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just bought a used laptop...need questions answered... by TheMusicPirate on 12-04-2005 at 11:48 PM
My laptop thati bought used is a Dell Latitude CP
and it says that is is designed for microsoft windows 98.
does that mean i can't install winxp on it?
thanks.
RE: just bought a used laptop...need questions answered... by Lou on 12-04-2005 at 11:55 PM
quote:depends. What are your system specs?
Originally posted by TheMusicPirate
My laptop thati bought used is a Dell Latitude CP
and it says that is is designed for microsoft windows 98.
does that mean i can't install winxp on it?
thanks.
This means that it was designed to better function with windows 98
RE: RE: just bought a used laptop...need questions answered... by TheMusicPirate on 12-05-2005 at 01:30 AM
quote:
Originally posted by lou_habs
quote:depends. What are your system specs?
Originally posted by TheMusicPirate
My laptop thati bought used is a Dell Latitude CP
and it says that is is designed for microsoft windows 98.
does that mean i can't install winxp on it?
thanks.
This means that it was designed to better function with windows 98
Pentium 233mmx
64MB Ram
2.1gb
cdrom
usb
56k
whati was going to updgrade to was:
Pentium II
at least 512mb
at least 60 - 80gb
and a dvd/cd burner
and a network card.
if i even can upgrade to those things.
RE: just bought a used laptop...need questions answered... by lordy on 12-05-2005 at 01:34 AM
i dont think XP would run very well (if at all) at all on those specs 
RE: just bought a used laptop...need questions answered... by ShawnZ on 12-05-2005 at 01:36 AM
quote:
Originally posted by TheMusicPirate
Pentium II
at least 512mb
overdoing it a bit?
RE: RE: just bought a used laptop...need questions answered... by TheMusicPirate on 12-05-2005 at 01:58 AM
quote:
Originally posted by ShawnZ
quote:
Originally posted by TheMusicPirate
Pentium II
at least 512mb
overdoing it a bit?
what do yuo mean?
RE: just bought a used laptop...need questions answered... by lordy on 12-05-2005 at 02:00 AM
i think he was being sarcastic.. although its hard to tell
RE: just bought a used laptop...need questions answered... by ShawnZ on 12-05-2005 at 02:13 AM
quote:
Originally posted by TheMusicPirate
what do yuo mean?
If my P4 can run with 256, what the HELL is a P2 going to do with 512?
RE: just bought a used laptop...need questions answered... by surfichris on 12-05-2005 at 02:18 AM
quote:I wish you luck in your upgrades:
Originally posted by TheMusicPirate
Pentium 233mmx
64MB Ram
2.1gb
cdrom
usb
56k
whati was going to updgrade to was:
Pentium II
at least 512mb
at least 60 - 80gb
and a dvd/cd burner
and a network card.
- You're going to have trouble with the processor upgrades because of the socket differences [maybe], as well as compatibility with the laptops motherboard
- You're going to have to try and find compatible RAM for the machine as it will be SDRAM for laptops and will be quite expensive.
- That machine most likely wouldn't support a hard drive that large (BIOS limitation)
- You're going to need to try and find a CD/DVD drive with the same width/height/legth and most importantly the same interface, unless you purchase an external one.
All in all, it is going to be quite expensive and probably won't work how you want it to.
RE: just bought a used laptop...need questions answered... by ephemeross on 12-06-2005 at 02:56 AM
XP needs about 90 mb of RAM to run efficiently....
Though it will run on like 40 mb probably, but then you need RAM for other stuff too....
Laptops are hard to upgrade aswel, its very fiddly.
RE: just bought a used laptop...need questions answered... by Underlord on 12-06-2005 at 03:19 AM
quote:I doubt 2000 is much smaller and anything from 98 that is incompatible with XP will also be incompatible with 2000.
Originally posted by beamy-kitty
I still have that comp i used it alot a couple of years back..I actually tried to put XP on it..and the hardrive kept getting all used up by the information that xp accumulates everytime you use the comp and alot of programs that xp used were not compatible,...I eventually put 2000 on it and had no problems with that at all..Its not Xp but its hella better than 98.But if you do need any help please pm me..Like i said I still have the comp..I can dig it up for u and everything is still installed..and it works just fine..
RE: just bought a used laptop...need questions answered... by Lou on 12-06-2005 at 11:38 AM
quote:windows xp is designed to work on a 512 mb Ram system. WHich means that running it on 40 will be so slow that it will take forever to load up. Windows xp will NOT run efficiently on a 90 mb ram system either.
Originally posted by ephemeross
XP needs about 90 mb of RAM to run efficiently....
Though it will run on like 40 mb probably, but then you need RAM for other stuff too....
Laptops are hard to upgrade aswel, its very fiddly.
False information = confusion.
RE: RE: just bought a used laptop...need questions answered... by CookieRevised on 12-06-2005 at 11:48 AM
quote:XP will refuse to load if you don't have at least 64MB.
Originally posted by ephemeross
Though it will run on like 40 mb probably, but then you need RAM for other stuff too....
quote:I hate to say this but that's wrong too
Originally posted by lou_habs
quote:windows xp is designed to work on a 512 mb Ram system. WHich means that running it on 40 will be so slow that it will take forever to load up. Windows xp will NOT run efficiently on a 90 mb ram system either.
Originally posted by ephemeross
XP needs about 90 mb of RAM to run efficiently....
Though it will run on like 40 mb probably, but then you need RAM for other stuff too....
Laptops are hard to upgrade aswel, its very fiddly.
False information = confusion.
As stated on all official pages, documents etc, the minimum hardware requirements for Windows XP are:
• Pentium 233 MHz processor or faster (300 MHz recommended)
• 64 MB of RAM (128 MB recommended)
• 1.5 GB of available hard disk space
• CD-ROM/DVD-ROM
• Video adapter and monitor with Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution
The minimum hardware requirements for Windows 2000 are:
• Pentium 133 MHz processor or faster
• 64 MB of RAM
• 2 GB with 650 MB available hard disk space
• CD-ROM/DVD-ROM
• Video adapter and monitor with VGA (640 x 480) or higher resolution