I installed an SSD in my laptop and now I have to reinstall Windows. I would like to know which operating system I should best install. The laptop was delivered with Windows 7 Home 64bit. Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 would also work (device drivers are there). Is it advisable to install Windows 10 directly?
(Some technical data: AMD Dual Core 2.1GHz, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD)
In any case, you should take Windows 10 for the following reasons:
It is the current operating system from Microsoft and is regularly expanded by so-called creator updates, so there will be no new operating systems from MS for the time being.
Windows 7 will only be supported until the spring of 2020, after which there will be no updates for it
Windows 8 / 8.1 will follow the 7-version soon, as it may be. A. Too much resources needed.
With Win 7 he will run well.
Unfortunately there's no support for many old hardware under Win 10.
Questionable, how and if would work:
Graphics driver (is not recognized correctly only up to "Series" drivers, AMD hybrid graphics solutions do not work properly or you have to rummasteln it a lot until a config is finally running)
Chipset driver (with fan control the temperature of chipset is not considered, it often leads to overheating / total failure of chipset.) Daily problems in the workshop "I installed Win10, then the notebook after several weeks does not switch on any more")
Quick start mode (if the quick start mode is switched on in Win10, the notebook only starts second time, does not wake up from sleep mode)
Win 10 takes a lot of hard disk space. After installation about 20Gb, but not infrequently after several months of active use 70-80Gb… Then you can play with cleaning.
Many older dual-core notebook will start right after Win10 install or an update that will fail with BIOS failure. I repair something like that every day, it's really common.
If in any case should be Win10, google if other users with the same laptop had some problems with it, drivers are accessible and also work, etc…
I'm not saying it will not work properly with Win10, but there are quirks in it.
So there are device drivers. I checked once.
Yes, there are. Question is if works. ZB. Ati Radeon HD 3450 with many notebooks is recognized as Ati Radeon 3400 Series, fan overdriven due to lack of temperature information, performance deteriorated significantly, HDMI connection is not working. But yes, runs and gives drivers to… I just say you should take better care and if something is not right the Win10 throw away immediately.
It depends on what you want to do. In general, the newest operating system is the best solution, since you will often find it on older systems that a particular program is no longer running.
Somewhat older than Windows 10 I would only take if I have important software that would not work under Windows 10 and for which there's no substitute.
4GB of RAM is ok, but if you have the option to upgrade your RAM then do it, with 8GB of RAM the PC will work smoother, you will rarely see a ball or egg timer or even the message that a program is coming ended.
