So i have this crappy 2008 macbook me and a buddy are going to use as a second screen for at school and we were wondering do we keep it at windows 8.1 or go to windows 10? Cpu: core 2 duo t8300, gpu: 8600gt 2 gigs of ram.
Gentoo.
Or, well, Debian.
>>59038518
Pop a linux distro on and have yourself a decent little web browsing/word processor.
Windows 7/8.1/10 will all run on it, just not nearly as well.
Had Win10 on a similar setup and was slow.
Don't even think about it without 4GB RAM and a fast SSD. Even then it might barely be usable if you disable animations. I
>>59038518
don't bother with Windows
>>59038518
If you're concerned with privacy, it doesn't matter at this point because updates brought 7, 8 and 8.1 to the same levels of spyware of Win10. Workarounds are autist glue code shit that breaks your OS.
Anyways, go for Windows 10. No point in grabbing an inferior copy.
Or try Linux, y'know.
>this specs
Install gentoo or arch with lightweight DE
>>59040521
why the fuck is /g/ full of retards that think you need a current-gen flagship i7 and 16 GB of RAM just to run a normal linux distribution
go away you fucking consumer sheep