Windows 7 is running slow on my friend's PC. Any good alternative?

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fatslob-:O said:

Azzanation said:

For Gaming Win10 is a far better option for PCs. So if he wants to game with the up coming PC games, he will be missing out because of 1 key factor.. DirectX12. Games run better on Win10 so theres really only one option.

With shitty hardware like that, I doubt he could run any DX12 games ... 

Was thinking this... I seriously doubt this user of a 16 year old CPU with 1.5gb (Or as the OP states 501GB of ram, nice typo) is going to be playing GTAV on that machine... I doubt it would even be capable of running GTA3... maybe 1 with slowdown, if the OP is talking about someone who is busy juggling around 256mb sticks of ram then a gaming PC isn't the end game here.

That said, OP reinstall XP, get your friend a decent browser with a Popup blocking function and show him how to create a regular account on XP or at most a super user account, install a decent anti virus, even a free one for him, Avast Avira and Panda are all good and have free options ( do not fall for AVG free, it is now a virus in itself almost) realistically XP is the only safe bet for that machine, the chances of 16 year old hardware running better with Windows10 is just a joke.

As others have said though during this thread, you could take a look around in thrift stores or car boot sales now for a newer socket755 PC, something with a Core2Duo and if you get lucky it'd be compatible with a Core2Quad which is what I'm still using today happily enough with gaming, often if you check facebook for local selling/giving away of stuff PC's like that would be being offered for free from people upgrading, take a look you might get lucky.