I have a fairly old Dell PC from 2003. It has a 120GB hard drive, 768MB of RAM and a Pentium 4 2.0Ghz processor. Could I install Windows Vista Home Basic on this computer. I willing to do a Full install so I don't have any software problems.

Edit: My computer is currently running Windows XP Pro.

Edited December 28, 200717 yr by thealexweb

I have VistaUltimate on this machine:

1.5GB RAM, 192 crap GFX chipset, and a SINGLE 1.73Ghz CPU

That doesn't really answer my question, I'm not looking to install any of the more powerful versions of Vista. Anyone else.

I think he means Yes you could probably do it

Yes, you can install it and it will work fairly good. Although, if possible, add more memory.. If not, there's always option to use ready boost option in Vista if you have a spare USB stick drive.

That doesn't really answer my question.

Sorry, I meant that, Yes you can

But as N1k says, more RAM would be good

Yes, you can install it and it will work fairly good. Although, if possible, add more memory.. If not, there's always option to use ready boost option in Vista if you have a spare USB stick drive.

I agree but beware of readyboost. It will help somewhat launching programs but if you do any gaming of any kind, readyboost slows games down and makes them stutter. If you don't do any gaming, you can get a good readyboost drive for $15 but then again, you can get 1 gig of real memory for $30. You're on the right track doing a fresh install. I've never been able to get an upgrade to run nearly as well as a fresh install and have run into a few BSOD's even though the upgrade advisor said it was good to go.

I don't do any gaming. I am going to upgrade but I might add some more ram at a later date.

Anything under 1gb and you'll notice some slowdowns. It's still worth a try but you really should upgrade to 1gb or 2.