windows xp to 7

i have windows xp on a dell dimension 4800, 2.66GHz,Pentium 4 , 1GB ram.
Since windows is ending their support of xp, i thought i would upgrade to 7 or 8.
the windows advisor for 8 wont run at all, the advisor for 7 ran, everyting will work,only my grapics card would need to be updated to use Aero(??)
when i go to the dell web site, it says that 7 will not run on this computer.
doesnt state why.
my question is, do you have to use Aero?, is windows 7 worth trying? And if it is, which version?
Or should I just keep using xp until this computer quits?

Thanks

 

Hi,
There isn't a Dell Dimension 4800 on the Dell website. Maybe it's the 8400?

 

There are many references to the 4800 on the web, such as -

http://www.1stchoicememory.com/catalog/configurator.asp?b=Dell&m=84516&a=true

It's just standard DDR RAM, must be nearly giving them away on Ebay.

 

I saw that too, so I went to the Dell website to get the specs and it wasn't listed. Closest to it was the 4700c :confused

 

Hi my friend , you can follow this informing us about your service tag :wave

http://www.dell.com/support/content...Self-support-Knowledgebase/locate-service-tag

 

I upgraded my Dell Vostro 1000 from XP to 7 without a hitch. About $90 for an upgrade disk. Hardly a high-end machine, the Vostro had an AMD processor and 1GB of RAM (which I first upgraded to 2GB). The upgrade was easy - put in the disk and follow instructions. If you can't find Win 7 drivers for your model of computer, the Vista ones on the upgrade disk must be similar; all worked but one. The only one I had to update was the touchpad driver.

The upgrade didn't slow down my laptop at all. You seem to have some issues that need to be addressed before you even consider upgrading.

 

its not the same computer,
but thanks for your input.
ill just keep using it until i can get a new one.
Thanks again.