I have an 2007-ish laptop (dualcore 1.5Ghz, 2GB ram, integrated intel gfx) and it is really sluggish with 8, 8.1 and 10. I blame the metro interface. You might see a difference with dedicated rather than integrated graphics, but for more efficient use I'd prefer something alot simpler. I have Linux Mint xfce on my old laptop which works well and is stable.
I'm running Windows 10 on a Dell Optiplex 945 Microtower:
1.86 Ghz Intel Core 2Duo
5 GB RAM
Stock graphics.
It works but it's not pretty. Once I can get a Core2Quad in it and a half decent graphics card, I think it will work just as good as something thats a few years old.
I went on the Dell forums and many people have upgraded to a C2Q as long as it's a Kentsfield and its a 1066 bus speed.
I suggest that you search the Dell Forums to see if there is any guidance from other users of your model. If there's nothing there then try starting a thread there to ask.
Denis
Seems to be from around 2008.
Look here:
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en...o-1510/drivers
32 bit drivers for XP and Vista - so 64 bit O/S may not run.
Then see:
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en...o-1510/drivers
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...0-5ed008fdac4cSupport for Windows 10
If you have already upgraded to Windows 10 but don't see Windows 10 in the list of supported operating systems above, Dell has not provided Windows 10 drivers for your system.
- To learn about using drivers in Windows 10 for unsupported Dell systems, see article How to download drivers that are unavailable on the Dell support site.
But here's one for sale with Win 10:
Dell Vostro 1510 15 inch Intel Core2Duo 320gbHDD 4GB Ram Windows 10 Pro 2.00ghz | eBay
I got a couple of Dell Vostro 1000's.laptops I replaced the HDD with an SSD, I installed 4GB of RAM. The Dell site only has drivers for 32 bit Vista as the latest OS, But I installed Windows 10 20H2 64 bit, also installed 32 bit with same results. Everything works, but the ATI/AMD Video chip drivers don't allow the laptop to wake from sleep, you have to power it off and on again. I tried newer drivers, but that doesn't work for sleep either, but it allows you to adjusts the resolution to fit the screen. You also cannot install the ATI Catalyst Control Center or it will Blue Screen. Other then that, it works fine all other devices work well, just a slow processor.
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