• Trigger2_2000
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    2 months ago

    I can’t see investing upgrades into HW that old (I know I could, just doesn’t seem like the best use of money in the long run).

    Also, my partner’s SW is only available for Windows and I don’t feel like teaching them enough Linux to run Wine under it.

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      2 months ago

      Well that hardware isn’t going to run a supported version of Windows anyway.

      2 GB of ram should be enough

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        2 months ago

        That was my original point: it is running Windows 11 right now. A bit slow, but it runs.

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          2 months ago

          Windows 11 requires 4 GB of memory and a newer CPU. There is no way that’s officially supported by Microsoft.

          However, somehow I think you know that. Just keep in mind it probably will have issues and updates may not apply. (No security patches potentially)