Your oldest machine running Win11

Discussion in 'Windows 11' started by Netbanshee, Apr 30, 2022.

  1. pm67310

    pm67310 MDL Guru

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    you can buy ide ssd
     
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  2. acer-5100

    acer-5100 MDL Guru

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    IDE SSD is masochism, they are usually expensive, outdated and small sized.

    Just buy mSATA ssd + mSATA/PATA adapter, not only you can use modern, large, cheap, SSDs but also you can move them (when needed) to more recent PCs using a simple (mechanical only) mSATA/SATA adapter (or even mSATA/M2)
     
  3. Mr.Do

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    ASUS Eee PC Seashell Series 1011px
    2 GB RAM
    NO UEFI
    NO TPM
    Graphic Intel GMA 3150
    CPU Intel Atom N570
    BIOS date 08/30/2011
     
  4. Dark Dinosaur

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    should I try run w.11 on my hp old workstation :D
    currently tried installing W.10 LTSC and it works... half power
     
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  5. acer-5100

    acer-5100 MDL Guru

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    It will work, unless the HW is very odd/unlucky, like the poulsbo Atoms.

    The only problem running is that, once everything is installed, you have Win11, not something worth to be enjoyed.

    So while the question is academically interesting, it is practically useless.
     
  6. siliconbeaver

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    Does Windows 11 run higher stresses on motherboard?

    One of my two ECS motherboard (previously XP machine) is dead after switched to Windows 11 six months (last Oct). This board has run some 15 years.

    Now thinking about how to dispose the PC case (300W), DDR2 RAM 2GB, HDD, , , :) almost none uses this kind of old hardware.
     
  7. pm67310

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    for windows 11 ddr3 with sata are the minimum use ddr2 or ide disk drive are bad idea
     
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    acer-5100 MDL Guru

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  9. itsmemario1

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    #151 itsmemario1, Apr 29, 2023
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    Sometimes when you cant boot from USB oder DVD on a "special device",
    you can usually just install Windows 10/11 to a SSD inside of another (random) PC,
    just to shut it off after the 1st reboot, placing the SSD back into that "special device" then.

    I had a MacBook from 2006 here and it wouldnt boot Windows 11 from USB, the DVD-Drive was broken, it has a 32-Bit EFI.

    MacBook 2,1 from 2006 (32-Bit EFI)
    Intel T7200 Core2Duo CPU
    3GB DDR2 RAM
    Intel Mobile Express 945 Graphics (WDDM 1.0)
    120 GB SSD


    macbook 2 1 2006.jpg

    So, thats what I did :


    Start installing Windows 11 22H2 (no TPM / no Secure Boot) on a random PC,
    and turn it off after the 1st reboot (or after the image got applied via script).

    Put the SSD with Windows 11 22H2 back into the 2006 Macbook.

    The installation process will now continue and the 2006 MacBook will run a (slow) 64 bit Windows 11 22H2 now.
    You now have an Office device for Emails, Word & Excel. Youtube is very laggy and you better not start any programs or games. ;D
     
  10. HotCakeX

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    Intel i7 7700K CPU
    16GB RAM DDR4
     
  11. acer-5100

    acer-5100 MDL Guru

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    It's a CPU released just 4/5 years ago and also a top of the line one, and also 16GB of ram is 2x/4x the average RAM that the average user has.

    Do you really thing running W11 there counts as an achievement :rolleyes:
     
  12. Errepublika

    Errepublika MDL Senior Member

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    Device name Dell OptiPlex 755
    Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6750 @ 2.66GHz 2.66 GHz
    Installed RAM 8.00 GB (7.87 GB usable)
     
  13. ohenry

    ohenry MDL Senior Member

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    Lighten up. He never said it was an "achievement". If you will look at the title of this thread, it says simply "Your oldest machine running Win11".
     
  14. acer-5100

    acer-5100 MDL Guru

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    I hope you are too intelligent to believe to what you wrote.

    According to this logic any machine running W11 should be included here. Assuming my only machine. maybe a 128 core Threadripper, was bought one hour ago it's still the oldest machine...:rolleyes:
     
  15. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream

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    Make it a game: You're only allowed to post if your specs are somehow lower than the previous ones. We should reach the bottom, eventually. :D
     
  16. acer-5100

    acer-5100 MDL Guru

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    This is exactly the point of this thread, at least for people who understand a bit of plain English and has a bit of common sense.
     
  17. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream

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    Currently preparing my "contestant".
     
  18. haz367

    haz367 MDL Addicted

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    To old for win11. It worked afterall :)

    All those (other)are people have to much money to spend...They love you either way.

    :rolleyes: