I bought my son a refurbished Dell Latitude E6500 for Christmas. He is only 11 and has just recently started being interested in computers (thanks to minecraft). He broke his old chromebook a couple months ago and I don't want him stuck with a mac that always needs to be plugged in and I can hear the hard drive ready to just give up and die. I need to make this computer as stable as possible since he lives in two different households and when he isn't home I am too far away to help him with errors and issues. I want to make it fast and able to handle as much as possible. I need it to be compatable with Windows software. I know Windows in and out, but I don't know hardware as well.
I didn't know where to post this exactly, since the categories are based on a specific version of windows and I am trying to determine which version to use. So I posted it here because open source ppl are awesome at helping most ppl. If it makes a difference, I am planning on turning my win 10 laptop to linux as soon as I read enough to do it on my own. Nobody I know IRL know linux...
I am doing a factory reset at the moment and want to know the best operating system to install. Using Windows 10 (which I am not even sure it was supposed to be upgraded to) I was receiving low memory problems while browsing the web. I looked at task manager and couldn't find any programs running or processes hiding that appeared to be using a lot of RAM. "System" was constantly using most of it. Not cool.
Yes, I will add more RAM when I can afford it and my husband can install it.
Until then, what version of windows should I install on it?
Do I install a 32bit or 64bit?
I don't have much time to figure this out, so I call on you. O, army of Opensourcers and Penguin Worshippers, please help me give my kid a good Christmas present.
*SPECS---> http://www.laptop-spec.com/dell-laptop/dell-latitude/dell-latitude-e5500/dell-latitude-e5500-dell-latitude-e5500-review-dell-latitude-e5500-specs-dell-latitude-e5500-specifications/
I didn't know where to post this exactly, since the categories are based on a specific version of windows and I am trying to determine which version to use. So I posted it here because open source ppl are awesome at helping most ppl. If it makes a difference, I am planning on turning my win 10 laptop to linux as soon as I read enough to do it on my own. Nobody I know IRL know linux...
I am doing a factory reset at the moment and want to know the best operating system to install. Using Windows 10 (which I am not even sure it was supposed to be upgraded to) I was receiving low memory problems while browsing the web. I looked at task manager and couldn't find any programs running or processes hiding that appeared to be using a lot of RAM. "System" was constantly using most of it. Not cool.
Yes, I will add more RAM when I can afford it and my husband can install it.
Until then, what version of windows should I install on it?
Do I install a 32bit or 64bit?
I don't have much time to figure this out, so I call on you. O, army of Opensourcers and Penguin Worshippers, please help me give my kid a good Christmas present.
*SPECS---> http://www.laptop-spec.com/dell-laptop/dell-latitude/dell-latitude-e5500/dell-latitude-e5500-dell-latitude-e5500-review-dell-latitude-e5500-specs-dell-latitude-e5500-specifications/