Re: [Thinkpad] Memory Max.

Oh, I disagree. I have installed XP on a Celeron 550 with 128 RAM, and it
runs like a champ. No real swapping at all, and I sell lots of systems with
XP and 256, which works great (yes, 512 is better, but not totally necessary
for most tasks).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kev" <co273@bfn.org>
To: "Dominique Pivard" <domi@kenavo.fi>
Cc: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Memory Max.

> Yeah, it will, especially when compared with 2k. 2k is more of a stripped
> down version of xp, and so usually have lower memory requirements. In
> general, 2k will get by with 256mb of ram and tolerate 128, swapping
> insanely at 64. XP usually wanted at least 384 and would swap like crazy
> at 128 or so. In older machines I would say that 2k with max memory is a
> safer bet, but seriously? I wouldn't even contemplate running 2k on
> anything less than a Pentium II. 2k really likes that extra MTRR
> support for faster memory transactions.
>
>
> On Mon, 31 May 2004, Dominique Pivard wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 30 May 2004 at 11:03 PM you, "Bruce Markowitz"
> > <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>, said:
> >
> > >If 2K runs, XP will probably run better.
> >
> > I seem to remember you're one of the people who jumped straight from
Win9x
> > to XP, skipping 2K altogether. I assume this is why your knowledge of 2K
> > is limited. FWIW, 2K works reasonably well on machines with limited
> > resources (like a 560X w/ 96 MB). I used to have a 560X running OS/2; I
> > installed W2K on it when I passed it on to our cat-sitter three years
ago
> > and she's still happily using it. Though I haven't tried it, I'm pretty
> > sure XP would feel much slower on that particular machine.
> >
> > Cheers, Dominique
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