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xp requirements
Name: Daryl Date: February 12, 2003 at 08:31:10 Pacific OS: WINXP CPU/Ram: Athlon 1800 XP (512 DDR)
Comment:
Does anyone know what the lowest processing speed and minimum Memory required for XP. I want to put a 500mhz pentIII with 256 meg on XP. Is this O'kay and what Can I expect?
Name: Rupster72 Date: February 12, 2003 at 08:42:08 Pacific
Reply:
Here's Microsofts official reccomendations:
PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system);* Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features) 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard disk space* Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor CD-ROM or DVD drive Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
I've installed XP pro on a 266mhz laptop with 128 mb of ram & it ran just fine. I would however make sure drivers are availible for all of your hardware before doing the upgrade. Availibility of drivers seems to be the biggest problem people run into.
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Response Number 2
Name: -Bryan- Date: February 12, 2003 at 17:03:45 Pacific
Reply:
Daryl, that would be fine.
-=Bryan=-
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Response Number 3
Name: leif Date: February 13, 2003 at 08:22:20 Pacific
Reply:
I have XP on a Celeron 333mhz with 128 and it runs ok, not real quick but useable. I also have it on a PIII 600mhz, 256 and it runs pretty well on there.
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