What OS should i get?

[DSteiny18]

I just got a second hand Dell Optiplex 980 from a garage sale.

it currently has:

Processor: i5-650

Ram 8 GB of 1333Mhz ddr3

and a 320 GB HDD (im assuming SATA 2)

 

It doesnt have an OS on it at the moment. I want to put windows on here just because im used to it. I see that it has a vista PK on the side but eww i dont want to do that. Im trying to decide between windows 7 profreeional 64 bit or windows 8 professional 64 bit. Both of those are super cheap at my schools store and i dont want to spend the money on full priced windows. 

 

I'm hoping the newer OS's arent too much for this old girl to handle. 

[MorganO]

3 minutes ago, DSteiny18 said:

I just got a second hand Dell Optiplex 980 from a garage sale.

it currently has:

Processor: i5-650

Ram 8 GB of 1333Mhz ddr3

and a 320 GB HDD (im assuming SATA 2)

 

It doesnt have an OS on it at the moment. I want to put windows on here just because im used to it. I see that it has a vista PK on the side but eww i dont want to do that. Im trying to decide between windows 7 profreeional 64 bit or windows 8 professional 64 bit. Both of those are super cheap at my schools store and i dont want to spend the money on full priced windows. 

 

I'm hoping the newer OS's arent too much for this old girl to handle. 

ubuntu 16.10?

[Mira Yurizaki]

Windows 8 since it's more up to date at least. Or Linux Mint.

[Guest]

Would rather have windows 7 than windows 8.

[tlink]

linux mint or ubunto. both are great web browsing and office tasks distro's.

[Jasun]

Windows 7 if you can't get Windows 10 because Windows 8 start menu is disgusting.

[DSteiny18]

Im going to be doing alot of photoshop, so im guessing windows 7 professional will be my best guess? I dont plan on it lasting forever but hopefully thatll work for a couple years. Im not sure if ubuntu supports photoshop? I know nothing about it