dcai777 Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 According to many websites, Windows 8 does not run on many older configurations that are Pentium M/Radeon X300 based, despite the requirements of a 1Ghz CPU and a WDDM 1.0+ driver and the fact that Windows 7 runs with aero with the X300. Since Windows XP was discontinued, I decided to try installing 8 on my old IBM ThinkPad T43. My specs: Intel Pentium M 1.86 Ghz with PAE, SSE2, NX, and 2MB of L2 Cache 2GB DDR2-533 RAM 60GB Hitachi Travelstar, 5400RPM ATI Mobility Radeon X300 Intel Pro/set 2915a/b/g 14.1 inch 1400x1050 screen So after making a USB installer for Win 8 Pro on my USB, I installed, and afterwards, ran Windows Update, which installed drivers for sound, the UltraNav, and some PM drivers. With the XP drivers for the wifi card and Vista drivers for the X300, 8 was quite usable So try it out if you have an old laptop... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Incredible as it seems Windows 8 helps a little. I installed it on a Netbook, with this configuration. CPU: Intel® Atom™ N270 (1.6GHz, Cache L2 512KB, FSB 533MHz) RAM: 1 GB HD: 160 GB Display: LCD 10.1" WSVGA(1024x600) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Windows 8 is less intense on hardware, it's designed to scale better from lower to high end hardware. I'm doing some testing on my machine for memory usage, on average Windows 7 uses about 38mb for explorer. Windows 8 with Metro uses about 18mb on average. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 many things in Windows 8 has better performance than Windows 7. is a miracle!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 You can also speed it up by running the nt kernel out of the kernel cache spot. I'll have to find the registry command, but I did it in Windows 7 before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Promatics Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Nice idea to use window 8 on old laptops. I am also using window 8 on my old laptop and it is working good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leatherman Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I have use windows 8 on hp 6520s, it has works for 2 year and no problem ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer87 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Windows 8 is less intense on hardware, it's designed to scale better from lower to high end hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosakgroove Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I am using Windows 8 on a toshiba satellite L300 with a Pentium Dual processor. It has GMA 965, which is only supported till Windows 7 or Snow Leopard 32 bits. I made Hackintosh with it, and after having SL 10.6.8 running perfect, using Clover in legacy mode, format GUID in a legacy computer, and using a Windows 8 UEFI USB I installed Windows 8 in this lappy. At first graphics were crazy bad. But after Windows Update ran, it installed the proper drivers. Laptop feels smooth like butter now.. But Snow Leopard still kicks Windows 8 or 10 in the arse. hehehehhe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoggypX Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 i tried to use Win 8 on my old computer... that was a real hell. unfortunately it's too old for this os Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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