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windows 98

  • 17-07-2007 7:40pm
    #1
    mobil1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭


    Hi,as well as having a Dell deminsion 4500 , with xp i also have a Gateway pentium2 with windows 98.
    Is it possible to install xp on this ,as i hope to buy a router to share my wireless broadband connection.
    Would it work ok with 98.
    I download a lot of music and watch videos on line, so the gateway would be just for internet.


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  • #2
    DemocAnarchis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 404 ✭✭DemocAnarchis


    Minimum requirements for XP:

    PC with 300 megahertz (MHz) or higher processor clock speed recommended
    128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended
    1.5 gigabyte (GB) of available hard disk space.*
    Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher resolution video adapter and monitor

    It might barely run, but i highly doubt it. It certainly wouldnt be able to cope with streaming video and doubt it has the hard drive capacity for downloading music. Not worth the cost of XP.


  • #3
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    It might be okay, how much RAM has the gateway?


  • #4
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Might be cheaper to buy a second hand clunker with XP preinstalled than to buy a retail license to put on it. Buying an upgrade for that machine would be a waste of money since the license would be bound to the machine.

    Pentium 2 + 128MB + XP = painfully slow - it's about base spec for windows 2000 as long as you don't want to run a lot of stuff on it.


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