I need to run Windows on a 10 y/old PC. - eviltoast

Howdy!

My parents have a 10+ years old HP that is almost unusable, but they want to keep the computer since they use it to print documents and it “looks nice.” I’m trying to find a viable solution to make the PC run smoother. Here are the options I’m considering, and I want your opinion on those:

  1. Install a Windows-like Linux distro so my parents aren’t lost. I showed them Ubuntu, but it wasn’t conclusive.
  2. Running a thin client that connects via RDP to a Windows 10 or 11 VM on my Proxmox server. Would USB passthrough work? We have a stable network, so latency isn’t a big issue.

Since I’m only home during weekends, I don’t want something that could break easily. Technology and them is not a match.

If you have any other ideas, I would really appreciate it.

Happy homelabbing!

  • Ayly_@alien.topOPB
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    1 year ago

    Its a all in one HP pavillion from 2010. I can look into a ram and disk upgrade. It currently has 8gb DDR3 memory and a 256 Gb HDD drive.

    • Lopoetve@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Buy them an iMac 😂

      In all reality - if you can drop in an SSD and find more ram. That’s what it will need