Re: XP Upgrade from 98SE


"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Donny Broome wrote:
>
>> MANY PROBLEMS! If the machine is old enough to have run 95, you're
>> experience with XP will be AWFUL.
>> Here are some real-world MINIMUM hardware requirements for XP:
>>
>> - Pentium III 866 MHz CPU
>> - 384 MB of RAM
>>
>> If you don't have at LEAST this, forget about it.
>
>
> I don't agree at all Windows XP can be run successfully on a *much* lesser
> machine than that. I've personally run Windows XP on a PII-400 with 256MB
> of RAM. It didn't run fast, but it was far from unusable.
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
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>
>
>> "steve r." <steve r.@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1EF2779A-D5FB-47E3-A13E-494D89D55F25@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> I plan to upgrade to XP Pro from 98 SE was installed as an upgrade
>>> fom W95. Should I expect any unusual problems? Thanks.
>
>
Ken,
I visit two to three homes per week of our Computer Club's members doing
volunteer House Calls. I have seen many computers of that age with
successful installations of WinXP and I've also seen several where there
were too many hardware components obsoleted due to manufacturers no longer
providing drivers. In these cases, new computers were the answer. You
guessed it, I get to return to install same.


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