Suggest OS for 1GB RAM Office Laptop

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My brother using laptop which he got from his office. Actually they give laptops to other after retirement or I don't know much. This laptop running on 1gb RAM on Windows 7 Professional OS 32 bit/x86.
There are many softwares will be useful for office are in laptop installed already. These are those softwares SAP Business Explorer, SAP GUI, SAP JNet, Engineering Client Viewer etc etc many more.
This software should run on new OS you're suggesting.
I am downloading windows 7 x64, windows 8.1 x64, windows 10 x64.
Please tell me other than these OS works well with these office softwares.
Any OS but should run on 1gb or less RAM.

And I am downloading x64 because on my computer I use x64 version.
One question, x64 use more storage and RAM compared to x86??

Upgrade ram to 4 GB instead maybe?

May be you can try Lubuntu. Don't know about software most of them should or you may find some alternatives!?

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SaiyanGoku said:
Upgrade ram to 4 GB instead maybe?

Buddy it's office laptop, you shouldn't bother to invest in office lappy from your own pocket. And office may offer new lappy but it's not the time to request. So for better surfing and torrent downloading I need good OS.

Will windows 10 Redstone work on 1gb ram??

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TechnoBOY said:
May be you can try Lubuntu. Don't know about software most of them should or you may find some alternatives!?

Lubuntu, which version?? 32 bit or 64 bit?
Provide link also.

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Windows official requirements say 1gb ram for 32bit and for 64bit you need minimum 2gb...it will work but you wont be able to get good performance.

amit.tiger12 said:
Lubuntu, which version?? 32 bit or 64 bit?
Provide link also.

32 bit Lubuntu/GetLubuntu - Community Help Wik
Dont know how many software will work on linux but you can Google !

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You can also try it before installing .

amit.tiger12 said:
Buddy it's office laptop, you shouldn't bother to invest in office lappy from your own pocket. And office may offer new lappy but it's not the time to request. So for better surfing and torrent downloading I need good OS.

Will windows 10 Redstone work on 1gb ram??

If it's office laptop, you're not supposed to do any modifications to both the hardware and the software. Better to ask the office for a ram upgrade without paying anything from your pocket.

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SaiyanGoku said:
If it's office laptop, you're not supposed to do any modifications to both the hardware and the software. Better to ask the office for a ram upgrade without paying anything from your pocket.

Modifications not allowed??
Okay, i will ask my brother for that matter. It's his office laptop.

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ankitj1611 said:
Windows official requirements say 1gb ram for 32bit and for 64bit you need minimum 2gb...it will work but you wont be able to get good performance.

What about drive storage comparison??
Not c drive size, ms office size on x86 compare to x64 after installation.
Not Good performance on both, windows 10 32 & 64 bit??

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amit.tiger12 said:
Buddy it's office laptop, you shouldn't bother to invest in office lappy from your own pocket. And office may offer new lappy but it's not the time to request. So for better surfing and torrent downloading I need good OS.

Will windows 10 Redstone work on 1gb ram??

You can install windows Xp or win 8.1. Windows 10 need more RAMs due to built in apps.

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Minion said:
You can install windows Xp or win 8.1. Windows 10 need more RAMs due to built in apps.

Ok. Thanks for advice.

But I will use local account in win 10 so no apps required. So will it work fine with local account??

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amit.tiger12 said:
Ok. Thanks for advice.

But I will use local account in win 10 so no apps required. So will it work fine with local account??

Win 10 has too much preinstalled apps which can't be removed install win 8.1 or XP.

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Minion said:
Win 10 has too much preinstalled apps which can't be removed install win 8.1 or XP.

Preinstalled apps like?

how about cortana running in background all the time. Apart from that, it start downloading all those music, notes, bla bla as soon as it connects to internet without telling you. I forgot all the app names now. By seeing with the config like 1Gb ram, i don't suppose OP have heavy usage, I would say go with Linux distros instead of Win10. WinXP is good option but the old look ...

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Minion said:
Win 10 has too much preinstalled apps which can't be removed install win 8.1 or XP.

Yeah but there are not too much pre installed apps, and i can manage that app usage i already tried that with windows 8.1.
I will try windows 10 let's see. My problem was I can install windows 10 or not.
My usage will be Firefox, torrent and IDM.

Status -- Still downloading windows....

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billubakra said:
Preinstalled apps like?

Pre installed apps means that start menu stuff on Windows 8.1.
Windows apps mail, calender, clock, calculator, Xbox store, weather, map, photos, people, etc etc.
There are many more on Windows 10 and new update Redstone have many more i guess.

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TheSloth said:
how about cortana running in background all the time. Apart from that, it start downloading all those music, notes, bla bla as soon as it connects to internet without telling you. I forgot all the app names now. By seeing with the config like 1Gb ram, i don't suppose OP have heavy usage, I would say go with Linux distros instead of Win10. WinXP is good option but the old look ...

No heavy usage, i searched online i found many os running below 1gb ram, mainly are Linux. And found some Android os also.
I added to download list.
Windows comes handy, and i tired Ubuntu os only. So i need to prioritise OS.

So just suggest me name and version of OS and link for download. That will be helpful.

why not ubuntu then, on official website they say 1GB is recommended and 512MB is minimum requirement for it. I have used Ubuntu and Fedora but never thought about them in this RAM context so I can't really suggest which particular distros to use. advise from Linux users will be much better. @Desmond David , @gameranand , @Hrishi , @ico I think they use Linux or have good knowledge apart from the people who have already commented here(not counting myself). unable to recall any other member using Linux ...
Also, one clarification is needed, The SAP softwares you mentioned in the 1st post, must work on the OS you choose??

If its an office laptop, why are you installing OS in it? The office facilities dept will be responsible for installing the OS using the volume licenses the company purchased.

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amit.tiger12 said:
No heavy usage, i searched online i found many os running below 1gb ram, mainly are Linux. And found some Android os also.
I added to download list.
Windows comes handy, and i tired Ubuntu os only. So i need to prioritise OS.

So just suggest me name and version of OS and link for download. That will be helpful.

For this setup Arch Linux with XFCE is recommended because of very low resource usage. But installing it on system is a PITA because of CLI so I guess Puppy linux can do the job here.

You can also explore Linux Mint LMDE2 which is lighter than other Mint distros (coming from personal experience).

So I guess it boils down to Puppy Linux or Mint LMDE 2 for me. Whatever fits your needs, I would suggest mint because it just makes everything work from the beginning, codecs and all that ****. Though you might want to switch to Audacious for audio player because the one they give (Banshee) is a resource hog. Other than that, can't really find any faults in it. Works perfectly for me. Desmond uses Arch but as I said not recommended for first time users.

A 64 bit os is a bit more resource intensive as compared to 32 bit,esp when it comes to ram usage.I had an older system that had 1 gb ram and i used to experience frequent lag and slowdowns after installing vista x64 bit on it-the problem was mitigated to some extent only after i increased its ram to 2 gb.Therefore as your laptop has just 1 gb ram,you'd be better off installing a 32 bit os only.

And you should check the compatibility of your laptop with win 10 before you go ahead and install it-sometimes older hardware don't work properly on newer versions of windows (even though they might satisfy the min. requirements)as driver support for their old/legacy onboard peripherals (like integrated graphics,audio etc)may not be present in the new OS.

For your needs,win 7 32 bit would be best suited i think.

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Desmond David said:
If its an office laptop, why are you installing OS in it? The office facilities dept will be responsible for installing the OS using the volume licenses the company purchased.

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Actually there is no guarantee that will look into that, because laptop is 9 years old and i think for company it's trash. When brother will handover or request new laptop, company (reliance) will not ask us os thing.

Yeah you are right about licence but this laptop is used by 3 people, and without any active security (Symantec endpoint expire and not updating), lots of issue, slow operations, this laptop really need format. I tried repairing with lots of tools and softwares, but it did not help.

Still i asked my brother about formatting and installing new os, he will ask other colleagues in office. And i will let you know.

I will install new os, when brother want to return laptop or asked new laptop i will install windows 7 professional again, thats what i was going to do.

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quicky008 said:
A 64 bit os is a bit more resource intensive as compared to 32 bit,esp when it comes to ram usage.I had an older system that had 1 gb ram and i used to experience frequent lag and slowdowns after installing vista x64 bit on it-the problem was mitigated to some extent only after i increased its ram to 2 gb.Therefore as your laptop has just 1 gb ram,you'd be better off installing a 32 bit os only.

And you should check the compatibility of your laptop with win 10 before you go ahead and install it-sometimes older hardware don't work properly on newer versions of windows (even though they might satisfy the min. requirements)as driver support for their old/legacy onboard peripherals (like integrated graphics,audio etc)may not be present in the new OS.

For your needs,win 7 32 bit would be best suited i think.

Right. It's 9 year old laptop, and windows 10 might not be compatible.
Installation on computer is easy compare to laptop considering compatibility Issue.

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TheSloth said:
Also, one clarification is needed, The SAP softwares you mentioned in the 1st post, must work on the OS you choose??

Actually neither me nor brother works on SAP or any office software. He may be using ms office. These softwares were there installed alredy. And only 1-2 softwares are working/opening correctly, other does not open at all.

Not for work exactly. Just wanted to make sure if brother wants to return lappy or request new, there has to be softwares which are installed now.
And later i thought i can clone this c drive or will install windows 7 again after my use.

Last person from brother's office who used lappy, installed torrent and downloaded movies and those stuff was lying on desktop. So i dont know how much company look into laptop while giving it to others.
In my brothers case he got directly from his colleague not from company.

Again, if it is a company laptop, you might get some problems from the company side if you install another OS. Why can't you just ask your brother to get a new laptop issued from the company replacing the 9 year old one?

amit.tiger12 said:
Actually there is no guarantee that will look into that, because laptop is 9 years old and i think for company it's trash. When brother will handover or request new laptop, company (reliance) will not ask us os thing.

Yeah you are right about licence but this laptop is used by 3 people, and without any active security (Symantec endpoint expire and not updating), lots of issue, slow operations, this laptop really need format. I tried repairing with lots of tools and softwares, but it did not help.

Still i asked my brother about formatting and installing new os, he will ask other colleagues in office. And i will let you know.

I will install new os, when brother want to return laptop or asked new laptop i will install windows 7 professional again, thats what i was going to do.

Well, regardless of what company thinks of it, it is still company property. Therefore formatting it without the company's knowledge would be a compliance violation that could get your brother in trouble.

So yes, its better to get confirmation before proceeding.

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SaiyanGoku said:
Again, if it is a company laptop, you might get some problems from the company side if you install another OS. Why can't you just ask your brother to get a new laptop issued from the company replacing the 9 year old one?

There are some problems and they want bulk request for new laptops.. and as of now there are only 3 request for laptops. They want more. How much, that I don't know.

So you are saying to drop idea of installing new OS.
As of now I do surfing and downloading. But surfing is too slow and painful. Not net speed, lappy speed. And there are many issues which are really bad, windows related, tried repairing, does not help.
After installing I will surf and download torrents.

quicky008 said:
A 64 bit os is a bit more resource intensive as compared to 32 bit,esp when it comes to ram usage.I had an older system that had 1 gb ram and i used to experience frequent lag and slowdowns after installing vista x64 bit on it-the problem was mitigated to some extent only after i increased its ram to 2 gb.Therefore as your laptop has just 1 gb ram,you'd be better off installing a 32 bit os only.

And you should check the compatibility of your laptop with win 10 before you go ahead and install it-sometimes older hardware don't work properly on newer versions of windows (even though they might satisfy the min. requirements)as driver support for their old/legacy onboard peripherals (like integrated graphics,audio etc)may not be present in the new OS.

For your needs,win 7 32 bit would be best suited i think.

Not in case of Linux. In fact most of the software there are made with 64 bit in mind so if you install 32 bit OS then it might give some hiccups and issues. I also installed 32 bit at first but faced some problems and switched to 64 bit. Works like a charm.

amit.tiger12 said:
There are some problems and they want bulk request for new laptops.. and as of now there are only 3 request for laptops. They want more. How much, that I don't know.

So you are saying to drop idea of installing new OS.
As of now I do surfing and downloading. But surfing is too slow and painful. Not net speed, lappy speed. And there are many issues which are really bad, windows related, tried repairing, does not help.
After installing I will surf and download torrents.

Unless you get permission from the company. Its not advisable to change the OS on that machine. If you can get the permission, you can do as your heart desires.

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TheSloth said:
how about cortana running in background all the time. Apart from that, it start downloading all those music, notes, bla bla as soon as it connects to internet without telling you. I forgot all the app names now. By seeing with the config like 1Gb ram, i don't suppose OP have heavy usage, I would say go with Linux distros instead of Win10. WinXP is good option but the old look ...

Agreed. But all of the background crap can be stopped using certain softwares like Shut up 10 etc.

amit.tiger12 said:
Pre installed apps means that start menu stuff on Windows 8.1.
Windows apps mail, calender, clock, calculator, Xbox store, weather, map, photos, people, etc etc.
There are many more on Windows 10 and new update Redstone have many more i guess.

I know what that means. But we can delete them all. Android phones from OEM's also come with bloatware but we can remove the same.

Xubuntu or Arch Linux with Xfce/OpenBox.