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On 11/14/14 15:41, Gary Schrock wrote: > I'm kinda curious what other people think about this issue, and where > people would tend to draw the line. As part of this sudden (and > about-faced policy from what it was a few weeks ago) deadlines on xp > machines being on the network, we're looking at the task of what to do > with what's turning out to be a *lot* of machines that are still > running xp. And while we're still early in the process of identifying > and determining what the hardware is under each of these machines, > needless to say we're already getting pushback from faculty (some of > which will give up a computer when you can pry it from their cold, > dead fingers :) ). > > So basically, I'm kinda curious what people think is a reasonable > minimum machine that runs windows 7 decently enough that it's worth > the effort of upgrading from xp to windows 7. What cpu and memory > combination do people think is a reasonable cut-off point? > > Personally, I'd probably look at something like an E8400 Core 2 Duo > processor machine with 4 gigs of ram as what I'd call about the bottom > end of acceptable. I wouldn't really say it's a great machine when > running win 7, but it seems to be an adequate machine. From what I > can tell, machines with this combination tend to be in the 4 to 6 year > old range (and I have to admit, the idea of upgrading a lot of 6 year > old machines that might only last another year or so is a little on > the depressing side). > > Or heck, maybe we're the only department on campus that really has > this issue of a large number of machines that need to be dealt with, > and everyone else has done better at keeping machines newer in their > departments? Personally, I found it kinda laughable that the linked > to form in the email that went out only allows one to enter a single > machine at a time, because I'm facing numbers where that isn't exactly > practical :). (And anyone else notice that the linked form last I > checked still said that December 1st the machines would be blocked > from accessing the internet, we still haven't gotten an answer on why > that discrepancy is there and whether we really have till Feb 1 before > they're blocked from the internet or not). > > Thanks, > Gary I think I have two Dell's running XP on faculty that are retiring so I'm not sure that counts. Probably many of us have a few laptops out there using XP--I give laptops to people and they flee, and I don't see them for a while. ;-) Yes, a core 2 duo with 4G is about the bottom for win7. Of course if the user is of the light-duty variety, they could be OK. I have a friend with a 2.1GHz core two duo with 3G and it does work, for simple things. As for the Dec 1st deadline, I think that means internet -> XP won't work, not that they are completely blocked. --STeve Andre'