Questions about upgrading to Windows XP - please help! Thanks.

[ComposerRyan]

Hey everyone,

My family and I are planning on upgrading our Windows 98 computer to Win XP since NO wireless adapter will work with Win 98.

We meet the system requirements for Windows XP...however, our computer is running at 375 Mhz (yes, it's pretty old) and Windows XP requires 300 Mhz. Do you think installing Win XP will cause our computer to run too slow or will it run just fine?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Ryan

 

[KSoD]

It will prob run to slow. I was just working on a machine the was 1.7GHz and it crawled. I would suggest you take the money you were gonna spend on XP and buy a new computer. You can get a few ou there for aobut $300. IF not an option stick with 98. XP will run very slow on that machine.

 

[talldude123]

actually, if you set up the computer to run on best performance instead of best appearance you will be able to use XP, it will just not look at fancy as a new computer

 

[KSoD]

True. It will still be slow compared to 98. Even when tuned for best performance.

 

[derrmc]

upgrading to win 2000 will work great!

 

[macdude425]

I agree. Since the system requirements for 2000 are much lower, it will perform better, and most wireless cards work with it.

 

[zildjianchris]

It will prob run to slow. I was just working on a machine the was 1.7GHz and it crawled. I would suggest you take the money you were gonna spend on XP and buy a new computer. You can get a few ou there for aobut $300. IF not an option stick with 98. XP will run very slow on that machine.

??? You couldn't get it to run fast enough on a 1.7. You musn't of confiured it very good then. What were the specs on this pc?

 

[EricB]

All you have to do is upgrade the ram to 512mb(sdram), turn off the eye candy and you will be fine. it won't move as fast as a new computer, but it won't drive you crazy in this setup

 

[straightv6]

All you have to do is upgrade the ram to 512mb(sdram), turn off the eye candy and you will be fine. it won't move as fast as a new computer, but it won't drive you crazy in this setup

i agree with this. i upgraded a computer with 64MB ram to 320MB ram and the difference was night and day.