Win 7 All Builds run very well and is not slow at all although not as fast
as multicore boxes I'm comparing it with on a 5/1/01 Dell Dimension 8100
with 1GB RAM added, new vid card, new PSU. Vista ran just fine on it
without the new video card, but to use Aero eye candy and Aero shaky shake
LOL and Aero snappy snap LOL again, you may need to upgrade the original
video card.

BTW if anyone wants the Aero Windows 7 features to run in XP or Vista,
including Aero Shimy Shimy Shaky Shake and Shimy Shimy Aero Snap, there is a
free utility that will do it::

Make Aero Windows 7 Eye Candy including Peeky Peek, Shaky Shake, and Snappy
Snap work on Vista or XP:

http://fogelsoft.extra.hu/progs/aeropeek.zip

Dot Net 3.5
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

CH

"Bill Sharpe" wrote in message
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Ant wrote:
Hello.

I have an old Dell Dimension 8250 test PC that I would like to install
Vista onto. However, it has no DVD drives. I cannot even boot from
external USB drives (3.5" disk drive, external HDDs, and DVD burner
drive -- CMOS doesn't see them and found out PC doesn't support bootable
USB devices).

However, I do have enough HDD space (30 GB free on second partition) to
copy Vista DVD (or make an ISO file) onto it through network (will take a
while).

Thank you in advance.
I tried installing Win 7 beta on a five-year-old Dell laptop that I had
upgraded from 256 mb to 1 gb memory. It worked, but I got a 640 by 480
display, no Internet, and no sound. Gave up, of course.

Suspect you will be disappointed if you proceed.

Bill