The machine is listed on Emachine's support site as not being Windows 7 compatible.
You most likely would be able to load and run Windows 7 on the machine but you may have issues with some devices not working properly and could have a great difficulty locating drivers for some of the devices.
I would carefully consider this if you do decide to upgrade to Windows 7.
You may also want to check on the link below to ensure any external device you have (printer,scanner,etc) and any old software are compatible with Windows 7.
I would not do it. Windows7 is too large for 2GB of RAM. The machine would allocate parts of your hard drive to act as RAM, it is called 'virtual memory'. It is much, much slower than regular RAM and causes very much stress on a hard drive. If processor is dual-core then it will be fine once you double the RAM.
Yes you can Load windows 7 on the Emachine with those specs. It should work well,much better than Vista (in my opinion). Your machine has all the specifications necessary for windows 7. The only thing is if you want all the graphics bells and whistles to be enabled you need a better graphics card. Something to keep in mind!
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The machine is listed on Emachine's support site as not being Windows 7 compatible.
You most likely would be able to load and run Windows 7 on the machine but you may have issues with some devices not working properly and could have a great difficulty locating drivers for some of the devices.
I would carefully consider this if you do decide to upgrade to Windows 7.
You may also want to check on the link below to ensure any external device you have (printer,scanner,etc) and any old software are compatible with Windows 7.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/en-us/default.aspx
I would not do it. Windows7 is too large for 2GB of RAM. The machine would allocate parts of your hard drive to act as RAM, it is called 'virtual memory'. It is much, much slower than regular RAM and causes very much stress on a hard drive. If processor is dual-core then it will be fine once you double the RAM.
Yes you can Load windows 7 on the Emachine with those specs. It should work well,much better than Vista (in my opinion). Your machine has all the specifications necessary for windows 7. The only thing is if you want all the graphics bells and whistles to be enabled you need a better graphics card. Something to keep in mind!