XP PRO on a Pentium 3 733 for use as a print server

[Guest]

We are a Architecture and engineering firm with 12 production staff. We just
updated several workstations and are considering replacing our current print
server with one of the older production machines (yet newer than our current
print server). Are there any reasons not to put XP Pro on a Pentium 7 733 for
use as our print server.

Thank you.

 

[TW]

I have a Dell laptop Pentium 733 running XP Pro SP2 just fine.

 

[Jim]

We are a Architecture and engineering firm with 12 production staff. We
just
updated several workstations and are considering replacing our current
print
server with one of the older production machines (yet newer than our
current
print server). Are there any reasons not to put XP Pro on a Pentium 7 733
for
use as our print server. No
Jim

Thank you.

 

[Kerry Brown]

We are a Architecture and engineering firm with 12 production staff. We
just
updated several workstations and are considering replacing our current
print
server with one of the older production machines (yet newer than our
current
print server). Are there any reasons not to put XP Pro on a Pentium 7 733
for
use as our print server.

Windows XP Pro has a limit of 10 connections. With twelve staff you will
have problems if more than ten try to connect.

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;314882

The PIII-733 will work fine. Make sure you have at least 512 MB of ram and a
at least a few GB of free hard drive space if many people are printing at
the same time.

Kerry

 

[Tony Penaherrera]

You will be fine when you XP Pro on your Pentium 3/733 because I'm running
it on my P3 450mhz with 576 mb of ram. It would be best to maximize your
memory size. XP Pro will take advantage of your system performance.

Tony

 

[Kerry Brown]

The OP will not be fine. As many people have posted XP Pro will work on a
PIII-733. What may cause problems is XP Pro's 10 incoming connection limit
when there are 12 users trying to use the printer.

Kerry