is the dell dimension 4600 stock compatible with windows 8?
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dell dimension 4600 is it compatible?
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07-11-2015, 11:01 AM
(07-11-2015, 04:39 AM)chriscbd_19 Wrote: is the dell dimension 4600 stock compatible with windows 8? Can you post your system spec, you can use this program to get full spec and post the htm file Download hwinfo
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07-11-2015, 12:45 PM
Here are the specs.
https://www.cnet.com/uk/products/dell-dimension-4600-home/specs/ 12 year old computer. I would say its probably not worth it.
07-11-2015, 06:16 PM
12 year old, I with Jason on this one. Its not worth it.
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07-11-2015, 09:22 PM
For modern yes. However you can always download and use older distros.
yes some say 500mb that's just to run the distro what will happen when you start running programs
07-11-2015, 10:50 PM
HWiNFO32 Version 4.64-2530
USER-6D01A7ADE7 ----------------------------------------------------------- [Current Computer] Computer Name: USER-6D01A7ADE7 Computer Brand Name: DELL Dimension 4600i [Operating System] Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Build 2600 Service Pack: Service Pack 3 UEFI Boot: Not Present Central Processor(s) ------------------------------------------------------ [CPU Unit Count] Number Of Processor Packages (Physical): 1 Number Of Processors Cores: 1 Number Of Logical Processors: 2 Intel Pentium 4 3.00E GHz ------------------------------------------------- [General Information] Processor Name: Intel Pentium 4 3.00E GHz Original Processor Frequency: 3000.0 MHz Original Processor Frequency [MHz]: 3000 CPU ID: 00000F34 CPU Brand Name: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.00GHz CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel CPU Stepping: D0 CPU Code Name: Prescott CPU S-Spec: SL7E4, SL7KB, SL7L4 CPU Thermal Design Power (TDP): 89 W CPU Max. Case Temperature (Tcase_max): 69.1 °C CPU Type: Production Unit CPU Platform: Socket 478 FC-PGA2 (mPGA478B) Microcode Update Revision: 17 Number of CPU Cores: 1 Number of Logical CPUs: 2 [Operating Points] CPU LFM (Minimum): 2800.0 MHz = 14 x 200.0 MHz CPU HFM (Maximum): 3000.0 MHz = 15 x 200.0 MHz @ 1.3875 V [Locked] CPU Current: 2992.4 MHz = 15 x 199.5 MHz @ 1.3875 V CPU Bus Type: FSB (QDR) [Cache and TLB] L1 Cache: Instruction Trace: 12K uOps, Data: 16 KBytes L2 Cache: Integrated: 1 MBytes Instruction TLB: 4KB/2MB/4MB Pages, Fully associative, 64 entries Data TLB: 4KB/4MB Pages, Fully associative, 64 entries [Standard Feature Flags] FPU on Chip Present Enhanced Virtual-86 Mode Present I/O Breakpoints Present Page Size Extensions Present Time Stamp Counter Present Pentium-style Model Specific Registers Present Physical Address Extension Present Machine Check Exception Present CMPXCHG8B Instruction Present APIC On Chip / PGE (AMD) Present Fast System Call Present Memory Type Range Registers Present Page Global Feature Present Machine Check Architecture Present CMOV Instruction Present Page Attribute Table Present 36-bit Page Size Extensions Present Processor Number Not Present CLFLUSH Instruction Present Debug Trace and EMON Store Present Internal ACPI Support Present MMX Technology Present Fast FP Save/Restore (IA MMX-2) Present Streaming SIMD Extensions Present Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 Present Self-Snoop Present Multi-Threading Capable Present Automatic Clock Control Present IA-64 Processor Not Present Signal Break on FERR Present Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 Present Carryless Multiplication (PCLMULQDQ)/GFMUL Not Present 64-Bit Debug Store Present MONITOR/MWAIT Support Present CPL Qualified Debug Store Present Virtual Machine Extensions Not Present Safer Mode Extensions (Intel TXT) Not Present Thermal Monitor 2 Not Present Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 Not Present Enhanced SpeedStep Technology Not Present L1 Context ID Present IA32 Debug Interface Support Not Present Fused Multiply Add Not Present CMPXCHG16B Support Not Present Send Task Priority Messages Disabling Present Performance/Debug Capability MSR Not Present Processor Context ID Not Present Direct Cache Access Not Present Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.1 Not Present Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.2 Not Present Extended xAPIC Not Present MOVBE Instruction Not Present POPCNT Instruction Not Present TSC-deadline Timer Not Present AES Cryptography Support Not Present XSAVE/XRSTOR/XSETBV/XGETBV Instructions Not Present XGETBV/XSETBV OS Enabled Not Present AVX Support Not Present Float16 Instructions Not Present Random Number Read Instruction Not Present [Extended Feature Flags] 64-bit Extensions Not Present RDTSCP and TSC_AUX Support Not Present 1 GB large page support Not Present No Execute Not Present SYSCALL/SYSRET Support Not Present [Enhanced Features] Thermal Monitor 1: Supported, Enabled Thermal Monitor 2: Not Supported Enhanced Intel SpeedStep (GV3): Not Supported Bi-directional PROCHOT#: N/A Extended Auto-HALT State C1E: N/A Extended Stop Grant State C2E: N/A Enhanced Halt State C3E: N/A Enhanced Halt State C4E: N/A Enhanced Halt State Hard C4E: N/A Hardware Prefetcher: Supported, Enabled DCU Prefetcher: Not Supported IP Prefetcher: Not Supported Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch: Supported, Enabled MLC Streamer Prefetcher Not Supported MLC Spatial Prefetcher Not Supported DCU Streamer Prefetcher Not Supported DCU IP Prefetcher Not Supported Intel Dynamic Acceleration (IDA) Technology: Not Supported Intel Dynamic FSB Switching: Not Supported Enhanced Multi Threaded Thermal Management: N/A Intel Turbo Boost Technology: Not Supported Programmable Ratio Limits: Not Supported Programmable TDC/TDP Limits: Not Supported [Platform] Platform Requirement: No (VR_CONFIG_04A) Platform Conformance: No [Memory Ranges] Maximum Physical Address Size: 36-bit (64 GBytes) Maximum Virtual Address Size: 32-bit (4 GBytes) [MTRRs] Range 0-40000000 (0MB-1024MB) Type: Write Back (WB) Range 40000000-60000000 (1024MB-1536MB) Type: Write Back (WB) Range 60000000-70000000 (1536MB-1792MB) Type: Write Back (WB) Range 6FF00000-70000000 (1791MB-1792MB) Type: Uncacheable (UC) Motherboard --------------------------------------------------------------- [Computer] Computer Brand Name: DELL Dimension 4600i [Motherboard] Motherboard Model: DELL 0F4491 Motherboard Chipset: Intel 865G (Springdale-G) + ICH5 Motherboard Slots: 3xPCI, 1xAGP USB Version Supported: v2.0 [BIOS] BIOS Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies BIOS Date: 05/17/04 BIOS Version: A10 UEFI BIOS: Not Capable Super-IO/LPC Chip: SMSC LPC47M172 Plug-and-Play System Nodes ------------------------------------------------ System Board Extension ---------------------------------------------------- [General Information] Node Number: 0 Device ID: PNP0C01 Device Name: System Board Extension Device Type Code: 050000 [System Resources] I/O Port: 0800 I/O Port: 0C00 I/O Port: 0062 I/O Port: 0065 I/O Port: 00E0 Memory Location: 00000000-0009FFFF Memory Location: 00100000-6FE6FFFF Memory Location: FFB00000-FFFFFFFF Memory Location: 000F0000-000FFFFF [Flags] Removable Device: Not Present Docking: Not Supported IPL: Not Supported Primary Input Device: Not Capable Primary Output Device: Not Capable Configurable Device: Not Supported Disableable Device: Not Supported 16550A-compatible UART Serial Port ---------------------------------------- [General Information] Node Number: 1 Device ID: PNP0501 Device Name: 16550A-compatible UART Serial Port Device Type Code: 070002 [System Resources] IRQ: 4 I/O Port: 03F8 [Flags] Removable Device: Not Present Docking: Not Supported IPL: Not Supported Primary Input Device: Not Capable Primary Output Device: Not Capable Configurable Device: Supported Disableable Device: Supported 
07-13-2015, 02:26 PM
If you do decide to go the Linux route then with those specs I would go with SliTaz
It's easy on the lesser hardware and uses minimal resources. 
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