The minimum useful spec is something like a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo T8300 and 4GB of memory. People who have faster or newer Vista laptops should find they run better under Windows 10. If it has a single-core Sempron, it belongs in the bin. If yours has a dual-core AMD Athlon X2 QL-62 processor, it will be slow. In fact, you probably wouldn’t have bought a Presario CQ60-215DX. That’s fine for PC hobbyists, but if you were that sort of person, you wouldn’t be using Vista.
They could buy something newer on eBay, or get a refurbished machine from a supplier such as Tier1online.īear in mind that doing hardware and software upgrades can involve quite a lot of work with an uncertain outcome. Users could upgrade these PCs to 4GB of memory and replace their hard drives with SSDs to prolong their life, but in many cases, it’s not worth it. They are likely to have low specifications, by today’s standards, and their ageing hard drives are increasingly likely to fail. PC manufacturers installed Vista from 2006 to 2009, so most of these machines will be eight to 10 years old.
The short answer is, yes, you can upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 or to the latest Windows 10. Microsoft will stop supporting Windows Vista on 12 April, so you have less than a month to decide what to do.
Can I upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 or 10? Leslie
