Re: xp recommended processor speed

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From: Nathan McNulty (nospam_at_msn.com)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 19:51:41 -0700

I have XP on my Dell Inspiron 7000 (333 MHz with 128 MB of SDRAM). It
is always a good idea to run the compatibility test before upgrading
though ;) 

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Nathan McNulty
LVTravel wrote:
> I am currently running XP Pro on a PIII 800 MHz laptop with no problem.  Use
> it for Word processing, Excel, PowerPoint creation and shows, Internet &
> emailing and have used it in a car with Delorme's Street Atlas and their
> Earthmate GPS receiver connected to a USB 1.1 port and noticed no slowdown
> in speed.  Seemed to actually work faster than when I had 98 SE on the
> machine.  The machine is a Sager Midern brand and does have 256 MB RAM. and
> a 12 GB 4500 RPM HDD.
> 
> 
> "Vidiot" <dksumwalt@netzero.net> wrote in message
> news:5f4701c474de$c5543b50$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> 
>>I currently am running 98se on a PIII 750 Sony laptop.
>>How well will XP run on this CPU? I understand that it
>>wants 256 megs of ram or more to be happy but have not
>>found anything on CPU's.
> 
> 
>

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