Re: xp requirements

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From: Ken Blake (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 10/14/04


Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:00:43 -0700

In news:10ef01c4b204$10578140$a601280a@phx.gbl,
me <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

> what are the minimum requirements to install xp

The official minimum requirements are

233 MHz processor
64MB RAM
1.5 GB HD
800x600

but as usual, those specs are nowhere near sufficient to do
anything useful with it.

More practical minimums are

400MHz processor
256MB RAM
10GB HD.

Even there, performance will not be great, but the machine will
be usable.

-- 
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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