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[whitestar_999]

Can the Intel core i54xxx, CPU, be able to handle the latest updates of Windows 10 smoothly and effectively/efficiently?

Not without a ssd & 8gb ram.Better use win 8.1 on this laptop if you want to use windows.

 

[kg11sgbg]

Not without a ssd & 8gb ram.Better use win 8.1 on this laptop if you want to use windows.

8GB DDR3 RAM + Crucial 500GB SSD drive already inside the laptop, AS PER MY MODIFICATION....since last year

 

[whitestar_999]

8GB DDR3 RAM + Crucial 500GB SSD drive already inside the laptop, AS PER MY MODIFICATION....since last year

Still suggest win 8.1 pro,in my opinion one should use win 10 only as a last resort if not a gamer & on newer hardware(intel 7th gen or later & amd ryzen).

 

[omega44-xt]

8GB DDR3 RAM + Crucial 500GB SSD drive already inside the laptop, AS PER MY MODIFICATION....since last year

Go for Win10. I prefer it over Win 8/8.1 any day. Win10 might not be as good as Win7 when Win7 was launched but like it or not, its the best Windows OS right now. If you have an old Win7 key, you can upgrade to genuine Win10 for free, search it.

My home PC with i3 530 ran Win10 w/o issues, just had to manually get video drivers, fetches via Windows update as well.

 

[kg11sgbg]

Go for Win10. I prefer it over Win 8/8.1 any day. Win10 might not be as good as Win7 when Win7 was launched but like it or not, its the best Windows OS right now. If you have an old Win7 key, you can upgrade to genuine Win10 for free, search it.

My home PC with i3 530 ran Win10 w/o issues, just had to manually get video drivers, fetches via Windows update as well.

I am on Windows 10 64-bit(Single Language) ,Genuine Licensed....

 

[bssunilreddy]

I am on Windows 10 64-bit(Single Language) ,Genuine Licensed....

Same pinch

 

[kg11sgbg]

To all my Friends, @whitestar_999 ; @anupam_pb ; @SaiyanGoku ; @bssunilreddy ;.....

I again reverted back to Fedora 31(64-bit) onto my Dell Inspiron 14 5447 laptop.
Truly as said and believe me friends, the Fedora OS boots faster than windows, functions like a breeze and shutsdown at ease and faster than windows.
All in the same 8GB RAM + 512GB SSD setup(Crucial).

This old Dell laptop while running Fedora 31 seems as if purchased very recently.

I AM HAPPY + SATISFIED...


No pinch to anyone brother @bssunilreddy

 

[bssunilreddy]

To all my Friends, @whitestar_999 ; @anupam_pb ; @SaiyanGoku ; @bssunilreddy ;.....

I again reverted back to Fedora 31(64-bit) onto my Dell Inspiron 14 5447 laptop.
Truly as said and believe me friends, the Fedora OS boots faster than windows, functions like a breeze and shutsdown at ease and faster than windows.
All in the same 8GB RAM + 512GB SSD setup(Crucial).

This old Dell laptop while running Fedora 31 seems as if purchased very recently.

I AM HAPPY + SATISFIED...


No pinch to anyone brother @bssunilreddy

I used to use ubuntu long time ago but reverted to Windows 10.
So same pinch again

 

[omega44-xt]

To all my Friends, @whitestar_999 ; @anupam_pb ; @SaiyanGoku ; @bssunilreddy ;.....

I again reverted back to Fedora 31(64-bit) onto my Dell Inspiron 14 5447 laptop.
Truly as said and believe me friends, the Fedora OS boots faster than windows, functions like a breeze and shutsdown at ease and faster than windows.
All in the same 8GB RAM + 512GB SSD setup(Crucial).

This old Dell laptop while running Fedora 31 seems as if purchased very recently.

I AM HAPPY + SATISFIED...


No pinch to anyone brother @bssunilreddy

How are the thermals? Battery life? Those weren't good last time I used it.

Last I used linux based OS was about 6 years ago. Right now, I can't use anything other than Windows because of my requirements, so not going to switch to Linux. I can definitely use it for my parents but again, easier to troubleshoot Windows than Linux. I doubt local computer repair guys there know much.

 

[kg11sgbg]

How are the thermals? Battery life? Those weren't good last time I used it.

Last I used linux based OS was about 6 years ago. Right now, I can't use anything other than Windows because of my requirements, so not going to switch to Linux. I can definitely use it for my parents but again, easier to troubleshoot Windows than Linux. I doubt local computer repair guys there know much.

Linux after these 6 yrs has come a long way, friend.
Nowadays, flavours of Linux such as Enlightement,Ubuntu,Zorin,Deepin,,etc. has the UI comparable or sometimes better than windows.
Even Steam is supporting Linux ecosystem for the games. Though I am not a gamer.

The driver support of various component/devices within laptop(though in nature of open source) has enhanced and increased considerably.

Thermals are far,far better when processing various apps.
As for battery life, I admit that while running windows in battery power for 30 mins, the capacity decreases to 87%.
In Fedora after running for the same 30 mins., I noticed that it decreased to 92% in capacity.

You decide your thoughts.

 

[omega44-xt]

Linux after these 6 yrs has come a long way, friend.
Nowadays, flavours of Linux such as Enlightement,Ubuntu,Zorin,Deepin,,etc. has the UI comparable or sometimes better than windows.
Even Steam is supporting Linux ecosystem for the games. Though I am not a gamer.

The driver support of various component/devices within laptop(though in nature of open source) has enhanced and increased considerably.

Thermals are far,far better when processing various apps.
As for battery life, I admit that while running windows in battery power for 30 mins, the capacity decreases to 87%.
In Fedora after running for the same 30 mins., I noticed that it decreased to 92% in capacity.

You decide your thoughts.

It still has a long way to go in terms of app support for me to use it myself. For my parents, again, as I said troubleshooting is tough for me or a basic PC repair guy. You know how it is, I'd be the one held responsible for anything that goes wrong.

Last I used it, battery life & thermals were both worse for laptops, it was ubuntu. Hope Linux improves, MS will have to up its game then. Windows still has a lot of random errors & stuff.

 

[kg11sgbg]

It still has a long way to go in terms of app support for me to use it myself. For my parents, again, as I said troubleshooting is tough for me or a basic PC repair guy. You know how it is, I'd be the one held responsible for anything that goes wrong.

Last I used it, battery life & thermals were both worse for laptops, it was ubuntu. Hope Linux improves, MS will have to up its game then. Windows still has a lot of random errors & stuff.

Hey,hey bro. I might have misinterpreted or misinformed the facts.
Windows 10 for 30 mins. Battery life from 100% comes down to 87%
Fedora 31 for 31mins. Battery life from 100% comes down to 92%.


BATTERY LIFE IS BETTER IN LINUX FOR DELL LAPTOP(Inspiron 14 5447)

 

[omega44-xt]

Hey,hey bro. I might have misinterpreted or misinformed the facts.
Windows 10 for 30 mins. Battery life from 100% comes down to 87%
Fedora 31 for 31mins. Battery life from 100% comes down to 92%.


BATTERY LIFE IS BETTER IN LINUX FOR DELL LAPTOP(Inspiron 14 5447)

I got that point, I was telling about its other cons, esp app support. Linux needs to improve on that. Right now it's tough to recommend it to people other than CS students, heard its good for coders.

 

[SaiyanGoku]

I got that point, I was telling about its other cons, esp app support. Linux needs to improve on that. Right now it's tough to recommend it to people other than CS students, heard its good for coders.

I want to switch over to linux mint or popos but then I'd loose some major functionality of my laptop.

 

[whitestar_999]

I want to switch over to linux mint or popos but then I'd loose some major functionality of my laptop.

For me the biggest reason not to switch to linux is its inability to run madvr & it doesn't seem possible in foreseeable future too.

 

[kg11sgbg]

I substantiate and endorse the points/views which were put up by @anupam_pb and @whitestar_999 .
Linux has still a long way to go in order to replace windows,though it has also matured enough over these years.
What I emphasized upon the main point is that,under old and archaic hardware ,linux rules the roost. It functions at ease and flawlessly.
In that case Windows, with its upgrades/updates becomes resource hog of hardware,and thus efficiency,functionality reduces considerably. The easiness of running windows apps vanishes as your system becomes aged/dated. It is admissible by all as far laptops are concerned.

 

[omega44-xt]

I substantiate and endorse the points/views which were put up by @anupam_pb and @whitestar_999 .
Linux has still a long way to go in order to replace windows,though it has also matured enough over these years.
What I emphasized upon the main point is that,under old and archaic hardware ,linux rules the roost. It functions at ease and flawlessly.
In that case Windows, with its upgrades/updates becomes resource hog of hardware,and thus efficiency,functionality reduces considerably. The easiness of running windows apps vanishes as your system becomes aged/dated. It is admissible by all as far laptops are concerned.

A lot of problems of Windows running slow have been alleviated by using an SSD for me. Using it since 2015, using Win from HDD is torture for me. I liked ubuntu even back in the day, UI, smoothness, etc. I seriously hope Linux gets much better because a monopoly isn't good for consumers. MS is surely trying to be more consumer-centric these days but doesn't change the fact that it has the most dominant OS.

 

[kg11sgbg]

A lot of problems of Windows running slow have been alleviated by using an SSD for me. Using it since 2015, using Win from HDD is torture for me. I liked ubuntu even back in the day, UI, smoothness, etc. I seriously hope Linux gets much better because a monopoly isn't good for consumers. MS is surely trying to be more consumer-centric these days but doesn't change the fact that it has the most dominant OS.

Very True...

 

[rajchakra]

Hi All,
I have a Dell Inspiron-15 Laptop (3567) with the following configuration -

Processor: Core i5 7th Gen (i5 72000U)
Motherboard: Dell
RAM- 4GB (DDR4 - 2400Mhz)
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon (TM) R5 330 2GB [Inbuilt : Intel (R) HD Graphics 620]
HDD: 01TB SATAIII Seagate Hard Drive

(The detail is in my signature)

Now, I want to upgrade the laptop by increasing the amount of RAM & installing a SSD.
My question is -

1. How big SSD can I install? More precisely, can I install a 500GB SSD? The manual that I found from Dell site is here - *topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/inspiron-15-3567-laptop_reference-guide_en-us.pdf Can you tell me why SSD capacity upto 256GB is written here? Is it for all Laptop of this series or for those which have SSD from the beginning? If I replace HDD and put SSD there then upto 1TB should be supported..right or wrong?
   
2. How to select the 8GB RAM? I don't want any system instability/BSOD. The mobo supports 12GB RAM as I can see from the manual. How to match cas, timings, frequency, voltage etc.? Can you point me to a online source from where I can buy the same?
3. Why is it that we should put the SSD in place of HDD and then put the HDD in place of DVD Drive with caddy, cant we place the SSD directly in DVD slot with caddy?
4. I have run the Crucial Upgrade Checker. Here is the result - *www.crucial.in/ind/en/scanview/17C33E9831D926C3

 

[SaiyanGoku]

1. How big SSD can I install? More precisely, can I install a 500GB SSD? The manual that I found from Dell site is here - *topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/inspiron-15-3567-laptop_reference-guide_en-us.pdf Can you tell me why SSD capacity upto 256GB is written here? Is it for all Laptop of this series or for those which have SSD from the beginning? If I replace HDD and put SSD there then upto 1TB should be supported..right or wrong?
2. How to select the 8GB RAM? I don't want any system instability/BSOD. The mobo supports 12GB RAM as I can see from the manual. How to match cas, timings, frequency, voltage etc.? Can you point me to a online source from where I can buy the same?

IMO, the max capacity supported should be same as max capacity 2.5" sata ssd available currently. ULV processors aren't made to handle intensive tasks which'll require that much ssd storage. Also, remove the dvd drive for extra sata slot.
As for ram, if the stock 4GB module isn't soldered and you have another free, get same 2 modules of 8GB ram 2400 MHz or the highest supported frequency by your processor. If it is soldered, get a 8 GB / 16GB module instead (as your budget allows). You can check your current information using CPU-z and then match the details while ordering.