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W10 and a Toshiba NB505-N500BL netbook
Is it feasible to put Windows 10 on this machine. The unit is destined
for student, possibly junior high, I'm not sure. I'm thinking this would be the smarter option that simply reinstalling W7. The computer is used. -- Ken MacOS 10.14.6 Firefox 69.0.2 Thunderbird 60.9 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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W10 and a Toshiba NB505-N500BL netbook
Ken Springer wrote:
Is it feasible to put Windows 10 on this machine. The unit is destined for student, possibly junior high, I'm not sure. I'm thinking this would be the smarter option that simply reinstalling W7. The computer is used. https://content.us.dynabook.com/cont...505-N500BL.pdf Intel Atom processor N455 1.66 GHz, 512KB L2 Cache 1 core 2 threads 6.5W Summer 2010 GMA3150 graphics Configures 1GB, Max 2GB, single slot Genuine Windows 7 Starter 32-bit === three running applications, max ******* https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/g...celerator+3150 GMA3150 G3Dmark = 3 === Your Tosh is here FX5200 G3DMark = 8 Runs Basic Display Adapter driver on Windows 10 9700Pro G3DMark = 54 No driver for Win10, no way to test HD4200(M) G3DMark = 93 My win7 era laptop (Win10 driver support poor) TitanX G3DMark = 13656 I don't know what to tell you. Should be an interesting experiment, if it ever finishes. Even if the GPU had a decent video decoder, it might be a worthwhile venture. As soon as the Jr.High student runs Youtube, that machine will be turned into a Frisbee. Yes, that core *could* decode a Hollywood movie (~100% CPU), but then what is Windows Defender and the Search Indexer going to do for cycles ? The machine would need to be "very quiet", to maintain a pleasant experience. Windows 10 is just not a quiet enough platform in such a scenario. On my laptop (2.2GHz single core), the power consumption *doubles* as soon as the network cable is plugged in. It's hilarious, how excited my single core processor gets, when it gets a sniff of network cable. My laptop is frozen at release 10586. The new owner should be a "patient Jr.High student" or an "appreciative Jr.High student". Paul |
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Ken Springer wrote:
Is it feasible to put Windows 10 on this machine. The unit is destined for student, possibly junior high, I'm not sure. I'm thinking this would be the smarter option that simply reinstalling W7. The computer is used. If you don't know who gets the hardware, they may not want the OS you put on it. Just leave it up to them to determine which OS they like. Could be some variant of Linux, an even older version of Windows (drivers for that model go back to Windows XP), Hackintosh, or take a stab at CloudReady if they want a ChromeOS-like netbook. What if they have old hardware that only has 32-bit drivers but you give a 64-bit version of Windows? Drivers and OS have to match on bitwidth. You're going to blow money to buy Windows 10 just to donate it to an unknown recipient? I would wipe the drive and let whomever becomes the new owner determine what OS to put on the hardware. You could end up wasting money on an OS they'll discard for something else they want. |
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VanguardLH wrote:
Ken Springer wrote: Is it feasible to put Windows 10 on this machine. The unit is destined for student, possibly junior high, I'm not sure. I'm thinking this would be the smarter option that simply reinstalling W7. The computer is used. If you don't know who gets the hardware, they may not want the OS you put on it. Just leave it up to them to determine which OS they like. Could be some variant of Linux, an even older version of Windows (drivers for that model go back to Windows XP), Hackintosh, or take a stab at CloudReady if they want a ChromeOS-like netbook. What if they have old hardware that only has 32-bit drivers but you give a 64-bit version of Windows? Drivers and OS have to match on bitwidth. You're going to blow money to buy Windows 10 just to donate it to an unknown recipient? I would wipe the drive and let whomever becomes the new owner determine what OS to put on the hardware. You could end up wasting money on an OS they'll discard for something else they want. ( There's no particular reason to visit the site... ) https://www.geeksinphoenix.com/blog/...ndows-8-1.aspx "If you have Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 8.1 Home Basic, you will upgrade to Windows 10 Home." If the machine was already leveled, you'd be looking for a COA to carry that out. And somehow I doubt Starter devices come with a COA. Still, it's an option if you have the materials at hand (do a Win10-over-Win7Starter for example by executing Setup.exe off the Win10 x86 DVD). Paul |
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Ken Springer wrote: Is it feasible to put Windows 10 on this machine. The unit is destined for student, possibly junior high, I'm not sure. I'm thinking this would be the smarter option that simply reinstalling W7. The computer is used. You're joking, right? W10 is *never* the best choice - unless it is (truly) the only choice. -- When someone tells me he/she is a Christian I check to see if I'm still in posession of my wallet. |
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On 11/6/19 9:41 PM, Paul wrote:
Ken Springer wrote: Is it feasible to put Windows 10 on this machine. The unit is destined for student, possibly junior high, I'm not sure. I'm thinking this would be the smarter option that simply reinstalling W7. The computer is used. https://content.us.dynabook.com/cont...505-N500BL.pdf Intel Atom processor N455 1.66 GHz, 512KB L2 Cache 1 core 2 threads 6.5W Summer 2010 GMA3150 graphics Configures 1GB, Max 2GB, single slot Genuine Windows 7 Starter 32-bit === three running applications, max ******* https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/g...celerator+3150 GMA3150 G3Dmark = 3 === Your Tosh is here FX5200 G3DMark = 8 Runs Basic Display Adapter driver on Windows 10 9700Pro G3DMark = 54 No driver for Win10, no way to test HD4200(M) G3DMark = 93 My win7 era laptop (Win10 driver support poor) TitanX G3DMark = 13656 I don't know what to tell you. Should be an interesting experiment, if it ever finishes. Even if the GPU had a decent video decoder, it might be a worthwhile venture. As soon as the Jr.High student runs Youtube, that machine will be turned into a Frisbee. Yes, that core *could* decode a Hollywood movie (~100% CPU), but then what is Windows Defender and the Search Indexer going to do for cycles ? The machine would need to be "very quiet", to maintain a pleasant experience. Windows 10 is just not a quiet enough platform in such a scenario. ATM, I don't have the time to experiment, so W7 Starter will stay on the netbook. On my laptop (2.2GHz single core), the power consumption *doubles* as soon as the network cable is plugged in. It's hilarious, how excited my single core processor gets, when it gets a sniff of network cable. My laptop is frozen at release 10586. The new owner should be a "patient Jr.High student" or an "appreciative Jr.High student". Paul -- Ken MacOS 10.14.6 Firefox 69.0.2 Thunderbird 60.9 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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On 11/6/19 11:01 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
Ken Springer wrote: Is it feasible to put Windows 10 on this machine. The unit is destined for student, possibly junior high, I'm not sure. I'm thinking this would be the smarter option that simply reinstalling W7. The computer is used. If you don't know who gets the hardware, they may not want the OS you put on it. Just leave it up to them to determine which OS they like. Could be some variant of Linux, an even older version of Windows (drivers for that model go back to Windows XP), Hackintosh, or take a stab at CloudReady if they want a ChromeOS-like netbook. What if they have old hardware that only has 32-bit drivers but you give a 64-bit version of Windows? Drivers and OS have to match on bitwidth. You're going to blow money to buy Windows 10 just to donate it to an unknown recipient? I would wipe the drive and let whomever becomes the new owner determine what OS to put on the hardware. You could end up wasting money on an OS they'll discard for something else they want. I know what the "givers" would like done... Just get past the password, and they will give it away. But I'll delete all old user info, and create a new account. Update it, and give it back. The W10 thought was to give them a computer with an OS that is still supported, but as I told Paul, I don't have the time ATM to try it and then have it fail. -- Ken MacOS 10.14.6 Firefox 69.0.2 Thunderbird 60.9 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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On 11/7/19 12:15 AM, Paul wrote:
VanguardLH wrote: Ken Springer wrote: Is it feasible to put Windows 10 on this machine. The unit is destined for student, possibly junior high, I'm not sure. I'm thinking this would be the smarter option that simply reinstalling W7. The computer is used. If you don't know who gets the hardware, they may not want the OS you put on it. Just leave it up to them to determine which OS they like. Could be some variant of Linux, an even older version of Windows (drivers for that model go back to Windows XP), Hackintosh, or take a stab at CloudReady if they want a ChromeOS-like netbook. What if they have old hardware that only has 32-bit drivers but you give a 64-bit version of Windows? Drivers and OS have to match on bitwidth. You're going to blow money to buy Windows 10 just to donate it to an unknown recipient? I would wipe the drive and let whomever becomes the new owner determine what OS to put on the hardware. You could end up wasting money on an OS they'll discard for something else they want. ( There's no particular reason to visit the site... ) https://www.geeksinphoenix.com/blog/...ndows-8-1.aspx "If you have Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 8.1 Home Basic, you will upgrade to Windows 10 Home." Yeppers, knew this. If the machine was already leveled, you'd be looking for a COA to carry that out. And somehow I doubt Starter devices come with a COA. Still, it's an option if you have the materials at hand (do a Win10-over-Win7Starter for example by executing Setup.exe off the Win10 x86 DVD). There's a COA sticker on the bottom, as well as one on the bottom of my Gateway netbook. -- Ken MacOS 10.14.6 Firefox 69.0.2 Thunderbird 60.9 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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On 11/7/19 1:57 AM, Kenny McCormack wrote:
In article , Ken Springer wrote: Is it feasible to put Windows 10 on this machine. The unit is destined for student, possibly junior high, I'm not sure. I'm thinking this would be the smarter option that simply reinstalling W7. The computer is used. You're joking, right? W10 is *never* the best choice - unless it is (truly) the only choice. When it's going to a new and presumably inexperienced user, some thing that is still supported is always the smart choice. -- Ken MacOS 10.14.6 Firefox 69.0.2 Thunderbird 60.9 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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Ken Springer wrote: On 11/7/19 1:57 AM, Kenny McCormack wrote: In article , Ken Springer wrote: Is it feasible to put Windows 10 on this machine. The unit is destined for student, possibly junior high, I'm not sure. I'm thinking this would be the smarter option that simply reinstalling W7. The computer is used. You're joking, right? W10 is *never* the best choice - unless it is (truly) the only choice. When it's going to a new and presumably inexperienced user, some thing that is still supported is always the smart choice. False. -- Q: How much do dead batteries cost? A: Nothing. They are free of charge. |
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On 11/7/19 6:43 AM, Kenny McCormack wrote:
In article , Ken Springer wrote: On 11/7/19 1:57 AM, Kenny McCormack wrote: In article , Ken Springer wrote: Is it feasible to put Windows 10 on this machine. The unit is destined for student, possibly junior high, I'm not sure. I'm thinking this would be the smarter option that simply reinstalling W7. The computer is used. You're joking, right? W10 is *never* the best choice - unless it is (truly) the only choice. When it's going to a new and presumably inexperienced user, some thing that is still supported is always the smart choice. False. To each his/her own. -- Ken MacOS 10.14.6 Firefox 69.0.2 Thunderbird 60.9 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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Ken Springer wrote:
On 11/6/19 11:01 PM, VanguardLH wrote: Ken Springer wrote: Is it feasible to put Windows 10 on this machine. The unit is destined for student, possibly junior high, I'm not sure. I'm thinking this would be the smarter option that simply reinstalling W7. The computer is used. If you don't know who gets the hardware, they may not want the OS you put on it. Just leave it up to them to determine which OS they like. Could be some variant of Linux, an even older version of Windows (drivers for that model go back to Windows XP), Hackintosh, or take a stab at CloudReady if they want a ChromeOS-like netbook. What if they have old hardware that only has 32-bit drivers but you give a 64-bit version of Windows? Drivers and OS have to match on bitwidth. You're going to blow money to buy Windows 10 just to donate it to an unknown recipient? I would wipe the drive and let whomever becomes the new owner determine what OS to put on the hardware. You could end up wasting money on an OS they'll discard for something else they want. I know what the "givers" would like done... Just get past the password, and they will give it away. But I'll delete all old user info, and create a new account. Update it, and give it back. The W10 thought was to give them a computer with an OS that is still supported, but as I told Paul, I don't have the time ATM to try it and then have it fail. Depending on where this "password" is, you might be able to crack it :-/ Kali has something for that. But the password must be prepared in a particular format, to feed into the tool. And it's likely different if the machine has a domain password, versus a local password that "needs cracking". I always wanted to try one of those with my video card (for brute force search). It's probably easier to just reset the password if it's a local one, or try the usual "replace OSK.exe with CMD.exe" style of hack, to become administrator and allow password resetting that way. But there are other levels of passwords, and on business laptops for example, you can lock at the BIOS level and the password is stored in a 2KB flash chip. (Pulling the CMOS battery won't work on those.) Paul |
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On 11/7/19 12:55 PM, Paul wrote:
Ken Springer wrote: On 11/6/19 11:01 PM, VanguardLH wrote: Ken Springer wrote: Is it feasible to put Windows 10 on this machine. The unit is destined for student, possibly junior high, I'm not sure. I'm thinking this would be the smarter option that simply reinstalling W7. The computer is used. If you don't know who gets the hardware, they may not want the OS you put on it. Just leave it up to them to determine which OS they like. Could be some variant of Linux, an even older version of Windows (drivers for that model go back to Windows XP), Hackintosh, or take a stab at CloudReady if they want a ChromeOS-like netbook. What if they have old hardware that only has 32-bit drivers but you give a 64-bit version of Windows? Drivers and OS have to match on bitwidth. You're going to blow money to buy Windows 10 just to donate it to an unknown recipient? I would wipe the drive and let whomever becomes the new owner determine what OS to put on the hardware. You could end up wasting money on an OS they'll discard for something else they want. I know what the "givers" would like done... Just get past the password, and they will give it away. But I'll delete all old user info, and create a new account. Update it, and give it back. The W10 thought was to give them a computer with an OS that is still supported, but as I told Paul, I don't have the time ATM to try it and then have it fail. Depending on where this "password" is, you might be able to crack it :-/ Kali has something for that. But the password must be prepared in a particular format, to feed into the tool. And it's likely different if the machine has a domain password, versus a local password that "needs cracking". I always wanted to try one of those with my video card (for brute force search). It's probably easier to just reset the password if it's a local one, or try the usual "replace OSK.exe with CMD.exe" style of hack, to become administrator and allow password resetting that way. It was the account password, and I have a utility that simply removed the password. Will be returning it next week. But there are other levels of passwords, and on business laptops for example, you can lock at the BIOS level and the password is stored in a 2KB flash chip. (Pulling the CMOS battery won't work on those.) Paul -- Ken MacOS 10.14.6 Firefox 69.0.2 Thunderbird 60.9 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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