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XP on Patriot 500 celeron
Name: rayok Date: October 21, 2004 at 12:47:29 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 500/120
Comment:
I have to repair a Patriot 500mhz whose os has crashed - If I install win98 will I be able to get the drivers etc ? Would I be better off installing XP ? advice please
Name: XxxFrancisxxxUSA Date: October 21, 2004 at 14:41:05 Pacific
Reply:
Xp will not run well on that machine.
What is the make and model of that machine?
More details will help.
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Response Number 2
Name: Mattwizz3 (by mattwizz3) Date: October 22, 2004 at 23:20:43 Pacific
Reply:
XP would run fine on that system. I have run XP on a P2 266MHz, 128Mb and my familys computer is a Celeron 400MHz, 128Mb and both computers run better on that than on 98Se.
Mattwizz3 : )
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