Is android KitKat a good alternative netbook operating system?

[Arrogantcrib162]

It's an old low specs netbook (Compaq-mini 700ED) that used to run Windows XP. Since XP is about to die off and was slower than my grandma's turtle, I decided to put another OS on it. I tried out Linux Mint, but it's still slower than that turtle.

I was kind of wondering if I should put KitKat x86 on it. At the very least it runs pretty smooth on this netbook from the live-image. On the other hand, KitKat is still a glorified mobile phone OS, so it may have its drawbacks.

The purpose of putting a new OS on the netbook is to keep it by the time, and to maximizing its potential (surfing; text-writing; image editing; compatibility with other devices; media consumption; reading e-books; maybe some useful, fun and interesting apps), while at the same time balancing this potential with reasonable speed. Of course, I don't expect miracles, but still...

Anyway, my question is, whether you think KitKat would make a good alternative netbook OS for this purpose, and if not, which other OS would you recommend?

Also, I'm a casual computer user, so please don't recommend an OS that's difficult to install and/or use.
Btw, if I compare my experiences with Linux Mint, which I've installed and tested a few months, and XP on this machine, then XP wins because it was faster. I think that may give you an indication of my netbook's performance...
Please, don't recommend new hardware or an OS for which you have to pay. If I had that money I wouldn't be using this old netbook (which was cast-off to me, btw) now would I?
So, thank you all for your time to answer my question, though it wasn't exactly what I was looking for. My story ended as follows: I ditched Mint Xfce today (after using it about 4 months and becoming increasingly frustrated with it) and installed Ubuntu 14.04 beta. At first glance, it's a smooth OS. The only trouble was the disappearance of files from the trash can upon installing, but that appears to have solved itself after a reboot. I ditched the Amazon-app too. We'll see how this goes.
Used Ubuntu 14.04 (no longer beta, after updates) for about a week and am quite pleased. It's much smoother and faster than Mint 16.

[Violentvoyage558]

No, if it doesn't have a touchscreen you really shouldn't be using Android on it.

Read the system requirement before you install. Mint requires 1GB of RAM. It also requires a certain level of graphics which your netbook doesn't have, unless you got one the the nVidia ION chipset. Most likely you have an intel chipset with only openGL 1.2 support, (you need 2.0) or it might have the poulsbro chipsit which has no 3D acceleration on modern Linux.

Try the LXDE version of Mint.

[cathugger]

What about Chrome OS? Have you looked at that? There are actually "Chromebook" laptops for sale so it's more likely to have driver support for hardware laptops have (like hard disk). Actually not sure if you can download it to install on a random laptop but here is the page:
http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os

Meanwhile, since Kit-Kat is brand new there is little info about it yet.

However if you search Google for this:
jelly bean 4.3 on a netbook
You will find videos and info about how to put Android 4.3 on a netbook and you can probably see examples of how well it works.