Stealth3si Posted April 23, 2019 Posted April 23, 2019 (edited) I am getting an old laptop for my cousin to use for shopping online and excel spreadsheet. which is pretty much what she will only use it for. it has no OS but was wondering if it is better to install windows 10 or windows 7, from a performance perspective? Edited April 23, 2019 by Stealth3si Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braegnok Posted April 23, 2019 Posted April 23, 2019 From a performance perspective W10 is faster across the board than any earlier versions of Windows. Also Microsoft will update Windows 10 regularly, though, Windows 7 is now essentially frozen in it's current state after "mainstream" support ended in January 2015. However before buying Windows 10, try Linux Mint 19.1 Cinnamon, it's free and should be fine for online shopping, and using LibreOffice a free office suite for Linux,.. or you can install Excel on Linux using DOSBox, or using Wine and PlayOnLinux. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3si Posted April 25, 2019 Posted April 25, 2019 She cannot use Linux. I am going to install Windows 10 first and if there are no driver installation issues, briefly replicate what she would be doing to hopefully not be sluggish. If it is or I encounter crashing and freezing, I will switch to Windows 7. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3si Posted May 13, 2019 Posted May 13, 2019 The Dell latitude 2120 was too slow. So I went ahead and bought an evoo laptop. Much better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saywhut Posted May 14, 2019 Posted May 14, 2019 Windows 10 32-bit would of been fine from a performance standpoint. Did you try 64 bit or 32 bit? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3si Posted May 15, 2019 Posted May 15, 2019 Yes, the Dell laptop had other software/hardware issues. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eamkey Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 (edited) Windows 10 is highly recommended by me,if it is ture that Windows 7 will retire next year,so there is no point in installing it. With few simple steps that you can install Windows 10: https://www.androidphonesoft.com/resources/install-windows-10-from-usb-on-new-pc.html https://www.howtogeek.com/197559/how-to-install-windows-10-on-your-pc/ Edited August 19, 2019 by Eamkey Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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