I've run Windows 10 on a 10year old netbook with 2GB RAM and an Atom N450 processor.
What are the specs of your secondary laptop?
Upgrade to Windows 8.1
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Hi my name is Ahmed Malick,
I have my old laptop Toshiba satellite C855-17x Windows 7 laptop, Will it run Windows 8.1?
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2022-01-09T16:34:51+00:00 As I said it's my old secondary laptop and it can't run Windows 10. I want to install Windows 8.1 because Windows 7 was dead.
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Reza-Ameri 45,816 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2022-01-09T16:24:39+00:00 Do you want to upgrade to Windows 8.1 or Windows 10?
It is recommended to upgrade to the Windows 10.
It depends on your system requirements.
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Anonymous
2022-01-09T17:17:03+00:00 You should be able to - it won't break any speed records though! Having said that, it will run Windows 10 better than Windows 8....
Plenty of info here:
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Anonymous
2022-01-09T17:08:14+00:00 Intel Celeron B815 1.60 ghz. 2GB ram.