Upgrade to XP from 98SE

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:02 am

I have a computer that I would like to upgrade (fresh install) to XP. It's a GenuineIntel x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 1

RAM I can increase.

What say you?

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:05 am

The comp is a Dell XPS T650r.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:02 am

You can run XP on a P3 800. If it's lagging behind, I can give you some preformance tweaks to increase it's speed in refreshing your desktop and menu's etc.

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:04 am

Cool! Thanks

ccb056 · Post by **ccb056** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:18 pm

I run windows server 2003 on a p3 750 with 512mb ram. No problems whatsoever, runs better than XP as a matter of fact. (2003 uses less ram than xp)

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:29 pm

XP mainly likes RAM. It can run on a pretty old school proc.

512 bare minimum, 1GB strongly recomended for Home/Professional.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:16 am

Hell, I've personally seen XP SP2 run on a classic Athlon 600 with a whopping 56MB of RAM. It ran slower than molasses in dead winter, but it ran.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:37 am

Haha MD, I have seen XP running on a P2-233 MHz with 64 MB of RAM, that is what I call slow. You would be surprised the dinosaurs that XP can still run on. As long as there is 64 MB of RAM you can install XP on pretty much anything.

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:03 pm

Krom wrote:Haha MD, I have seen XP running on a P2-233 MHz with 64 MB of RAM, that is what I call slow. You would be surprised the dinosaurs that XP can still run on. As long as there is 64 MB of RAM you can install XP on pretty much anything.

I have done exactly that once, but with 128 mb. It was still slow. I dont reccomend it.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:50 pm

Krom wrote:Haha MD, I have seen XP running on a P2-233 MHz with 64 MB of RAM, that is what I call slow. You would be surprised the dinosaurs that XP can still run on. As long as there is 64 MB of RAM you can install XP on pretty much anything.

hey where is that weblink for that guy who installed XP on a 486 CPU?

Here it is:

http://www.winhistory.de/more/386/xpmini_eng.htm

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:31 pm

google is your friend the\"AceCombat2\"wolfe use it

Micro$oft XP Pro

-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 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor
-CD-ROM or DVD drive
-Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:31 am

I do use it but.....I trust descent BB more and I don't have to search thru site after site.

This is what bulletin boards are for. What say you? And thanks for your post.

Pumo · Post by **Pumo** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:59 am

Well, i'm pretty sure you can use XP on the computer you have, and if you can expand the RAM as you said, even better.

I've ran my first XP Pro installation over a 98SE in a P3 866MHz with 128MB Ram.

Certainly, it's slow, but with some tweaks about Services,Resgistry,Visuals, etc... you can speed it up a little (and with RAM, much more)

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