Legacy Systems
These legacy systems are over a decade old and scratch Windows 7 32 Bit minimum hardware requirements… with the onboard video having a driver scratching below minimum requirements for Aero but giving basic functionality. In most cases they will be unable to run Windows 10 32 Bit. The 64 Bit Operating System is incompatible.
- Latitude X1 – Windows 7 32 Bit (Mid 2005)
- Latitude D410 – Windows 7 32 bit (Early 2005)
- Latitude D510 – Windows 7 32 bit (Mid 2005)
- Latitude D610 – Windows 7 32 bit (Early 2005)
- Latitude D810 – Windows 7 32 bit (Early 2005)
Early Vista Systems
In the vast majority of cases Windows Vista systems will handle Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Some earlier Windows Vista systems may be 32 Bit only depending on the systems processor.
- Latitude D420 – Windows 7 and 10 (Early 2006)
- Latitude D520 – Windows 7 and 10 (Early 2006)
- Latitude D620 & D620 ATG – Windows 7 and 10 (Early 2006)
- Latitude D820 – Windows 7 and 10 (Early 2006)
64 Bit compatibility depends on the processor installed. There is little advantage of installing 64 Bit Windows on these models due to them maxing out at 2.5-3.25 GB RAM.
Late Vista Systems
- Latitude D430 – Windows 7 and 10 (Mid 2007)
- Latitude D530 – Windows 7 and 10 (Early 2008))
- Latitude D531 – Windows 7 and 10 (Mid 2007)
- Latitude D630 & D630ATG & D630XFR – Windows 7 and 10 (Mid 2007)
- Latitude D631 – Windows 7 and 10 (Early 2009)
- Latitude D830 – Windows 7 and 10 (Early 2007)
The Dell D810 can run Windows 7 quite well (Windows Experience Index 3.3), The primary software mod needed is the Hardware Heaven ATI Mobility drivers, See and download at Hardware Heaven ATI drivers
Thanks for the reply. I haven't actually installed WIndows 7 on all these models and variants first hand however I know the Intel 915GM gives a Windows experience of 1.0 in the Dx10 series. The ATI card will have a better Windows Experience Index, I didn't expect it to be as high as 3.3.
I have had a look at the Hardware Heaven ATI Drivers before. As AMD seem to have made it much more difficult to find the legacy Catalyst driver I should probably update all AMD/ATI video drivers to that link. I plan to do an update at some point to include video card hardware IDs.
Thanks
I agree that the D800 with the Intel 915GM gets a Windows Experience Rating of 1.0 due to the use of the generic VGA driver, While there are other possible solutions for the ATI video drivers, the Hardware Heaven seem by far the bext to me. When we use the generic VGA drivers on the D810, it also comes up with a Windows experience of 1.0.
I'm still looking for a clean Windows 7 solution for the Intel 915GM,
The HP "vista" driver works but not very well. Intel never really made a proper driver for Vista or later version of Windows.