Would a P 3, 800mhz processor work for XP Ho

[Fordtruckmaniac]

I was wanting to know if in the real world a Pentium 3 , 800 mhz would work good, or just so so, for running XP Home SP2?

I have seen the required specs for XP Home and it says 300mhz minimum.

The computer this may be loaded in has the Pentium 3, 800mhz processor, 30gb harddrive, 256mb of memory.

[dl65]

Fordtruckmaniac..... It will work just fine . I have one machine with a p3 550 running XP home ( 512 mb of ram)..... It works just fine . ( I don't run any games on it )

dl65  

[Fordtruckmaniac]

dl65,

Thanks for the quick response.

My sister was given this computer. It is an older home built unit. Asus P3C-E motherboard. It has 98SE on it, just reloaded, and re-setup. She is now wanting a newer OS.

She was thinking of going up to ME at least. But heck I have seen you can get XP Home for not very much more.

I told her I would check here to see if it would run without problems.

She is going to up the memory to 512mb, it will take 1GB.


Thanks,

[Neil]

Avoid ME like the plague. It is just Windows 98 with a few more frills... not worth the money to "upgrade" such a short distance.

[patio]

Win2K...

[Oober_Noober]

I'm running XP Pro on an 800MHz PIII with 512MB of RAM. Works great. It is a little sluggish compared the GHz machines I've used, but nothing to cry too loudly about. With the help of a 256MB ATI 9600XT graphics card I can play some fairly graphics intense games with acceptable speed. Trackmania Nations and Lego Star Wars run nice and smooth.

XP Home will be just fine on that setup.


--Oober

[GX1_Man]

The 512 RAM will certainly make it more enjoyable, but Win2000 would, in fact, be a downright speedster, even with 256 RAM.  

[Fordtruckmaniac]

The 512 RAM will certainly make it more enjoyable, but Win2000 would, in fact, be a downright speedster, even with 256 RAM.  

The 2000 I have seen is a expensive as XP Pro.  :-?

I have looked quite hard at it.  

Is it safe to buy software from the online stores? As long as they have the COA
and valid product key?

Thanks,

[GX1_Man]

It's certainly safer with Win2000 as there is no activation scheme to make it work.

No version can be legally downloaded.  

[drsletmedown]

I have never bought an O/S online but have seen OEM versions just the O/S without the fancy box & instructions for $50.00 look around & check eBay.

The 512 RAM will certainly make it more enjoyable, but Win2000 would, in fact, be a downright speedster, even with 256 RAM.  

The 2000 I have seen is a expensive as XP Pro.  :-?

I have looked quite hard at it.  

Is it safe to buy software from the online stores? As long as they have the COA
and valid product key?

Thanks,

[GX1_Man]

Cheapest price from an online retailer for a legal copy:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16832116056

[Fordtruckmaniac]

Thanks GX1_Man,

Thats not much more or the same price as what a person would fight around on e-bay to buy.

[GX1_Man]

And no surprises.It would have an unused registration number, be genuine, and returnable if any problems, backed by a great company.  

[Fordtruckmaniac]

I have bought some memory from them.

Worked fine and was shipped fast.

[patio]

Try the Campus Bookstores if you have any around or near you....my copy was $20.00 bucks.

patio.   8-)