Re: Upgrade from WinMe

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On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 22:05:11 GMT, Ron Martell <ron.martell@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Colin Westley <colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>I have a pc which was originaly running Win95 and was then upgraded to
>>WinMe via a retail WinMe upgrade CD. Does this combination now allow
>>me to further upgrade to WinXP. Or do I have to buy the full XP
>>installation ?
>
Thanks for your concerns Ron, I do appreciate the point you are making
and on reflection my plan would probably be to upgrade the motherboard
and CPU to a spec that would accomodate XP and use the WinMe or Win95
route to enable a lower cost installation of XP.
>I would have serious concerns about a computer from the Windows 95 era
>being adequate for running Windows XP. There are likely to be serious
>shortcomings in terms of CPU speed, amount of RAM, and hard drive
>space. The requirements for Windows XP are *vastly* higher than
>Windows 95 in all of these aspects.
>
>Post the hardware specs back here if you would like an opinion as to
>the suitability of the hardware for running Windows XP.
>
>Good luck
>
>
>Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

.

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