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19173 2001-09-21 08:46:00 Hi, i have at the moment windows 95 2nd but wish to upgrad to win98, what's the minium ram? I think i have enough but even if i did will i still be able to do that when i have a pentium 75Mhz processor... all help appreciated Guest (0)
19174 2001-09-21 09:06:00 Min ram 32mb, pentium 75 will run 98. Guest (0)
19175 2001-09-21 09:13:00 Its really not worth it, win98 will make your computer very slow (I've tried it myself).

Microsofts stated requirements are always well below what is needed for a useable system.
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19176 2001-09-21 09:38:00 I'm running Win98SE on a Pentium 100 with 32mb RAM and having no problems at all. Can't do much multitasking, but if you just use it for one program at a time it should be okay, although a 75 may struggle, I'm not sure... Guest (0)
19177 2001-09-21 11:22:00 I would not do it, I had a 75 and tried myself, but it all turned to custard. Go get a newer machine. Guest (0)
19178 2001-09-21 21:14:00 I used to run win98 on a 386, and dreamed of having something as powerfull as a pentium 75. sure it's slow, but if you set things up right it's a great way to learn about the things that really slow a computer down, like antivirus programs and IE 4.0 or higher, or too many startup programs, and don't install all of office 97, just word is enough, turn of things like office fast find, task sheduler,etc. this is all for fun, and experimenting is the best way to learn. Go ahead and try win 98, you can always go back to 95 but I bet you never will, you'll more likely start upgrading your computer. Guest (0)
19179 2001-09-22 06:53:00 I use a Pentium 75 as a second machine at home in a network situation. Has many programs on it and runs win 98SE with no problems. 32 meg ram.

If we were doing more than playing games, browsing the web through the host machine and playing music it may slow down, but for all that it seems to be fine. Picked up the PC for nothing as a dead unit (so they thought), reformatted it and installed win98se, never looked back.
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