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    Windows 7 on a 1.66GHz Core Duo?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by darrickmartin, Oct 22, 2009.

  1. darrickmartin

    darrickmartin Notebook Evangelist

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    How well would Win7 run on a 1.66GHz Core Duo (not Core2) with 1GB RAM?
     
    darrickmartin, Oct 22, 2009
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  2. piker28

    piker28 Notebook Consultant

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    I have mine on like a 1.2 core duo with 2 gig of ram and it is not the fastest machine but it still moves well enough to use.

    Only thing else I did was toss in a ssd and that helped alot with the speed
     
    piker28, Oct 22, 2009
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  3. ilovejedd

    ilovejedd Notebook Consultant

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    Pretty darned well I should think. I have it working on a 1.60GHz Atom 330 and it works fine with that.
     
    ilovejedd, Oct 22, 2009
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  4. Fountainhead

    Fountainhead Notebook Deity

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    Not sure about the 1 GB of RAM, but I installed it for kicks on my old M140 with a 1.7 ghz Pentium M processor and 2 GB RAM. It runs really well. No aero because of the Intel 910/915 chipset, but whatever.

    I'd say if you updated it to 2 GB you'd be golden for sure
     
    Fountainhead, Oct 22, 2009
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  5. MaXimus

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    It would run ok! better than Vista anyway!
     
    MaXimus, Oct 22, 2009
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  6. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    It will run fine.
     
    Budding, Oct 22, 2009
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  7. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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    will run fine, it runs nice on a 900mhz CULV chip with 768 ram
     
    crazycanuk, Oct 22, 2009
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  8. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The processor isn't going to be a problem, though I would recommend getting a little more RAM (2GB or 3GB).
     
    Greg, Oct 22, 2009
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