Upgrade Minimum Requirements

[SPD]

Want to upgrade from W98 to XP Pro on several workstations on a small LAN.
Microsoft says minimum processor speed is 233 MHz and they recommend at
least 300 MHz. What is the ideal minimum processor speed and is there a
minimum FSB requirement?

Thanks in advance

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

I would not install Windows XP Professional on any computer
that has less than a 500MHz CPU and 256MB of RAM. If your
computers do not have that computing horsepower, consider
installing Windows 2000 instead.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| Want to upgrade from W98 to XP Pro on several workstations on a small LAN.
| Microsoft says minimum processor speed is 233 MHz and they recommend at
| least 300 MHz. What is the ideal minimum processor speed and is there a
| minimum FSB requirement?
|
| Thanks in advance

 

[Harry Ohrn]

Can you define "ideal minimum"? It really depends on what you want the
system to do. If you just want to surf the net, e-mail, do some basic
word-processing, listening to music etc then a P-200 mmx with 128MB of RAM
will do it. If you want to do gaming, work with graphics or sound files then
a P4 1Ghz (or higher), 512 RAM, decent video/sound cards are going to be
your bare minimums.

 

[SPD]

Thanks Carey. In my mixed environment have an equal number of P-550s and
850s still running W98 and I wasn't sure whether they would be worth
upgrading. Thanks again.

 

[G]

200 mmx? Your kidding right?

Can you define "ideal minimum"? It really depends on what you want the
system to do. If you just want to surf the net, e-mail, do some basic
word-processing, listening to music etc then a P-200 mmx with 128MB of RAM
will do it. If you want to do gaming, work with graphics or sound files then
a P4 1Ghz (or higher), 512 RAM, decent video/sound cards are going to be
your bare minimums.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

Want to upgrade from W98 to XP Pro on several workstations on a small LAN.
Microsoft says minimum processor speed is 233 MHz and they recommend at
least 300 MHz. What is the ideal minimum processor speed and is there a
minimum FSB requirement?

Thanks in advance