XP on 32MB of RAM and a P2

[karling07]

hahaha yeahhh this is my new project. I was given a school laptop -- it's an IBM thinkpad, here are the specs:

32MB RAM
250MHZ Processor
1.2GB Hard Drive

I have completely stripped down XP Pro to work on this computer - installing right now ( successfully skipped the 64MB memory requirement step )

Pictures to come if it works... Otherwise I'll have to next try 2000, and then of course... 98

 

[Cabbs]

You know they got XP to run on 7 Mhz and 16 MB ram, right?

 

[karling07]

hahaha yeah i saw that digg- it's what inspired me, im having enough trouble with my specs right now unfortunately...

 

[joxley1990]

Meh, to be honest I don't see the point in it lol, put the computer to use, install Windows 98SE, and use it as a folding box or something.

 

[Spartan109]

^lol yea dont put xp on it thatll prob make it rlly sloooooow

 

[karling07]

Ewww... you guys were right - installed alright, but it took 4 minutes to boot up and every time i opened any windows, it kind of just froze

Hahahah i'll compromise and go with Windows 2000 -- its fast/reliable. if all else fails... i guess im back to 98

 

[Spartan109]

Ewww... you guys were right - installed alright, but it took 4 minutes to boot up and every time i opened any windows, it kind of just froze

Hahahah i'll compromise and go with Windows 2000 -- its fast/reliable. if all else fails... i guess im back to 98

theres nothin wrong wit 98...its just a bit older thats all

 

[karling07]

98 is less stable than 2000; IMO 2000 was one of MS's best releases... (NOT to be confused with ME, which is without a doubt the worst).

 

[hippie420]

I still perfer to use win 2k over XP because of reliability. Imagine an athlon 3500+ overclocked to 3.3ghz, 2 GBs of Ram, and a nvedia 7600 on a win 2k system. It runs very fast, maybe even faster than if it was an XP machine!

 

[mikee]

give vista a shot.