Can XP run on older computers?

[Lorne]

I have 4 computers on a peer to peer network A new one runs XP home, the
others, all 3/4 years old, run windows 98SE. I have a spare XP home disk -
if I load it on one of the 98SE computers will I get better performance or
are they too old?
Processors = 233 or 300Mhz
RAM = 64Mb
2 laptops, one desktop.

I know microsoft says it works but 64Mb RAM is well below the ideal level
for XP & I do not want to wast time loading it and finding all the new
drivers if the machines are not up to it in the real world. I think I can't
expand the RAM - at least 2 of them were originally 32Mb & all memory slots
are in use for 64Mb.

[Chris Lanier]

Windows 98 will run MUCH faster on those computer's than XP will. If you
really want to upgrade them and still get good performance get Windows 2000.

"Lorne" > wrote in message
...
> I have 4 computers on a peer to peer network A new one runs XP home, the
> others, all 3/4 years old, run windows 98SE. I have a spare XP home
disk -
> if I load it on one of the 98SE computers will I get better performance or
> are they too old?
> Processors = 233 or 300Mhz
> RAM = 64Mb
> 2 laptops, one desktop.
>
> I know microsoft says it works but 64Mb RAM is well below the ideal level
> for XP & I do not want to wast time loading it and finding all the new
> drivers if the machines are not up to it in the real world. I think I
can't
> expand the RAM - at least 2 of them were originally 32Mb & all memory
slots
> are in use for 64Mb.
>
>

[Ken Blake]

In ,
Lorne > typed:

> I have 4 computers on a peer to peer network A new one runs XP
home,
> the others, all 3/4 years old, run windows 98SE. I have a
spare XP
> home disk - if I load it on one of the 98SE computers will I
get
> better performance or are they too old?
> Processors = 233 or 300Mhz
> RAM = 64Mb
> 2 laptops, one desktop.


You will get *poorer* performance, not better. It's not so much
that they are too old, but that they are slow, and have nowhere
enough RAM.

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Ken Blake
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> I know microsoft says it works but 64Mb RAM is well below the
ideal
> level for XP & I do not want to wast time loading it and
finding all
> the new drivers if the machines are not up to it in the real
world.
> I think I can't expand the RAM - at least 2 of them were
originally
> 32Mb & all memory slots are in use for 64Mb.