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Question posted by Anonymous-142861 on September 4th, 2014

Will This Machine Run Windows 7?

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Answer #1: Posted by TheWiz on September 4th, 2014 1:14 PM

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Judging by the specs I'd say it would run Windows 7 just fine.

Answer #2: Posted by xeon11 on September 5th, 2014 12:53 AM

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Yes, I have the same model and it runs well. I did upgrade the memory to 4GB, the processor is fast enough. Windows 7 runs well.

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