Media Payer 10 vs 8. Do I have enough power?

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Denis Leveille

One of my 2 computers is an old Toshiba laptop with a PII 400 and 192 MB. It
uses XP Pro SP1 as it is not powerfull enough to run SP2. As it runs SP1, it
also it also uses Windows Media Player 8.

My main computer runs SP2 with WMP 10. I would like to use WMP 10 in my
laptop also.

Is my old laptop powerfull enough to run WMP 10?
 
Denis said:
One of my 2 computers is an old Toshiba laptop with a PII 400 and 192
MB. It uses XP Pro SP1 as it is not powerfull enough to run SP2.
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SP2 doesn't require any more powerful a machine than SP1. I ran a PII-400
with 256 MB on my wife's computer until a couple of months ago. It ran SP1
until SP2 came out, then SP2. There was no noticeable difference in
performance.

If you find performance acceptable with SP1, almost certainly you'd also
find it acceptable with SP2.
 
SP2 doesn't require any more powerful a machine than SP1. I ran a PII-400
with 256 MB on my wife's computer until a couple of months ago. It ran SP1
until SP2 came out, then SP2. There was no noticeable difference in
performance.

If you find performance acceptable with SP1, almost certainly you'd also
find it acceptable with SP2.
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cf. The hard disk space requirements for Windows XP Service Pack 2:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=837783[/QUOTE]
 
: One of my 2 computers is an old Toshiba laptop with a PII 400 and 192 MB.
It
: uses XP Pro SP1 as it is not powerfull enough to run SP2. As it runs SP1,
it
: also it also uses Windows Media Player 8.
:
: My main computer runs SP2 with WMP 10. I would like to use WMP 10 in my
: laptop also.
:
: Is my old laptop powerfull enough to run WMP 10?

Yes but, I would not run some of the Visualisations that can be viewed with
WMP 10. Like 'Strange World' or third party ones like SoundSpectrum G-Force.
It may grind your machine down to a halt or, you maybe able to hear music
and view a frozen visualisation.

- Winux P
 
PA said:
cf. The hard disk space requirements for Windows XP Service Pack 2:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=837783
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When he says "not *powerful* enough," I interpret that to mean that he's
talking about speed factors--CPU and memory--not availability of hard drive
space (*especially* since he tells us the CPU speed and amount of RAM, but
not the size of the drive)..

But it's possible that he's using the words differently that I do and his
concern is with hard drive space.
 
When he says "not *powerful* enough," I interpret that to mean that he's
talking about speed factors--CPU and memory--not availability of hard drive
space (*especially* since he tells us the CPU speed and amount of RAM, but
not the size of the drive)..
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As would most anyone, with the exception of Carey Frisch - and Pa Bear
 
Sorry for not being more precise. My big concerns are CPUspeed and my very
limited amount of RAM.192 MB is not much but it is the maximum this
motherboard can be upgraded to.

Hard disk space is not a problem. I have a 20 GB HD and have plenty of space
available.

Do you think my computer can handle WMP 10?
 
Denis said:
Sorry for not being more precise. My big concerns are CPUspeed and my
very limited amount of RAM.192 MB is not much but it is the maximum
this motherboard can be upgraded to.

Hard disk space is not a problem. I have a 20 GB HD and have plenty
of space available.
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Yes, that was my interpretation of what you said.

Do you think my computer can handle WMP 10?
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Yes. But more important is the point I was trying to make below. You should
install SP2. There's no reason to expect it to have any adverse effect on
perfromance.
 
wmp10 is does not need much more power than wmp8 or 9



Denis Leveille said:
Sorry for not being more precise. My big concerns are CPUspeed and my very
limited amount of RAM.192 MB is not much but it is the maximum this
motherboard can be upgraded to.

Hard disk space is not a problem. I have a 20 GB HD and have plenty of
space available.

Do you think my computer can handle WMP 10?
Click to expand...
 
SP2 doesn't require any more powerful a machine than SP1. I ran a PII-400
with 256 MB on my wife's computer until a couple of months ago. It ran SP1
until SP2 came out, then SP2. There was no noticeable difference in
performance.
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I've found that a fresh install of XP2 runs faster than a fresh install
of XP original or XP1. Of course, this is only 1 man's experience.
Others may see different/varying results.
 
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