something newer and more capable of handling it's bling.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I think that it would work. You would have to install the "Legacy" Catalyst drivers for that video card though because it's so old. Those are the Vista WDDM 1.0 drivers, but they will work in Win7.

 

[SimMike2]

If you are going to upgrade it, maybe get a newer and bigger hard drive. The bigger part isn't as important, but it could be substantially faster than the 200GB drive.

 

[Mem]

I got a free copy of Win7 Pro (32-bit) the other day and am thinking of installing it on my parents computer. The thing is my parents computer is very old. Its a an HP with the following specs
CPU AMD XP3200+
Ram 1.5gb of 3200 (400mhz)
HD WD 200gb 7200rpm
GFX ATi 9600XT 128mb
MB Asus KT400
Im wondering if it will run fine or not on this. They currently run Win XP HOME which does fine with this system. Is anyone running something similar to this with Win 7?

I tried Win7 RC on an old AMD XP 1700+ CPU ,1GB ram,ATi 9700 card,40GB HD,it ran ok.

The big question is do you need to upgrade to Win7?

 

[JoJoBoy]

No I don't need to upgrade but this system is in need of a reformat any so I may as well kill two birds with one stone. I have lots of reason to upgrade it. I already have upgraded my computer too Win7 Pro and I got another free copy this week but its only 32-bit, this is the only computer that has a 32-bit only cpu so I see no reason to go ahead and use this copy here.