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What runs better on an old laptop? Windows 7 or Windows Vista?

Anonymous
2024-02-23T21:32:23+00:00

I have this old Windows Xp era laptop and have Windows 7 installed but its really slow, so I was wondering if Windows Vista being older runs faster than 7.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-02-23T21:58:08+00:00

    I have this old Windows Xp era laptop and have Windows 7 installed but its really slow, so I was wondering if Windows Vista being older runs faster than 7.

    They are all unsupported operating systems and are a risk to use.

    1. You can't just install whatever OS that you want to, as XP, Vista and 7 all have to be licensed to use them.
    2. The Computer manufacturer would have to support those operating systems being installed on your exact model number and supply the particular operating system drivers for it.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-11-11T19:26:14+00:00

    Well, whatev's about what's supported and licensed.

    Windows 7 would run better than Windows Vista on the same hardware. Some of the stuff in Vista was just not that well optimized, rather than releasing patches to Vista to speed this stuff up they shipped Windows 7. That said, I don't think either will run well on this system.

    I would either (if it has 4GB RAM) run Ubuntu or whatever Linux distro you'd like -- they really will run OK on 4GB... Ubuntu will limp along in 2GB if you only open like 1 or 2 browser tabs but they recommend 4GB mininum and they are right. Or if you have a 512MB, 1GB, or 2GB, seek out a slim distro, with 2GB there are ones that are pretty normal but just trimmed a bit off the RAM requirements. On 512MB or 1GB, there're a few specialty distros that are that small, they are much more customized to shave off as much RAM usage as possible.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-03-03T20:11:30+00:00

    What year is your laptop from?

    If it is a laptop from before 2006, then you should try Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 installed.

    If it is a laptop from 2008 or newer, try Windows 7.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-02-23T23:40:10+00:00

    The 2 technically officially supported OSes on this computer are Windows XP, Vista, and x86 & x64 versions. I just want to know what would run better on this Dell D520 laptop.

    We can not tell you that.

    Ask your Computer Manufacturer.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-02-23T22:24:08+00:00

    The 2 technically officially supported OSes on this computer are Windows XP, Vista, and x86 & x64 versions. I just want to know what would run better on this Dell D520 laptop.

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