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How do I make the most out of a mediocre laptop?
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Others have recommended Linux, and for such a machine I generally agree with them.
The question is how do you intend to use this machine? Are there any Windows-based apps that are critical for you? That will help drive this decision.
Even if there are, you may be better off running those apps under Wine (if possible), and switching to Linux equivalents as much as you can.
Tell us how you intend to use this machine, any apps you currently use. Then we can recommend OSS equivalents.
All right then. I use FL Studio and a whole bunch of VST plugins, such as Waves, FabFilter, T-Racks, KiloHeartz, etc etc. Most of them have no Linux versions, and setting them all up with wine would be a pain. I theoretically would be able to do this, but I just need to make music as I used to before i took a break with it and tried Linux. I will consider staying on Linux, if you suggest a truly decent FabFilter suite alternative and a 1:1 replacement for Waves MetaFlanger.
If you do go with Linux I recommend Bitwig as a DAW. There's cracked versions if you search around
If DAW was the problem, I could go with something like Ardour. The problem are hundreds of third party VST plugins
Technically, 4 GB is supposed to be enough. https://support.image-line.com/action/knowledgebase?ans=82
But: https://www.reddit.com/r/FL_Studio/comments/14kdv0d/is_8gb_ram_enough_to_run_fl_studios/
Your CPU has only 2 cores. It's probably the CPU holding you back more than the RAM. If you open up system monitor while working on a large project you'll be able to see which maxes out first.