up grading an old gateway

[becca]

I have an old gateway essential 433 c with intel 433 mhz celeron processorw/int sound and 8 mb AGP192 MB RAM10 GB hard drive. Can any one tell me what i can do to up grade it if at all ? I have a dell but would like to up grade this old gateway to use as a back up. thanks         becca

[Computer_Commando]

I wouldn't change a thing.  If you choose, it will run WindowsXP.

[Flame]

I suggest the same...  

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[spschaffer]

I recently had to rebuild a gateway laptop due to a worm. I found the gateway website very helpful and the prices weren't terrible. I ended up increasing the memory and going to windows 2000. But check out thier website.

[dl65]

I have an old gateway essential 433 c with intel 433 mhz celeron processorw/int sound and 8 mb AGP192 MB RAM10 GB hard drive. Can any one tell me what i can do to up grade it if at all ? I have a dell but would like to up grade this old gateway to use as a back up. thanks         becca

becca........If it ain't broke .......don't fix it .........

dl65  

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Once again... I agree.... Looking back, I did the same thing, and it put me in a lot of trouble, so maybe I will reconsider my decision... I'm taking dl65's side on this one...

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[pcdoc4christ]

Looks like we're all in agreement!  XP may work just fine on this PC.

According to Microsoft, the minimum recommended hardware requirements to use XP are:

* Pentium 233 MHz or equivalent
* 128 MB RAM
* 1.5 GB free on a 2 GB hard disk
* Video display adapter and monitor with VGA resolution or higher
* CD-ROM drive (12x or faster) or DVD drive
* High-density 3.5-inch floppy disk drive, unless the computer supports starting Setup from a CD-ROM or DVD drive
* Keyboard & mouse (or other pointing device)

One suggestion: Be sure to check the hardware compatibility list @ the Microsoft Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/

Some old hardware may not work with XP, that is, unless the manufacturer has XP drivers available for download.

Regards,
Doc

[neo_wraith]

128mbs of ram...hmmm...upgrade the memory before installing XP...XP is a memory hog.  But everything else is good...keep it.  Put at least 512mb RAM

[pcdoc4christ]

neo:

Good point!  I think it makes sense to double *all* the Microsoft recommended minimum requirements.

I have one XP machine with 191 MB RAM & it is annoyingly slow when multi-tasking.  Increasing the pagefile size & putting it on a different hard drive helped, but more RAM is a must.

Doc