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| Thread ID: 23863 | 2002-08-28 01:11:00 | MS Windows XP | trevor (1594) | Press F1 |
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| 74307 | 2002-08-28 09:36:00 | I think they recommend a minimum 300 mhz, but experience suggests 500 mhz. Ram is useable at 128 better at 192, excellent at 256. I run a couple of pc's with 600mhz processors and they are fine. Another at 667 is noticeably better |
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| 74308 | 2002-08-28 10:15:00 | Thanks godfather, I thought 300 was the figure that M$ used but I believe there are some PressF1 users that have boxes with smaller? Cheers,Kiwitas,;-) |
Kiwitas (514) | ||
| 74309 | 2002-08-28 10:17:00 | A PII 266 with 128MB RAM is fine, but you will need a snappy hard drive, as this will really hold up the works. | BIFF (1) | ||
| 74310 | 2002-08-28 10:47:00 | Thanks BIFF, When you say "snappy HDD",what do you mean? I was going to partition my 20Gb,giving 11Gb to XP balance to stay for W98. Am presently using 7Gb of it!But if XP worked,would then rouse W98! Cheers,Kiwitas,;-) |
Kiwitas (514) | ||
| 74311 | 2002-08-28 22:14:00 | I ran XP on a 166MHz system with only 64MB RAM. I found the computer ran better on XP than any other previous OS. As for what you have saved. Provided you do a straight upgrade all your saved data will be fine. Some of your programs May need to be reinstalled. Cheers :) |
NathanTheKind (472) | ||
| 74312 | 2002-08-30 13:33:00 | I have ME & XP on the same computer, 500mhz & 256 Ram. I use ME most of the time as it is more compatable with some old software & is faster than XP. I use XP when I am doing web sites and multitasking. XP is very stable. They are booted with "Boot Magic". If its a choice between better hardware & XP, I would go for more memory. |
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