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| 14369 | 2001-06-20 11:27:00 | I have a few questions : What is the least amount of RAM required to run Win 2k on a 266mhz laptop ? What is the least amount of RAM required to run Win 98se on a 266mhz laptop? At the moment I am running Win 98se with only 32mb and it won?t run 32 bit colour in fact the option doesn?t even appear in the ?display settings? it only goes up as far as 24 bit is that because I don?t have enough RAM? |
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| 14370 | 2001-06-20 12:36:00 | Hello Phil The reason you can't run in 32bit colur mode, is almost certainly to be a graphics card problem and nothing to do with your ram, check to make sure you have the correct driver installed for your card,if you have, see if an updated driver is available from the cards web site. 32MB should be fine for Win98se (maybe a bit slow) but you really need at least 64MB for NT. Alan |
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| 14371 | 2001-06-20 12:45:00 | win98 min 32 recomend 128. win2k min ?? recomend 256. with a slow system like that stick to win98. your display setting hasn't got anything to do with the ram size. its to do with your video card which isnt upgradable so keep it set on 16bit. |
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| 14372 | 2001-06-21 02:01:00 | For a laptop of that Mhz rating, I suggest sticking to Win98 SE, but you may find that upgrading to 64MB RAM at least will give you that little performance edge that you're looking for. | Guest (0) | ||
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