Re: XP systems requirements?

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From: Steven (none_at_myisp.com)
Date: 04/19/04


Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 09:18:44 -0400

I have a P3 1000, with 384 Mb RAM and unless I set everything to look like
win98 and put all settings to best performance (ie no frills), it puts a lot
of drag on my machine. I would suggest that you stay where you are, until
you can get a better machine. AMDs 64bit chip would be best, since it would
take full advantage of the new version of windows coming out in the next
year or so.

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0e0101c4260e$4a5e53f0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I presently have a 300mhz PII with 191 MB extended memory
> running Windows 98. I'm considering upgrading the
> operating system to XP. I note that a 300mhz rocessor is
> the minimum speed for XP.
>
> Any problems loading XP on a minimum 300 mhz processor?
> One comment from a friend said he thought my memory was
> too light to effectively run XP.
>
> Any thoughts?



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