I got a old 2010 Dell M5030 laptop that I want to either upgrade the OS or if I should stay with win7 thing is I have no clue if I can handle windows 8 and last I checked 8.1 doesn't support my old GPU so I am kinda asking what my option are also I do play older games (KOTOR, fallout, baldurs gate) mostly console ports to many emulators.
here are the specs
AMD Athlon II dual core @2.3 ghz (I believe it is AMD K10 or 12 not sure MO)
4GB of RAM (can add more RAM up to 8gb) 3.8gb usable
ATI Radeon HD 4250 mobility (1gb of shared vram 256mb of dedicate memory)
Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
I know it's pretty dated and bad but what as far as options go for updating the OS am I looking at? This is my only laptop right now and want to give it a fresh look or something new can I get some help with options on what to do with it from here?
here are the specs
AMD Athlon II dual core @2.3 ghz (I believe it is AMD K10 or 12 not sure MO)
4GB of RAM (can add more RAM up to 8gb) 3.8gb usable
ATI Radeon HD 4250 mobility (1gb of shared vram 256mb of dedicate memory)
Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
I know it's pretty dated and bad but what as far as options go for updating the OS am I looking at? This is my only laptop right now and want to give it a fresh look or something new can I get some help with options on what to do with it from here?