PC specification for xp upgrade

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I have an old PC that is running win 98, it has 96mb Ram and a 350 Pentium
III processor with 6.4 gb hdd. Is it powerful enough to take win xp home
edition upgrade?
The only things that I want to use on it are Office/Word and publisher, I
want to install Broadband connection via a usb adsl modem and have a printer
attached.

Will the system be man enough to handle this?
 
Headtheball said:
I have an old PC that is running win 98, it has 96mb Ram and a 350 Pentium
III processor with 6.4 gb hdd. Is it powerful enough to take win xp home
edition upgrade?
The only things that I want to use on it are Office/Word and publisher, I
want to install Broadband connection via a usb adsl modem and have a printer
attached.

Will the system be man enough to handle this?
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No!
 
I installed on a 333 P111 system but had to upgrade ram to 256mb. Had
broadband connection and office 2000 professional. RAN FINE
 
256 mb of ram will take care of it fine!

Do a clean install and you should be OK

I would suggest not using a USB modem if you can avoid it. It will work but
having a real network card should be no big deal!

Wayne
 
Greetings --

"Glacial" is the term that comes to my mind, I'm afraid. You will
need to increase the amount of RAM significantly. If you turn off all
of WinXP GUI eye-candy, it will still be very slow, but it might
usable for simple word processing, email, web-browsing, etc. It won't
be any good for graphics-intensive applications, and most newer games.
(During the public preview period, I tested WinXP on a 500 MHz machine
with 256 Mb of RAM.)

1) Right-click the Task Bar > Properties > Start Menu, ensure
"Classic Start menu" is selected.

2) Right-click an empty spot on the Desktop > Properties > Themes >
select "Windows Classic."

3) Right-click My Computer > Properties > Performance > Settings >
Visual Effects, ensure "Adjust for best performance" is selected.

However, with a PC this old, it's essential to make sure it's
components are WinXP-compatible _before_ proceeding. Have you ensured
that all the PC's components are capable of supporting WinXP? This
information will be found at each of the PC's component's
manufacturer's web sites, and on Microsoft's Catalog:
(http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx). Computer components
designed for use with Win9x/Me very often fail to meet WinXP's much
more stringent hardware quality requirements.

Can you obtain OS-specific device drivers for your PC's
components, and any necessary motherboard BIOS updates? Additionally,
you can download and run Microsoft WinXP Upgrade Advisor to see if you
have any incompatible hardware components.
(http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/upgrading/advisor.asp)


Bruce Chambers

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Thanks for all the advice guysI have installed XP and connected to BB via
usb adsl modem. downloaded all updates and things are working fine. I am
going to upgrade the Ram to 512, its cheap enough at the moment.
 
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