Old Laptop Presenting Problems

I have this little laptop that was the last on the shelf at Staples and they gave me a GREAT Price on it. It's very slow with an ATOM processor and an OS that I've never seen before: WIN 7 "STARTER".

It has been suggested to update to OS 10 or 11 which is always suggested. However, I do not think that the processor and memory can handle any form of 10 or 11. Does that mean " throw it out "? When HP and other large companies produce products that one some level may be a good idea but it has no room for updating then what is a consumer to do?

I will say that I put ubuntu on a fast jump drive and it seems to make a huge difference in the speed of the laptop. But going blind makes it difficult to read up on it so I am not sure what I can do with it/

If you need ALL of the particulars of the HP laptop ( I think I got it in 2009 ) if you can tell me how to find that place where I can copy and paste everything you may need to see to figure out what I can do to make it usefull beyond playing FREECELL. I would appreciate it.

KRYPT

 

I would first check for any updates. Although as Win 7 has been out of support for a long time you may not find anything recent.
I suspect though it may already be up to date.

As it’s slow now then I doubt upgrading to Win 10 would make it any faster. But feel free to try.