...xp or ubuntu, for my laptop? and what will run better with 512ram, and then lower or higher ie 230mb ram or 2 gig ram, of corse 32bit. i have like a 1.2GHz pentium. I here windows 7 uttilizes ram better or somthing, even better than linux but im not sure, oh and with windows aero run good with those specs, the graphics are onboard.