Well, I almost had a copy, but it went to some other sheep.

Blah...blah...blah...blah, oops, I do believe I mistyped that, should have been Baa...baa...baa...baa.

Wizard.......in case you missed it.....(with all of this sheep stuff being posted about I'd not be surprised!)....I linked to a thread in my latest reply back on page one that you might find interesting with regard to 'Win8 on older hardware'.

Not only did Windows 8 install on the oldest hardware I have in my home it is also running that hardware better/smoother than all previous MS OS's that had been installed on that hardware previously.  I continue to be impressed with what amount to significant performance improvements in Windows8 vs older MS OS's (including Windows7) especially when run on older hardware.

I revisited that thread...my hardware isn't quite that old. It is all outdated but was high end equipment in its day. What I have now is plenty snappy with a hand-me-down SSD in it so it's not like it is a slug, by any means.  Sooner or later, I'll have a relative with a Win8 rig that needs work and I guess I'll have to get a feel for it then. For now, a new OS is waaay out of my budget.

Yes, it is definitely the fastest, smoothest Windows OS to date, on both old and new hardware.

Furthermore, it is also the most stable/dependable/reliable! 

I have yet to see a BSOD in win 8, and that's since the 1st preview edition.

The same cannot be said for previous OSes... including Win 7, which early on produced several driver related BSOD's

I am not (and wasn't) trying to convince you to get Windows 8.  I was simply replying to your post with regards to (potential) performance gains on your somewhat older hardware. 

I just wanted to put forward my personal experience that I did in fact see some pretty major performance gains that's all.  A 'for what it's worth' kind of statement...... 

Leo, that's funny.

Your avatar is blurry....you been drinking? 

Question...I have an old Dell laptop I plan on refurbishing (another toy) It originally came with XP but it says its Vista capable. If it can run Vista I figure it can also run 7, If that's the case will it be able to handle 8?

Yeah, absolutely.  It's not as resource intensive as Vista so you'd have no worries installing Win 8 on it.

Not necessarily true starkers.   As evidenced in that thread I made about my experience doing the same thing with my old DELL notebook (shipped with XP Pro, was later reformatted to Vista Business, and then Win7 Pro) the CPU advanced instruction-set (PAE, NX and SSE2) just met the requirements for Win8 installation.  If I had had the same CPU with the slightly slower FSB I'd have been hooped.

Here is the link to that thread again:

https://forums.stardock.com/439592

The question isn't "can it handle Win8"?  Because as I've pointed out to exhaustion Win8 actually runs far better on older hardware than any other MS OS (in my opinion).  The question is, does your old CPU have the necessary instruction sets (PAE, NX, SSE2 etc.) to be able to even install Win8.   Without those instructions it is my understanding that the installation itself will fail.

You could visit the Intel website and check your DELL CPU against their archives.  They should have a listing of which CPU models have those instruction sets.  Also, as I pointed out in that thread, you will likely have some driver issues.  I can maybe help you out there (depending on your notebook model) as I still have tons of old DELL drivers archived for just this sort of occasion. 

I sit corrected... my hips hurt like buggery today and standing exacerbates that.  Anyhow, point taken.  It's not just hardware performance but also the ability to process advanced system instruction sets.

Well...before I could do anything like that I'd have to replace the hard drive (its toast), battery (doesn't hold a charge) and charging cord (missing). Picked it up for ten bucks a few months ago and thought it might be fun to play with. I think its about five or six years old and since I know not that much about fixing laptops it could be a learning experience.

Hot shower and keep moving... will lessen the pain, old friend. I know the motion makes the vertigo worse, but perhaps moving your hips while seated will help some...

My best to the Missus... that was one helluva thing she did to support cancer victims, mate. I'm seriously proud of her!

ditto!

I do get up and walk around regularly/frequently, as prolonged sitting is neither healthy or advised... deep vein thrombosis, etc.  Even while I'm sitting I'll jiggle my legs up and down and from side to side to keep things moving and prevent seizing up due to inactivity.

It's just one of those things, I have arthritis and some days are better than others.  As for the vertigo, I'm listed to see an ENT specialist to investigate further into it.  Various scans and x-rays have not revealed much thus far, but my sister recently had surgery for similar symptoms and issues with taste/smell, so my doctor [our doctor] raised my referral status so I'm seen more urgently.  Hopefully, they'll get to the bottom of it and these constant feelings of motion sickness are a thing of the past.  My sister had a tumor [non-cancerous] on the outer wall of her ear canal which was creating pressure and causing symptoms of vertigo, nausea and disorientation, etc.  She tells me those have gone since the surgery, so I'm hoping for the same result.

Yeah, Shaunna has always supported cancer funds and raising cancer awareness.  It's something she has done since losing her father and an aunt to cancer, so it is a thing that's close to her heart.  Yup, she's a pretty special woman who's always generous and willing to help where possible.

You're an ancient tree species from LOTR?

Wow...;)

Hoping for the best for you, mate... I'm guessing that new medication regime didn't help... sorry if that's the case.

Just my opinion, but complaining about repetitive complaints before they happen is self defeating.  You're just inviting people to do exactly that.

As long as someones talking, more people will want to talk.  You might have a point but it's not going to help your cause at all.

And yeah, I think there is a good amount of unreasonable hostility out there, but MS probably expected this to some degree.  If they had continued on the same path Windows had always been on I think the Android/iOS advance would be far worse long term.

If you could stick with the same thing forever we'd all still be using XP, so I don't think there's anything to really worry about if 8 underperforms.  One of its best features (WinRT) is too new to make a significant impact.

And yeah, I want 8 on my Athlon 64 4400+ but I don't use it for anything anymore.  But I'm getting my old laptop (Turion X2 Ultra with an HD 3200) back and it's definately getting the upgrade.

The best performing windows has the worst gui. figures.

I was hoping for a few whiny bitching about 8 posts, but bugger it, not many bites at all. 

Put out the invite and everybody stayed away in droves.

Seriously, I'm happy with Win 8 and I don't much care what anyone says about it.

Not to worry, Windowblinds will be released soon... so with Start8, Decor8 and ModernMix, you can have the best of both worlds.

So lets see, that first part of the above pretty much sounds like the defination of Trolling, oh my.  

Yup, when the forums are pretty near dead, one resorts to desperate measures in the hope of injecting some life.

I mean, it has been that quiet recently one would try anything to liven the joint up.... short of posting pics of naked ladies.