XP vs Win 7 speed

[Opusbuild]

Hi all.

I have netbook with a nano processor and 2 GB Ram. Just wondering if I should keep XP on it or Windows 7. It came with XP. Which would provide the faster usage. I am talking about just internet browsing, email, ms office. Or would both offer the same performance. Thanks.

 

[Witchdoctor]

Barring leaning it up XP will use less resources to run. However something's just run faster on 7. For what you describe I would just stay with XP

 

[caddi daddi]

you might look into a super lightweight linux distro.
I use puppy linux on a flash drive, it's a rocket.

 

[Opusbuild]

you might look into a super lightweight linux distro.
I use puppy linux on a flash drive, it's a rocket.

Would I then need to use wine to run ms office? Would it then run the same as if I was using windows XP or 7? Thanks

 

[Tyerker]

Would I then need to use wine to run ms office? Would it then run the same as if I was using windows XP or 7? Thanks

Most Linux Distros have OpenOffice or LibreOffice installed. Does it HAVE to be Windows Office?

To answer your initial question, I would stick with XP. There is a version called Tiny XP you could look into that strips everything out of XP that isn't completely necessary. Only available through Torrent, but I've heard good things.

 

[mimart7]

Tiny XP is also available, or was on Hirens boot CD. Iir, it only runs for a certain amount of time, I could be wrong. I've used it get files off of a hard drive with a corrupted Windows install.