Now that I have the DVD, I may return it, unopened. Poking around yesterday, which I should have done earlier, I find that running W7 with 1GB RAM is dicey; MS allows it as the lowest acceptable level. So even if I get W7 to work, it might do so just barely, and what’s the point of dual-booting into that?
Any comments on W7 with 1GB?
Well it should boot, but don't expect to be able to do much with it. Even just internet browsing is likely to result in a lot of swap file activity/HDD thrashing and a very sluggish and laggy system. Something like that would be far better with XP or a lightweight Linux OS.
Might have to go back to square one, but with a:
Dell Refurbished Silver 745 Desktop PC with Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 4GB Memory, 750 Hard Drive and Windows 7 Professional (Monitor Not Included) $212.00
That one looks OK, Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, reasonable sized HDD. It's no power house and it's not for FPS gaming. But it should be fine for most office productivity tasks no problem.