Hi jbltwin1, ham30, jboy, M2, dosser, hi everyone I fear that the OP is misinterpreted. :-( He/she is looking for a program similar to Sony acid pro 6, perhaps a earlier version, to load on his/her Win98 box. At least that is what I made out of the original message. The OP also wants to know whether or not the old machine, specs/details missing, would be able to run Win2K in a reasonable way. jbltwin1, with 128k RAM you cannot run Win98. See above replies. Are you not confusing 128k RAM with 128k cache or 128 MB RAM? Best Regards and Wishes, The Count, Co-webmaster of mesich.com

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I corrected my Gigabyte mistake but forgot to correct ram capacity. It IS 128 megs of RAM and 13 Gigabytes of total hard drive memory. Original question-will 2000(OK, I know this IS the 98 forum but that's what I'm replacing) run fast enough on my old win 98 machine to run acid pro 6 recording program and are there any places to access it since it's obsolete? Didn't mean to offend anybody's senses-shouldn't type before coffee and without sleep!

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Hi jbltwin1, ham30, jboy, M2, dosser, hi everyone If Win2K will slow down your computer, with 128 MB RAM and a 13 GB hard disk drive, dramatically is difficult to say. Does your old machine meet the minimum requirements for Win2K, CPU wise? (http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/professional/evaluation/sysreqs/default.asp) To decently run Win2K, not to speak about how demanding Sony acid pro 6 is to your CPU and RAM (see System requirements), I think you need at least double the amount of RAM and a faster CPU as the minimum required for Win2K. (http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/products/showproduct.asp?PID=1005&FeatureID=8501) Is the program, Sony acid pro 6, obsolete? ACID Pro 6 Professional Music Workstation seems to be available for US $374.96 :-/ No offense meant. (http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/products/showproduct.asp?pid=1005) Best Regards and Wishes, The Count, Co-webmaster of mesich.com

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Well (believe it or not) I had interpreted the stats correctly, I just enjoy giving those who fail to proofread a hard time *and* I understood the question "13 Gigabytes of total hard drive memory" HDD capacity is a less confusing term Windows 2000 System Requirements Still can't quite make out the connection to Win9x - must be that 'pretzel logic', to post in the forum regarding the OS you're getting rid of "It's worse than that..." (heh) Saying that XP is the most stable MS OS is like saying that asparagus is the most articulate vegetable

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Hi jbltwin1, ham30, jboy, M2, dosser, hi everyone jboy, I know you do. :-) And I am afraid I haven't been reading to well either. :%) He/she is a he "...there tobe had? Mike." Best Regards and Wishes, The Count, Co-webmaster of mesich.com

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Hiya - oh, sure, ambiguity abounds. Basically, RAM & CPU speed (in that order) are the chief factors to consider - anything resembling a modern HDD or graphics card will be plenty for typical use. Folks tend to have a highly inflated concept of how much room a basic installation requires Somehow the CPU got left out of his specs - anyways, as can be seen, the minimum requirements for 2K are fairly modest (you'd think there would be a forum here?) - running 'well' can be a matter of interpretation though I've got it on an old clunker (333MHz, 64Mb) and it's... okay I suppose. Performance picked up a bit after shutting off some unneeded services, but it's not exactly a 'productivity machine' Saying that XP is the most stable MS OS is like saying that asparagus is the most articulate vegetable

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Oh jeez-never mind.

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Hi jbltwin1, ham30, jboy, M2, dosser, hi everyone jbltwin1, again there was no offense meant. We cannot answer your question without the proper, required, information. In this case, the true amount of RAM which by now we have discovered is to be 128 MB (double of the minimum requirements for Win2K) and the CPU speed. To be able to run at least, according to M$, Win2K a CPU of minimal 133 MHz is required. You haven't provided us that information. As you could have read in the link provided, the system requirements for Sony acid 6 pro are much more demanding. RAM at least 256 MB, recommended 512 MB and a 1 GHz CPU, not likely a old machine at least not yet IMO. jboy "running 'well' can be a matter of interpretation though" and habituation. :-) You have a "old clunker", I call mine a old dinosaur: 300 MHz, 128 MB. It's my prime machine; this is the same machine I have "always" and still use to post here, maintain our website, read/answer email etc. It's the heart/soul/brain/body of my existence, it's my life, on-line. :-) I take care off about everything I need to with this particular machine, and I love it! We have our quarrels, but have always managed to work things out. It can truly be called a 'productivity machine', running on Win98 SE, a matter of interpretation and habituation though. ;-) Best Regards and Wishes, The Count, Co-webmaster of mesich.com

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... anything's better than the 486 I was using (Win95) when I first started posting here, way back when. Aw, yeah, I keep a lot of the old 'junkers' running, with a few versions of Windows. I still go online with most of them from time to time, and they work just as well as they ever did. While I do have a couple of halfways decent AMD systems, I've been mostly using this old 'toy' Dell I resurrected - 500MHz, XP Pro - for browsing. Kind of lost track of this post but since it was more than answered by your response #9, no harm done (maybe a little wear & tear on the OP's dignity - but likely nothing permanent (heh)) Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie!'... till you can find a rock

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