Would Windows 7 be substantially Slower than XP on my old desktop

[tnitsuj]

My current machine (Since 2003) is an old Dell Dimension 8250

Specs:

PIV 2.4 Non HT
1.5 gig PC1066 RDRAM
64 Meg NVIDIA Quadro 4 AGP card
1 Terabyte Samsung Spinpoint F3 on a PCI SATA controller card

I use this machine for basic desltop work, watching movies, photo editing with the GIMP and thats about it. It runs great with XP..would Windows 7 be too resource intensive for it?

 

[nerp]

I would probably run just fine, but in your case, I'd stick with XP and wait until you get a new machine to run 7.

 

[Nothinman]

I've got a notebook with a P4M in it with 2G of memory and it runs the same or better than XP.

 

[hans030390]

The GPU might not work right with it (ex: won't support certain resolutions or aero).

 

[doan]

As long as win 7 supports your video card, I think you will find win 7 as good or better than XP.