Best Windows OS for slow computer

[techetga]

I have an old laptop and want to install a fast OS. I've installed Windows XP embedded on another old laptop but since there's no support for that anymore another Windows OS would be safer. It's really for basic things (ex. internet browsing).

I've already googled for some, this is what I found:

• Windows 7 Home Premium
• Tiny 7 OS
• Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Super lite
• RT Se7en Lite custom OS

Unfortunately Linux isn't an option. It has to be user-friendly an run some windows-only programs.

[Sauron]

Forget windows, use xubuntu. It's user friendly as hell. And it's lighter than even windows xp, as well as being up to date and fully supported.

 

If you MUST use windows, I'd actually lean towards windows 8 as opposed to 7, it's a bit lighter to run.

[ErickS89]

When it comes to windows skip anything that does not come directly from microsoft, never use a Windows distro...

Use Xubuntu, XFCE 4.12 is pretty cool and can look fantastic! You might want to use the Nemo file manager though.

Gentoo would even be a better option as compiled specific to hardware(it can take 2-4 hours to install and get ready to love the command line!)