welp now i'm a part of the CIA

nice!

Broo get linux on that, especially if its old. |Get manjaro or smthn more lightweight like Lubuntu.

I see.

Real question is: Are you part of the CIA? Or is the CIA a part of you?

Greater question: Are you the CIA?

Hmm.

For a PC this old don't install w10 on it. Try running either w7 or linux.

With something that old you are probably going to need a SATA to IDE adapter to get the SSD working. Also, it is highly unlikely Windows 10 will be usable on it.

Hmm, interesting. I should have remembered there things when I took the class last year, but then again, covid messed up most of it.

Windows 10 supposedly runs faster than 7 on weak hardware. Although drivers might be an issue.

I wouldn't be so sure. 15 years ago means that it would be dual core at best (Intel released their first dual core CPU in 2005), most likely single core. With a likely 1GB of RAM will Windows 10 even boot?

oh man i have just realized how many typos there were

is that an intel Centrino sticker on it? maybe a core duo, either way, this thing is pretty old, i mean if it has a 1 core 2 threaded processor you would be able to squeak by with a 64bit os, but i would keep it to linux at that point and one with a lighter interface like LXDE

@SaberLilly Wow, you have a keen eye! Especially for a screenshot so blurry!
It also does seem to be dual-core, from what little information I've found and gotten

That's what I was thinking. Keep it light and simple, maybe upgrade the parts to it if it's possible. Again, burning that bridge when i get to it.

Get an ide to msata or ide to sd card adapter

UPDATED UPDATE: apparently this is actually just the NCS Magnus RNM101. No 'R'. Small minor detail, but to clarify, this is the original, not the revision, I would assume

"supports windows vista" this is how you know it's old

Like everyone says, Linux is the best option

everyone is mentioning linux but having had many old and ancient laptops I would recommend installing the latest version of windows 7 just for the fact that it supports these old cpu's better and you will likeley be able to install the proper drivers for it.

I had an old packard bell "eepc" type laptop which I decided to install ubuntu on, it was very slow, it would constantly freeze and for some reason it didn't detect the laptop's own battery so it had to be plugged in at all times, I decided to install a more light linux distro which ran better but I had even more problems, e.g. wifi stopped working, webcam not recognised, gpu not recognised, etc.

This has also happened to other old pc's I own, after giving up I decided to install windows 7 x64 (even though it originally had vista x32) and it ran fast compared to the linux distros, most components at the beginning didn't work like I described above but I was able to easily download and install drivers from the internet, I also ran and updated them through one of those driver updater programs (if you do this I recommend iobit's driver booster and also don't forget to uninstall it after you are done updating) and everything started working again perfectly.

I have nothing against linux, I even use it myself daily for work and other stuff, I'm just sying that from past experiance it may not be the best option for old laptops.

wow sorry for the long post.

Windows 7 is no longer secure, no one should be using it.

Also some computer's only have xpdm drivers which don't work on anything newer than 7. For that I'd recommend Windows Vista with Kernal Extensions.

Windows Vista or 7 will be insecure , so your best choice is a lightweight linux distro.