Windows 8 on Older PCs?
Tech Soup
OCTOBER 30, 2012
We installed Windows 8 and Office 2010 Standard on a classic Windows XP computer, a Dell Optiplex GX 280 from 2005. The onboard Intel graphics card turned out to be the weakest part of the PC, causing it to rate only a 2 (out of 10) on the Windows Experience Index, a utility in Windows 8 that rates the performance of your PC.
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