best way to BUY Windows 10

happyhero

Hi I have a 5 year old Intel quad core PC with Vista on it that I want to upgrade and I have been advised to just add an SSD drive and install Windows 10 on it and as I have Vista I'm not eligible for the free upgrade, so do I buy 10 or buy 8 and upgrade, what's the best/cheapest/simplest method to do this?

Zeitgeist

You could try Linux Mint.

gonzo127

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00N9VE9CC?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_1&smid=A3N3C6CHOFWEZM

something like that then upgrade!

happyhero

gonzo127 wrote: »

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00N9VE9CC?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_1&smid=A3N3C6CHOFWEZM

something like that then upgrade!

Will that give me a everything I need to get to a full proper version of Windows 10?

i.e. not some abridged version

Big_Graeme

Zeitgeist wrote: »

You could try Linux Mint.

What is the upgrade path to Win 10 then?

Fightsback

Google will tell you how and where to have it for £0.00

cookie365

Fightsback wrote: »

Google will tell you how and where to have it for £0.00

From Linux Mint? Your Google skills are obviously better than mine!

I_have_spoken

something like that then upgrade!

Yep, that worked for me on a PC I built. Bought a refurbishment Windows 7 Pro COA off Amazon a while back and it upgraded to 10 no bother.

shaun_from_Africa

Before spending any money on an upgrade to W10, have you checked to confirm that there are suitable drivers available for everything you have on your current PC?

happyhero

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

Before spending any money on an upgrade to W10, have you checked to confirm that there are suitable drivers available for everything you have on your current PC?

Well thats what I was worried about, I was going to buy a new pc but then someone said the 5 year old pc I have is fast enough, just get an SSD drive and Windows 10, upgrade the ram to 8Gb and it will fly, I have a Intel Quad core, its this Medion Intel Quad core Q8200 2.33GHz with 4 GB of ram.

Looks like upgrading would cost maybe £200+ whereas the Medion Intel i7 I would buy would cost me £800 but even if it works fine now I dont want problems a year later, what do you think should I buy new or upgrade?

enfield_freddy

ok go here and run a scan on your memory (already fitted) http://uk.crucial.com/gbr/en/systemscanner?gclid=CjwKEAjwyemvBRDFpN3E5_bs9BQSJAA5n8L2d--5V2VhXSoCunNwb09B6N3DCpdNuAtig7uQLcIxNBoCNa3w_wcB&cm_mmc=google-_-uk-_-dram-_-null&ef_id=VeLLwQAABCykoiK1:20150917211915:s


it will tell you the max your machine can take and also what is fitted and if you have any empty slots


hard drive : I have now started just fitting a 128g for customers , they then use there old drive as file storage , a 128g ssd (example) £34 http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00A1ZTZNM?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_15&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE


and a copy of windows 7 , and you have cracked it


unplug your old drive , run win 7 , then update to win 10 , also d/load the dvd or pendrive version , once your board has been registerd by Microsoft , reboot , wipe and reformat the new ssd , load windoze , turn off reconnect your old drive , and copy any data temporally over to the ssd , format the old drive then copy data files back over , ok , its a long job , but might save you well over £650