Sony wants you to delay upgrading your old VAIO PC to Windows 10

[froggyboy604]

Sony might not be making PCs anymore, but it's still on the hook for supporting its older systems -- and that's creating a big problem for Windows 10 upgrades. The electronics giant is warning owners against installing Microsoft's latest software on older VAIO PCs until it has the drivers needed to get all the hardware working properly. And unfortunately, that's going to take a while. If your computer first ran Windows 8.1, the Windows 10 drivers won't be ready until October; if it's old enough to have shipped with Windows 8, you'll have to wait until November.

As for a PC that came with Windows 7? Well, you may want to budget for a replacement. Sony is only promising that it will describe "limitation [sic] and issues" this month. To us, that's shorthand for dropping some or all support.

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I think this is good advice from Sony because their PC's don't have compatible Windows 10 drivers, so it is best to stick with Windows 8.1, or 7.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I think it would be better for the owners to just get new pcs.

 

[froggyboy604]

I think it would be better for the owners to just get new pcs.

I think it would be best for owners to just stick with using their Windows 8.1, and 7 Sony computer, or buy another new Windows 7 or 8.1 PC because Windows 10 is not very stable compared to 7 and 8.1. I read a blog post that some Windows 10 PC are rebooting forever because Windows keeps trying, but failing to install Windows Updates automatically.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I would think you need a pretty new machine to effectively use W10.

 

[froggyboy604]

I would think you need a pretty new machine to effectively use W10.

The System Requirements for Windows 10 are the same as Windows 8.1, and 7. Windows 10 has less visual effects, and animations than Windows 7, so 10 may run faster on slower computers with slower video cards, and CPUs. I also read a blog post that a lot of the features found in Windows Vista, 7, and 8.1 are not in Windows 10, so Windows 10 may run faster because it is such a basic operating system which is missing so many features like Windows Media Center and support for DVD movie discs by default.

Windows 10 System Requirements

Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor or SoC
RAM: 1 (GB) for 32-bit or 2 GB for 64-bit
Hard disk space: 16 GB for 32-bit OS 20 GB for 64-bit OS
Graphics card: DirectX 9 or later with WDDM 1.0 driver
Display: 800x600

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Windows 8/8.1 System Requirements

Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2 (more info)
RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)
Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver

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Windows 7 System Requirements

1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver

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[Demon_Skeith]

Even still, the components do get old and be able to keep up with W10's demands.

 

[froggyboy604]

Even still, the components do get old and be able to keep up with W10's demands.

I agree, the components may also be missing newer features like Faster RAM which make Windows 10 run better. I think the minimum requirements are meant for basic tasks like web browsing, word processing, watching video, and music.

I heard Windows 10 is not very demanding because it is also a mobile/tablet operating system which is designed to run on slower cheap $99 tablets which has slower Intel Atom, and Celeron CPUs.

But, the system requirements are not meant for more intensive tasks like gaming, and watching 4K video which need better specs.