Shoutbox

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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..

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I doubt 2000 is much smaller and anything from 98 that is incompatible with XP will also be incompatible with 2000.

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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.

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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.

False information = confusion.

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Originally posted by ephemeross
Though it will run on like 40 mb probably, but then you need RAM for other stuff too....

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XP will refuse to load if you don't have at least 64MB.

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Originally posted by lou_habs

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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.

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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.

False information = confusion.

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I hate to say this but that's wrong too

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