Updated portable dv 4217cl (Celeron M, XP) for Win 7?

What improvements does run Win 7 on my 2006 vintage dv4217 cl laptop HP, which has the Celeron 1.7 GHz, 1 GB of memory and runs XP Home?  I want to replace the HDD with SSD without the headaches of XP / SSD.

Thank you, Bill

The graphics chip is not capable of running the Aero desktop in Vista or Windows 7. If you are satisfied with the appearance of the Office ' basic' all you have to do is upgrade the memory to 2 GB and you can run Windows 7 properly.

In fact, you shouldn't have 2 GB, but the experience will be much better.

The laptop uses the older IDE type HDDs not SATA. There are a SSD IDE (aka PATA), but they are rare and older design. I wouldn't recommend trying to install an SSD in your laptop.

Overall, Windows XP is the best operating system for this material. It 'can' operate Windows 7, but not optimally.

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