I have windows 98, which operating systems can I update to?

[Mangy Fox]

I have windows 98 on a hewlett packard pavillion 6710, 15 Gb hard drive,
which operating systems can I upgrade to?

Can I upgrade to windows vista?

Thank you.

 

[Andrew Morton]

I have windows 98 on a hewlett packard pavillion 6710, 15 Gb hard drive,
which operating systems can I upgrade to?

Can I upgrade to windows vista?

At the risk of bending newsgroup etiquette and supplying an answer to an
off-topic question, realistically: no.

"Windows Vista recommended system requirements":
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/get/system-requirements.aspx

Really, it's new laptop time.

If you have any further questions, you should find a more appropriate
newsgroup - this is microsoft.public.dotnet.general, which deals with the
..NET framework.

Andrew

 

[PvdG42]

I have windows 98 on a hewlett packard pavillion 6710, 15 Gb hard drive,
which operating systems can I upgrade to?

Can I upgrade to windows vista?

Thank you.

Bending group etiquette a bit further...
I'd say XP is even doubtful unless you put at least 512 Mb of RAM in it. You
don't say what CPU, or how much main memory, so nothing is sure. Win 2000 is
probably out unless you already have it. Not available any more.

 

[Family Tree Mike]

PvdG42, What is this etiquette thing. Just curious. I am answering from
the Windows Vista Forum.

Interesting, as I am only seeing this as being posted on the
dotnet.general forum, which is for programming questions.

 

[Mangy Fox]

Bending group etiquette a bit further...
I'd say XP is even doubtful unless you put at least 512 Mb of RAM in it. You
don't say what CPU, or how much main memory, so nothing is sure. Win 2000 is
probably out unless you already have it. Not available any more.

Thank you for the helpful replies. As to the first one, I saw general
discussion so thought it would be ok, always nice to be told what to do by
someone!

The memory is 64Mb SDRAM(Max 512 MB) - 11MB shared video.

What I would like to do is upgrade the computer so that I can use mobile
broadband. I would be grateful if anyone could help. Thank you.

 

[Family Tree Mike]

Have a look. This is my webpage:
http://www.vistax64.com/net-general/238305-i-have-windows-98-operating-systems-can-i-update.html

Just a guess, but maybe the /net-general/ section of the url means that this
was pulled from dotnet.general. After looking at the site, that appears to
be what it is doing. It's kind of confusing....

Mike