If you’re looking to breathe life into an old netbook or just want a distraction-free workstation, the Windows 7 Ultimate Super Slim Edition (x64)
1. RAM and Storage Efficiency
A standard Windows 7 idles at 1.2–1.6 GB RAM. A Super Slim version often idles at 450–700 MB. On a 2 GB machine, that is the difference between a usable system and one that constantly swaps to the HDD. Installation size drops from 20GB to 4GB, breathing life into old 32GB eMMC tablets and ancient SSDs.
What remained was a core kernel, the Aero interface, a stripped-down Explorer shell, and a network stack. The install.wim was 1.2GB. After installation, the OS footprint was 4.3GB on disk.
B. Linux (Best for old hardware)
