Re: [Thinkpad] Memory Max.

My experience is limited to W2K on a T20 w/256MB RAM and XPPro on a T30
w/512. Both work very well, but when the T30 MB went bad and only 256 was
available, the reduction in performance was noticeable - in fact, that was
how I learned of the problem. 256 may be enough for XP, but in my
environment 512 is lots better.

I've never tried W2K w/512 on the T20.

Mike

At 12:14 PM 6/1/2004 -0400, Bruce Markowitz wrote:
>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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