Windows 7 vs 2004 Dell
Windows 7 vs 2004 Dell
I was getting annoyed with Windows XP, so I decided to throw Windows 7 Professional 32-bit on my Dell. And what I got... Was not expected. For being a Dell from 2004, it does pretty well. When it still had XP, it handled most of the stuff I threw at it pretty well. Games, videos, music, etc. But I kept getting a validation error so I threw a copy of Windows 7 Professional 32-bit on it to see how it did. What amazed me is how there were drivers for the audio on Windows update, and the ethernet driver was installed when I got Windows on it. There were no video drivers so I have to use the one that Microsoft provides and it sucks. But everything else is actually pretty fast. Even my Windows Experience Index score wasn't that bad. And my boot times and loging times were really good. Boot was 36 seconds (start of boot screen to login screen), and my login was 11 seconds. Do you guys think this is doing pretty good for such an old Dell? The Dell in question is in my sig, named Deadly Dell.
It's not too bad. Remember the GPU isn't compatible with Windows 7. I won't have to endure it much longer, so I'll have to handle it.
Click once with the right mouse button -> Settings, and adjust it to the tiny size
It's not that bad in real life. My processor, memory, and hard drive are all functioning well.