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  1. dharma teja1's Avatar
    dharma teja1
    Can I install Windows 10 lean on older Windows pc's ?
    05-10-2018 03:00 PM
  2. Scienceguy Labs's Avatar
    Scienceguy Labs
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    Depends on the hardware. The free upgrade period is long over I believe.
    05-10-2018 05:53 PM
  3. Billious's Avatar
    Billious
    I've installed Windows 10 on machines that are 9 years old and it runs fine. I'd recommend no less than 8GB of RAM though.
    05-10-2018 06:57 PM
  4. tgp's Avatar
    tgp
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    Originally Posted by Scienceguy Labs
    The free upgrade period is long over I believe.
    Free upgrades still work, and least in certain scenarios. If you take a Windows 7 PC and do a fresh install of Windows 10, it will activate with the Windows 7 product key.
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    05-10-2018 07:12 PM
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    Scienceguy Labs
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    Originally Posted by tgp
    Free upgrades still work, and least in certain scenarios. If you take a Windows 7 PC and do a fresh install of Windows 10, it will activate with the Windows 7 product key.
    Thanks for the info. I thought it was over.
    05-10-2018 08:11 PM
  7. tgp's Avatar
    tgp
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    Originally Posted by Scienceguy Labs
    Thanks for the info. I thought it was over.
    I should have left a disclaimer that it worked the last time I tried it, which was maybe a couple months ago. But I’ve done it many times since the free upgrade was supposed to have ended. I don’t do any tricks or pull any shenanigans. It just works.
    05-10-2018 08:15 PM
  8. Scienceguy Labs's Avatar
    Scienceguy Labs
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    Originally Posted by tgp
    I should have left a disclaimer that it worked the last time I tried it, which was maybe a couple months ago. But I’ve done it many times since the free upgrade was supposed to have ended. I don’t do any tricks or pull any shenanigans. It just works.
    They've probably just left it open for free downloads. The more people that upgrade to W10, the better.
    05-10-2018 08:29 PM
  9. T Moore's Avatar
    T Moore
    I can't even find the hardware requirements for lean, not published yet
    05-12-2018 12:37 PM
  10. xandros9's Avatar
    xandros9
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    I don't think Lean makes too much of a difference on older PCs since even old, unupgraded computers that meet Windows 10 requirements may still have at least 80 GB of storage. From what I can tell, Lean reduces 10's footprint but doesn't inherently make it lighter when running.
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    05-15-2018 12:30 PM
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