xw8400: 8.1 is win the end of the line for xw8400 and others in the series?

I don't see much posted on upgrade to 8.1 win to win 10 to the xw6400 xw8400 etc.

8.1 Win is working great for me, but I don't like to win 8.1 and would spend to win 10.

Someone at - it ideas?

If you did could you please put the model and other important details such as RAID, etc.

My system is pretty vinilla. No DSS, no RAID, optical and GPU readers supplied with the box.

I had 10 Professional 64-bit Windows and running on these xw workstations for months now, starting by the W10 preview release, and then at the end of July with the RTM version and all recently with the large W10 November update.  W10 works very well on these workstations and is very fast.  I'm usually running 8 GB of RAM, but some have 16GB.  I only use SSDS and generally SATA II types of Intel versions.  I upgrade to the fastest processors, both of them and for example use usually two SLAEJ sSpec code quad cores in the xw6400.  I use two of the code core E5450 quad sSpec SLBBM in the xw6600.

I posted here on what I'm doing 'activate Windows 10' a workstation.  Clonezilla or Acronis is what I use and I have clone W7Pro64 or W8.1Pro64 on a SSD 'stunt' work, then do the upgrade of the downloadable installer MS. W10... I run the .exe rather than boot from the thumb drive and choose to save nothing.  Once a job is activated it will be activated for ever, and I can do a fresh install of W10 on this later when I have free time.  It is my understanding that harvests of activation process of MS W10 the UUID of the BIOS string and thereafter you are registered for this type of W10 install in the servers of activation for the long-term.  This makes the cloning an installation image W10 to a xw6400 above another work of xw6400 active fine... If both are W10 is transparent.

Regarding the drivers... MS did the drivers that are compatible W10 integrated into Setup (which automatically interacts with MS central servers, and which MS has updated according to comments from the owners of these workstations on doing just that and does not work.  It's a great advantage to have a HP workstation... MS is willing to invest the time and effort to do things for HP.

For W7 and W8 there is universal installers HP that I receive from the Z620, etc... HP RealTek, Broadcom card PCIe USB3 TI and install them properly on xw6400/xw8400 pilot sites.  They are able to install drivers for the motherboard chips that predate the machine, they are offered for because the previous chip drivers are included in the program installation (but not necessarily with HP).  For example, the Z620 had a Broadcom NIC in option and you can find the HP Broadcom universal installation program which interacts with the motherboard the xw6400 Broadcom chip also perfectly to get the modern drivers loaded.

I don't go to the former site of HP driver for these old jobs, who stopped to be updated for years.  I use the latest version of the BIOS, of course.  I now only use SSD... usually Intel 320 series 300 GB or 160 GB SATA II those off eBay, used.  I use firmware update and software Intel Toolbox to optimize these.  I'm only using nVidia Quadro... now generally FX1800, FX3700, Quadro 2000 and 2000 d cards.  The FX580 gives a lot of bang for the buck also, and they are all off eBay.  The idea was faster more reliable performance at a reasonable cost, with parts of HP.

Many details to absorb, but things are working fine, stable and fast.  I have personally loaded W10Pro64 on several xw6400, xw8400, xw6600 and Z620 workstations.  All good and I need to do for the benefit of the long reach of our group, but I like W7Pro64 the best yet.  However, I am surprised how well W10 done at this stage.

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