Battle Low-end PC : WinXP or Win7

[Deleted member 178]

ok guys,

My touchscreen mini-laptop here : Asus X102BA review | TechRadar

Cpu : Atom A4 1Ghz ,
RAM: 2Gb (1.44 available)

it is not powerful enough to run Win8/10 smoothly enough; so i have to downgrade it to an older OS.

my requirements:

- Fast performance , i want it to run smoothly, no lags, no hangs.
- Security: the architecture have to give me enough security , however, i can boost it by adding softs to complement it.
- Compatibility: remember , i have a touchscreen (but i can live without it)

so my choices are:

WinXP : obviously the faster choice , but in security , i lose a lot, however i have enough skills to secure it as a fortress.

Win7 Ultimate : seems to be the best choice. but im not sure 1.44 RAM would be enough to handle it.


What do you think?

 

[DJ Panda]

Would say Windows 7 in a heartbeat. Won't be long before Chrome no longer supports XP/Vista. Plus 7 still gets security patches.

 

[sunrise]

There is a particular XP which is still supported by Microsoft. All it needs is just a registry tweak...
Combine it with Shadow Defender + any image backup program.

 

[Aura]

There is a particular XP which is still supported by Microsoft. All it needs is just a registry tweak...
Combine it with Shadow Defender + any image backup program.

Actually, a lot of experts suggest not to use that tweak, since certain updates could be for Windows XP POS-Ready specifically and therefore could breaks standard Windows XP installation.

 

[Niente]

I've installed Windows 7 with only 1 GB RAM at 400 MHz even less.

At the end the trick is always playing with own Windows configuration and Autoruns tool for tweaking startup programs, relevant services...

I always disable disks defrag, index search, aero service... You know all this little things that drains resources, making your PC slower.

I figure you know much more than me. I couldn't show you nothing new.

Regards!