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I need to run Windows on a 10 y/old PC. by Ayly_ in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

[-] Ayly_@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the advise ! I'll look into it. And pretty impressive from your mom xD

But yeah, the all in one is far from the greatest to work with..

I need to run Windows on a 10 y/old PC. by Ayly_ in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

[-] Ayly_@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Sorry mate, I'm sure your PC is running great ! Hope it will last an other 10 ;)

I need to run Windows on a 10 y/old PC. by Ayly_ in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

[-] Ayly_@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Its a all in one HP pavillion from 2010. I can look into a ram and disk upgrade. It currently has 8gb DDR3 memory and a 256 Gb HDD drive.

I need to run Windows on a 10 y/old PC. by Ayly_ in c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

[-] Ayly_@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

It's a all in one computer unfortunately... I will look at a ram upgrade. It has 8gb of ddr3 memory right now.

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I need to run Windows on a 10 y/old PC. (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Ayly_@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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Howdy!

My parents have a 10+ years old HP that is almost unusable, but they want to keep the computer since they use it to print documents and it "looks nice." I'm trying to find a viable solution to make the PC run smoother. Here are the options I'm considering, and I want your opinion on those:

Install a Windows-like Linux distro so my parents aren't lost. I showed them Ubuntu, but it wasn't conclusive.
Running a thin client that connects via RDP to a Windows 10 or 11 VM on my Proxmox server. Would USB passthrough work? We have a stable network, so latency isn't a big issue.

Since I'm only home during weekends, I don't want something that could break easily. Technology and them is not a match.

If you have any other ideas, I would really appreciate it.

Happy homelabbing!