Which Windows for 1GB?

Question

Windows

There is a laptop with 1 GB of memory, a 2-core Pentium, etc.
If 2GB I would put Win7 without slowing down. And then there was a laptop with 1 GB at hand.
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Can still what for and against against XP you will advise? or suddenly it turns out, on the recommendation of Win7, the necessary assembly optimized for small RAM, then please advise
PS (The laptop is not mine and it’s not in my power to buy anything there. I have had 16G for a long time :) )
PS. Estimate, I cleaned this laptop, it turned out that the memory was half inserted in the second slot. As they said that in the dealer service center it was inserted like that. And the girl for 2 years used a laptop with 1 GB instead of 2. That is, 2 times slower.
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Answer 1

It's strange that no one advised 8.1. Feels quite comfortable on a gigabyte without any shutdowns and optimizations. After launch, 500MB is free.
2012r2 as a domain controller generally works on 675MB.

Answer 2

Set it to 32-bit 7, turn off aero and other effects (it will look like 98). Also turn off the background image and sound theme. Disable all unnecessary services (Printer spooler, all sorts of smart cards, there are a lot of unnecessary services). Increase the paging file to 4 gigabytes and set a fixed size.
You can also try plugging a flash drive into it and using it for ReadyBoost so that programs are loaded from a flash drive, and not from a disk.

Answer 3

I had the same problem, put 7-ku 32bit, got up, it seemed to work not bad, but still not enough RAM, you can’t play games, and you can’t do much, then put XP again, everything is ok)) so you need more RAM at least giga 2 :3

Answer 4

Add RAM and put 7-ku.

Answer 5

Set the seven boldly (home extended), disable all design effects.
Then maybe in the browser a couple of pages will be able to read without brakes.
Yes, and then the hard one would be replaced with ssd, it would be faster.

Answer 6

It is better to explain to the owner of the laptop that it is better to deliver RAM and install modern 7 or 8 than to install an OS that has already been removed from the sale.