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Depends on how old it is...I've found that Win 2000 seems to run just as fast as Win98 does on older Pentiums. I've used it on both a 166 Mhz system, and a 200 Mhz MMX system. both had 64mb of ram. it worked very well.
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Anything 386 era + will be fine in Win95, first edition. The fact is, it doesn't have USB support, but most older PCs don't have USB anyway. Plus it is fast, and P&P compatible.
Go back to Win 3.1 if you can be bothered, and if the PC is that old. I saw a copy for $2 the other day, and that included DOS 6.2!! BARGAIN!!
Joni
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Sorrym that post came in after mine, which now seems a bit weird. You should be fine with ME, W2K and I'm sure XP can have all the dodgy colourful features turned off.
Joni
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I run WIN98SE on most of my PCs.
I have one with an AMD K6 II 400 and 512 MB RAM that runs nicely with that OS.
I have WIN95B on another computer with the same CPU/RAM and it’s not as good.
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Win2k will be perfect but you do have enough ram to run XP... I have a laptop thats 450mhz with 256mb of ram and it runs XP perfect.
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Yes you could run XP on this system.I would never suggest any one run that bloated pos OS but it could run.Win 95b comes with usb support and would probly run pretty well on that system.Win 98 would run fine also but always go with second edition whenever posible.Then you could always go with win 3.1 wich is avalible online for free.(you ahve to do alittle serching)It might be a little difficult to find the right drivers for your hardware but you would have a fast and stable OS.I consider 3.1NT to be the best OS that Micro$oft has created to this day.
Good luck and happy hacking :)
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Win98. For the system you are running, if (and maybe you don't want to) you wish to run games, you should really stick with 98 (se) and you will also need the patch for the AMD K6II.
XP might run fine, but it will eat a lot of your resources.
I think the best bet is stick to the O/S of the era, as it was designed to run well on the machine of the era.
Plus XP has no backwards compatibilty for older computer parts and you may never find drivers for your components.
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What sort of thing are you going to use the OS for? i.e surfing, publishing, gaming, programming, networking, possibly as a dedicated server? Music/DVDs? Or just for everything.
This tends to be a factor, because once you get messanger, real player, real time virus programmes etc.. loaded with windows, the whole thing starts to slow down, especially in XP, which loads quite a few things with just the basic config.
Hey, this is the overclocking forum, so I am guessing your a gamer, in this case I have found that Win98 SE with just the Kernel and the latest DirectX is excellent.
Joni
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Windows XP would work fine on it, and it is the best OS made so far. Don't listen to people who say it is bloated or slow, they don't know anything.
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hey LE,you sound like someone who has never turned on a pc with anything outher than XP.Wither that of you have no ideal what you are doing and want an OS that holds your hand while you play your little games.Win XP is the most code bloted peice of dog dookie that Micro$oft has even came up with.
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Win98SE or Win95b.
Win 95b for 386 and 486 computers with 4MB memory (reccommend 8MB)
Win98SE for all 586/Pentium/K5 and later, with 16MB memory.
I run Win98SE on everything. A 266MMX laptop, a 266MMX@333 home server, a AMD 1.4@1.606 on an A7S333 air cooled, and a XP2200+@1932 on a A7V333 water cooled.
If you want something better than Win98SE then run UNIX. I like to be in control of my OS not have MS tell me what to do with my computers.
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Yeah, Unix is very fast, and is getting easier to use all the time, especially in Linux/Solaris format.
If ur ever programming then don't even get windows out of the box.
Joni
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if you are an advanced user, Linux all the way, if not, I go with win98se or xp with all the junk turned off(i also have a celeron 533 with 128mb, perfect combo with xp pro)
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