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01-01-2003, 01:57 PM
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Should I upgrade to XP?
I am running win98se on my p333 celeron. Will everything "slow down" if I install XP on this machine? Does my machine have enough processing power to handle XP?
I have 96MB RAM now with more to come shortly... Thanks! |
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01-01-2003, 02:00 PM
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Hi Preston,
WinXP uses more resources than Win9X so you will indeed notice a slowdown, especially with less than 128MB of RAM. If Win98 works fine, leave it as is. Otherwise, look into upgrading the CPU and RAM before upgrading to WinXP. Hope that helps. |
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01-01-2003, 02:05 PM
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Friend of mine has a PII333 with 96 MB of RAM. Windows 2000 ran fine, but WinXP is a bit slow. I think with more RAM it should be ok. When he upgrades his RAM I'll look again.
But Celeron333 with 96 MB RAM, I don't recommend WinXP on it. RJ
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01-01-2003, 02:26 PM
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I got one old P11 300mhz 128 Ram using Win98SE before, then I ungraded it to XP Pro, coz I thought I should be using one OS for all the 4 Comps networked which are connected via Wireless Router also. Now, I found it more faster and very stable when I had the OS changed from Win98SE to WinXP Pro.
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01-01-2003, 03:15 PM
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Once you get to 128 megs and above, a p2 class chip really does well. You would be surprised.
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01-01-2003, 03:43 PM
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I run WinXP on a Pentium Pro 200 - with 64 Mb ram never had any problems - but sure the Celery will choke on it as the celery has no Cache to work with - so this times ram is cheap add at least 256 mb and it will make it fly..
BTW - now I have a P4 3Ghz 512Kb cache, 512MB DDR running and I don't see any big difference to my Overclocked Pentium Pro - I even get upset when the P4 hangs itself - the Pro Never hung on me... Hpro
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01-01-2003, 11:25 PM
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Thanks for the replies....I know that sometimes a newer OS isn't always better (depending on the system you are on). Win98se is really fast (and stable) for me on this p333....
They had a good deal on XP, so I got to thinking maybe I needed it.... |
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01-02-2003, 12:49 AM
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If you are happy with what you have and if it does everything you need to do I wouldn't change. Save the money and put it towards when you do decide to upgrade.
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