Author Topic: My school's computers are modernizing (Read 3011 times)

Bisjac · October 11, 2013, 02:32:26 PM

can a computer that was made for xp even upgrade to 7/8?

that sounds like a bad idea lol

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Alyx Vance · October 11, 2013, 02:41:35 PM

Quote from: Bisjac on October 11, 2013, 02:32:26 PM

can a computer that was made for xp even upgrade to 7/8?

that sounds like a bad idea lol

You can upgrade it but it won't work for half a damn.

Bisjac · October 11, 2013, 02:43:29 PM

xp had a recommended ram requirement of like 512m i believe.
and im guessing here, a cpu recommended of perhaps a singlecore (all that existed then) 2.0ghz

hardware good for xp should not, CAN NOT run windows 7 and 8 lol

Alyx Vance · October 11, 2013, 02:44:43 PM

Just because thats the required hardware doesn't mean thats what it has, high end gaming PCs used to use windows XP up until they quit support on it.

Bisjac · October 11, 2013, 02:45:41 PM

these are school computers. they likely would only ever have average hardware in their day.
these are bulk buys. nothing special.

Bacon Pancakes · October 11, 2013, 02:46:15 PM

Quote from: Nal on October 11, 2013, 12:22:50 PM

The only thing new at my school, is the web blocking system, but i still got passed it B)

hardman!!!!11111

Alyx Vance · October 11, 2013, 02:48:06 PM

Quote from: Bisjac on October 11, 2013, 02:45:41 PM

these are school computers. they likely would only ever have average hardware in their day.
these are bulk buys. nothing special.

The thing is, you don't know that. As far as we know they have some damn good computers.

Quote from: Bacon Pancakes on October 11, 2013, 02:46:15 PM

hardman!!!!11111

Funny because you can pass the filter easily.

Titanium Man · October 11, 2013, 02:53:36 PM

Quote from: hammereditor² on October 11, 2013, 02:06:05 PM

Simply upgrading the OS does not improve performance.

Actually it does

Steve5452 · October 11, 2013, 03:15:20 PM

Quote from: Bisjac on October 11, 2013, 02:45:41 PM

these are school computers. they likely would only ever have average hardware in their day.
these are bulk buys. nothing special.

Aside from the cruddy dells with Windows XP, we have i7's with 8GB of RAM, some GPU, and Windows 7.

Epicduke · October 11, 2013, 03:22:39 PM

near the end of last year, all of the computers at my middle school had updated monitors, but were still XP. Now all the computers at my high school have windows 7, new monitors, new everything.

Mister Cheese · October 11, 2013, 03:31:21 PM

You jelly

SailorMan · October 11, 2013, 03:33:10 PM

My district just spent tens of thousands of dollars to update all their computers from like Windows 1999 to Windows 7, and it is now worse than before!! (Yay!!!)

Cassord² · October 11, 2013, 03:45:40 PM

Quote from: Mysteroo on October 11, 2013, 12:03:03 PM

ew novell
My school has that

All my school computers with Windows 7 also have Sketchup, Photoshop, After Effects, and some other expensive programs

And we never use any of them for anything

you are MAKING ME CRY

Aide33 · October 11, 2013, 03:57:08 PM

My school has all dell computers and really old flatscreen monitors that are 800x600

I have no idea how they even run windows xp because they all have 256mb of ram

they're also huge as hell

ShadowsfeaR · October 11, 2013, 04:05:42 PM

Quote from: Alyx Vance on October 11, 2013, 02:48:06 PM

The thing is, you don't know that. As far as we know they have some damn good computers.
Funny because you can pass the filter easily.

They're Dell computers, I haven't checked the specs in a while so I forgot them. They run faster than all the macs we have in the print shop/graphic arts class, though.