[eclipse]

I am wondering how Windows XP would run on Pentium II (350 MHZ), 200MB RAM? Would it be extremely slow?

[mcbarker]

It should run, but not great. CLICK HERE to see minimum requirements.

[lilxkid24]

It will run but it wont be 100% that fast since your processor is very slow and your ram is not good. It still should be good for surfing net and doings some word processing though. Heres the requirements to run xp.

Minimum Recommended
Processor 233 MHz 300 MHz or higher
Memory 64 MB RAM 128 MB RAM or higher
Hard drive space 1.5 GB 1.5 GB or higher
Drives CD-ROM CD-ROM or better
Devices Keyboard and mouse Keyboard and mouse
Others Sound card, speakers, and headphones Sound card, speakers, and headphones

[avanish11]

It'll run, but SLOW. I managed to install xp on my old amd k6-II 300mhz with 300mb ram. it takes like 10 minutes to start up, 5 minutes after logging in before you can do anything, and just opening up firefox takes 3 minutes. each page takes a minute or 2 to load (normally, it takes no more than 10 seconds to load a page.)

[crazy4laptops]

linux will run better- deli, slackware and xandros, these are good and free.
if you still want xp, it will run, but that is about it. Don't try anything more than web browsing and word processing. I would recommend finding a light antivirus that isn't too demanding on system resources.

If you are not connecting to the internet don't bother with xp updates.

Load times-
IE7- ~10 seconds
Word- ~15 seconds

[rgreen4]

It may or may not even load. I have a Pentium III, 750 MHz with 512MB of memory and it won't even load. It appears to install, and then when you remove the CD and attempt an initial boot it immediately Blue Screens. The chip set has to also be compatible. Mine is not so that machine is still Win98SE and sitting in the closet.

[piyushsingh]

rgreen4 said:

It may or may not even load. I have a Pentium III, 750 MHz with 512MB of memory and it won't even load. It appears to install, and then when you remove the CD and attempt an initial boot it immediately Blue Screens. The chip set has to also be compatible. Mine is not so that machine is still Win98SE and sitting in the closet.

This may be true . I am smoothly running XP on my older P3(933MHz,256MB) but one of my friends wasnt able to do that on a P3(700MHz,256mb), as chipset was the problem. He is also using win98 on that.

[techie4fun]

You should try it out to see how things go. XP requires a minimum of 128 megabytes of RAM to run and an additional for extra add ons (but that's not much RAM) If it works for you it's gunna be slow :)

[eclipse]

is linux very good? what programs can you run with it?

[crazy4laptops]

It all depends on what you want to run. Since the computer isn't very powerful, you won't be able to do much anyways. Most distros of linux will come with a word processor, games, photo viewer, etc.

[Flashorn]

Hey eclipse! My first clone(build) is a 800MHZ coppermine with 384 MB of ram. It runs win 2000 flawlessly. Games, as long as they are not to demanding , surfing the net , printing , photo editing. What I'm saying is that since 2000 is closely related to XP you might want to reconsider trying XP on the 350 you have.



FLASHORN.

[eclipse]

it is currently running 2000. how would the latest version of Ubuntu Linux work on it?

[rgreen4]

If its running 2000 (not ME) it will run XP just slightly slower, but not horrendously so. The actual (not the marketing name) of Win2000 is NT 5.0, the original XP was NT 5.1 and XP SP2 is NT 5.2. Win2000 drivers also work in XP. You might want to boost the memory slightly if feasible. Otherwise it should be OK. The machine I couldn't put XP on wouldn't take 2000 either (I have an old legal copy) because I thought that it would be better than 98.

In researching the various new windows, I found this and the differences in the twin tracks of Windows from 3.1 to ME explains why people who updated from 98/ME had problems with drivers in XP but those updataing from 2000 to XP did not.

Further down in the article it show the release history of the NT family from NT 3.1 to Vista (NT 6.0).

[VladTheImpaler1990]

I think that most modern operating systems need atleast 512 mb, it is recommended that windows xp, and vista have 1 gig, and linux i don't really know i am just working on windows but will find out about linux. You see why we saying you need more ram is that it helps the processor run programs, such as word and so on. And if you don't have much ram then the processor has to go to the harddrive more often than if you had more ram. In your case i don't know if xp will run but if it does you will not be able to hardly run any programs( take to long to load) or i rate you can't have more than 15 processes going in the background were an xp runs between 40-50.

[eclipse]

maybe i should try it. Could i install it on a different partition that 2000 and still have 2000? so i could go back to 2k if i wanted.

[lilxkid24]

you can but i wouldn't really recommend it since it doubles your hdd now if your going to run it on an OLD COMPUTER, your computer is best running windows 2000 alone