What would be more noticeable in windows 10?

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Considering a couple laptops and honestly I have no idea how windows 10 would run on a low performance system. I miss XP that would run on anything. Anyway, so my options I was looking at was a notebook that has 11" laptop with 32GB of emmc space with 4gb of ram or a 14" with 64gb of emmc space but only 2 gb of ram. How much ram does win10 need to function well? Both laptops are powered by a Intel n3050.

So does the lack of storage space make a bigger difference or will the 2gb of ram hold it back? Windows 8 and 10 feel like tablet OS's compared to everything else I've used so I have no idea.

Going to have multiple tabs up and running, word processing, netflix, and couple steam games like Shell Shock Live. I read somewhere that you can't install programs on SD cards in windows 10 is that true? If say I add a SD card for additional storage?

Thanks
 
i have absolutely not benchmarks or really anything good to base this on. but i would almost guess windows 10 after some adjustments. Windows 10 have memory compression which can help elevate low memory issues and reduce swapping. but i have no idea if there is some other counter effect from something else in win10.
Windows 7 however runs fine on 4gb ram. 1gb not so much. ( just tried that today)
 
4 GB should be fine for what you're describing. And you can install most apps on an SD card now.
 
Can you swap the RAM sticks?
Can the 14" take another stick? If so it is a cheap purchase. I would recommend 4GB stick so you would have 6GB total. But a 2GB stick will still work well.
If it doesn't have a free RAM slot you could replace it with a 4GB stick.
 
Can you swap the RAM sticks?
Can the 14" take another stick? If so it is a cheap purchase. I would recommend 4GB stick so you would have 6GB total. But a 2GB stick will still work well.
If it doesn't have a free RAM slot you could replace it with a 4GB stick.

I have no idea, on the website when I search for a manual nothing shows up. It's an Acer AO1-431-C4XG
 
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