old laptop windows 10?

[theateam794]

getting rid of my old laptop, it mostly ran ubuntu linux but I was using it some on windows 10 via usb ssd, despite having bare minimum ram and being run over usb it was a reasonable experience.

Thinking maybe linux might not be ideal os for most buyers ? also having less than a 20gb internal ssd that I don't want to put money into upgrading (outside of a spare 32gb sdcard I may throw in) was considering maybe tryin to installing windows ...

but my quesiton is will windows 10 install on this little space ? (given the ram/storage maybe even 32bit version?) or do I just stick with put a fresh install of linux on ready for the next owner ?

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

excluding 3rd party applications installed my Windows 10 x64 install is ~100GB.
you should be able to check product description\requirements on the MS website to see what disk space is required for each version of Windows.

but you can find an internal 120-240GB SSD for $20-40.

 

[punkncat]

Windows 10 isn't going to install on even the 32GB drive, so far as I am aware. There is a "lite" version out there that might. It is not official and not really sure what the support landscape looks like.

My opinion would be to put Lubuntu/Ubuntu/etc. on it and sell super cheap. I have had reasonable success doing so with items like Netbooks and such low powered or outdated hardware. There are folks that simply need a cheap way to surf. The plusses are that those OS are so much more user friendly than they were even a few years ago.

 

[USAFRet]

a 20gb internal ssd

Nope.

Win 10 will barely install on a 32GB. It will 'work', but there will be major issues.

Put Linux on it and sell it for whatever it will bring.

 

[theateam794]

I didn't want to drop $20 to $40 on a laptop that may only fetch $50 but also it only takes low profile m.2 drives which makes it even harder ? to find cheaper drives.

also I did google this and came here for a second opinion, people saying there are usb stick drives that plug directly into tvs with 32gb ssd that come running windows 10.

I was thinking it might be possible to cut a LOT of bloat but yeah seems like it might just be easier to go with linux

 

[USAFRet]

I didn't want to drop $20 to $40 on a laptop that may only fetch $50 but also it only takes low profile m.2 drives which makes it even harder ? to find cheaper drives.

also I did google this and came here for a second opinion, people saying there are usb stick drives that plug directly into tvs with 32gb ssd that come running windows 10.

I was thinking it might be possible to cut a LOT of bloat but yeah seems like it might just be easier to go with linux

Put $0 into this. Nothing..nada.
Install Linux and put it up for sale.

I have (had) an old Asus Transformer (2015?) with a 32GB eMMC.
Win 10 installed. Standard Win 10 Home.
But the semi-annual update failed, due to not enough free space.

Anyone who might want this won't care about what OS is on it. They will either live with the Linux install, install their own Linux, or eventually discover why Win 10 won't really work.

 

[punkncat]

^ SOS I think is what those are called. "System on a Stick".
If you read about those and some of the low space Surface tablets there are myriad reviews concerning the issue during major updates.
In a very on the surface way of explaining, the disk space needs to be large enough for the new install as well as the old install for it to download, install, and create the .old folder. By and large this may or may not be issue for you as they will continue to receive security updates and such for a while, but will constantly be reminding you that you are due for an update you can't install. (this has been my experience even with a 64GB drive)

 

[Krotow]

Look like one of those cheap laptops with Intel Atom CPU. No way to get Windows 10 on 20 GB internal SSD. At least it will not work well. If SSD is not replaceable, reinstall Linux on laptop again and sell it as is.