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Name: dmshiplo
Date: September 18, 2004 at 08:13:07 Pacific
OS: Windows XP Pro
CPU/Ram: Athlon XP 1700+ / 640mb
Comment:

ok, my friend has a computer with a k6 processor of some sort, a 333mhz i think, and they have 96mb of ram.

first question is, how fast would this run? would it be useable?

second question: if i bumped it up to 128, would the difference be noticeable?

thanks,
Dave



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Response Number 1
Name: dmshiplo
Date: September 18, 2004 at 08:17:58 Pacific
Reply:

sorry, i posted this in the complete wrong forum

Dave


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Response Number 2
Name: jam
Date: September 18, 2004 at 08:18:15 Pacific
Reply:

I wouldn't bother with XP on that machine...even at 128mb of RAM it'll lag. Go with Win98SE, IE6, & install all the updates...

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Response Number 3
Name: SkipCox
Date: September 18, 2004 at 17:06:04 Pacific
Reply:

I agree.

Skip


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Response Number 4
Name: Goldenknob
Date: September 19, 2004 at 00:18:34 Pacific
Reply:

I agree also


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Response Number 5
Name: egkenny
Date: September 19, 2004 at 09:04:08 Pacific
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The question should have been would any XP work on this computer? The answer is no. K6 processors used an old pentium type socket 7. The Athlon Xp's use Socket A.


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Response Number 6
Name: giggles
Date: September 19, 2004 at 23:31:08 Pacific
Reply:

i have a friend who posted a while back asking about this, his name was tofucheese

he found out that xp pro didnt run smoothly at all on his computer 400mhz 128mb ram
even when he upped the ram it still didnt run right
so i think he's back to win98 now, but im not sure he mightve just given up and left it alone

what is painfully obvious to one person might be just painful to the other


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Response Number 7
Name: DocMemory
Date: September 20, 2004 at 03:59:28 Pacific
Reply:

I have an old IBM 300 PL that has 256 meg of RAM that I use as a testbed. (Bios dated 12/7/98). It has a 6 gig HD partitioned into a 4 gig FAT 32 and the remaining 2+ gig with Debian Linux on it (dual boot). I originally installed Win98se as the MS O/S then as an experiment used a Win XP Pro upgrade disc on the Win98se partition. This machine certainly liked it and it is currently sitting beside me humming along cheerfully running XP Pro. I feel it runs much better than the former Win98se. Admittedly it is a genuine IBM and I needed to do nothing regarding drivers and settings. My only hassle now is that there is insufficient room left on the HD to do the SP2 upgrade.(I tried) So if you don't mind losing about 2+ gig of HD for your O/S go for it. I do agree after all this that Win98se is probably a better choice.

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