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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Is your computer a 64-bit system able to run Windows 10? If yes, you can upgrade for free.
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Only sometimes, but if it doesn't register all that happens is the desktop background is black. Win10 is not free to ALL Win7 users, according to Microsoft.
Some 64 cpus with Win7 won't run Windows 10 64 bit properly, or won't install it, especially some Atom and similar CPUs where Intel limited addressable RAM to 4G.
They'll all run 64 bit Linux, though if there is a 32bit UEFI/BIOS install is a bit more complicated.
The 32 bit Linux (some are older versions) I think will run up to Calibre 5.44 version. The 64 Bit Linux will just about run on 2G RAM and 32 G Flash/SSD/HDD, though 4G and 80G is better. Only 3.3G of my 16G RAM is in use and 31 Gbyte of the NVMe SSD for OS is in use (512G and the 870G user files are on a 3T HDD, which includes a massive image library of PD art and all my files since 1994).