runedrune900 Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Well my Uncle bought a computer for 36 dollars (He's a cheapskate) and it has gay stuff in it: ~ 350 MHz ~ 64 MB (I put in 64 more to make it 128) ~ 8 mb Video Card ~ 4 Gb Hard Drive Well I was wondering if you could work xp on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunaboy692004 Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 lol, no. Why waste 36$ on something like that instead of saving it for something....better Current Goals80/80 Fletching60/75 Woodcutting97/100 Combat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runedrune900 Posted August 24, 2006 Author Share Posted August 24, 2006 Like I said my uncle is a cheapskate =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blast5226ball Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 LOL 350 MHz with 128 MB RAM? No you can;t work on XP, either you'll can't install or it'll often hang, running in very slow speed. You can't install XP with such a lousy pc. http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashozzy2 Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 blast i think there is no reason to flame someones buy, he could upgrade it jus not the ram, but theres nothing wrong with good ol 98! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mementh Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 i woudl try ubuntu.. its small and might work better for you... The following statement is true. The previous statement is false. 60% of all statistics are made up 90% of the time andrew i love you & want you to have my babys!!! Finally, I get to save the Earth with deadly lasers instead of deadly slide shows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albosky Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 blast i think there is no reason to flame someones buy, he could upgrade it jus not the ram, but theres nothing wrong with good ol 98! Other then the fact that Microsoft no longer supports it and 48 known vulnerabilities still exist ? I like to fart silently but deadly in movie theatersArd Choille says (11:41 PM):I wouldn't dare tell you what to do m'dear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username388 Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Yes XP will install on it. I've seen XP on a 200Mhz processor with 64Mb of RAM with a little tweaking to make it run comfortably. The minimum hardware requirements for Windows XP Professional include: ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãââ Pentium 233-megahertz (MHz) processor or faster (300 MHz is recommended) ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãââ At least 64 megabytes (MB) of RAM (128 MB is recommended) ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãââ At least 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available space on the hard disk ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãââ CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãââ Keyboard and a Microsoft Mouse or some other compatible pointing device ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãââ Video adapter and monitor with Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãââ Sound card ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãââ Speakers or headphones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezcake Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 It'll run, but VERY SLOWLY. I had trouble with a 2.4ghz celeron and 128mb RAM.. ==================================Retired tip.it moderator.Teaching and inspiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runedrune900 Posted August 25, 2006 Author Share Posted August 25, 2006 blast i think there is no reason to flame someones buy, he could upgrade it jus not the ram, but theres nothing wrong with good ol 98! Not my buy...Like I said it is my uncles...My comp: ~ 1 Ghz ~ 512 Mb Ram ~ 128 Mb Vid Card ~ 120 Gb Hard Drive I know they aren't much but it is all fine for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzy Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 get a bigger hard drive and use it as a server or something. pwned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mementh Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 It'll run, but VERY SLOWLY. I had trouble with a 2.4ghz celeron and 128mb RAM.. ram was your problem.. CPU was more then enough.. but there is not enough ram so it was probabbly using the HD alot get 1 gig minimum 2 gigs for best The following statement is true. The previous statement is false. 60% of all statistics are made up 90% of the time andrew i love you & want you to have my babys!!! Finally, I get to save the Earth with deadly lasers instead of deadly slide shows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunaboy692004 Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 from my experiences, celeron SUCK. ive never had luck with them lol Current Goals80/80 Fletching60/75 Woodcutting97/100 Combat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezcake Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 It'll run, but VERY SLOWLY. I had trouble with a 2.4ghz celeron and 128mb RAM.. ram was your problem.. CPU was more then enough.. but there is not enough ram so it was probabbly using the HD alot get 1 gig minimum 2 gigs for best Yeah, I know. I added 512mb into it and it works just fine. I was comparing the amount of RAM with runedrune900's computer. :) ==================================Retired tip.it moderator.Teaching and inspiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suox Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 That computer is auful. You will never be able to run windows XP on that thing, Even if you did install it you wont have enough space to install anything else. :wall: 99 Woodcutting goal: Complete! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runesmithie Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 i woudl try ubuntu.. its small and might work better for you... You're on the right track there. That computer has pretty much the same specs as mine and I'm comfortably running vector linux on it. (Ubuntu killed it outright) I just posted something! ^_^ to the terrorist...er... kirbybeam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mementh Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 i woudl try ubuntu.. its small and might work better for you... You're on the right track there. That computer has pretty much the same specs as mine and I'm comfortably running vector linux on it. (Ubuntu killed it outright) I was gonna try using ubuntu on my computer till my 200 giger started to die (seems to be ok now but nothing critical is on there now) So i have no HD space to use and i might try the live version for now The following statement is true. The previous statement is false. 60% of all statistics are made up 90% of the time andrew i love you & want you to have my babys!!! Finally, I get to save the Earth with deadly lasers instead of deadly slide shows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username388 Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 from my experiences, celeron SUCK. ive never had luck with them lol I'm quoting this from someone else, I wish I thought of it: "Celerons are exactly the same as Pentiums, they're just made of celery." So I don't see what you problem's you've had if they're bascially the same. :mrgreen: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runedrune900 Posted August 29, 2006 Author Share Posted August 29, 2006 from my experiences, celeron SUCK. ive never had luck with them lol I'm quoting this from someone else, I wish I thought of it: "Celerons are exactly the same as Pentiums, they're just made of celery." So I don't see what you problem's you've had if they're bascially the same. :mrgreen: Lol haha...Yeh I hate celeron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinkhan Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 There's this one AMD processor on http://www.newegg.com that's only $76(sorry, don't remember name), but it's clocked at 2.0Ghz, making it better than the entire computer combined. :D Get a suitable motherboard, 512 RAM, and you'll be fine. Something to fill my sig with until I find a replacement.Also check out my blug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Idiots, when you know what you're all talking about you can come back and argue. He asked if it'll run XP, it will. Props to username388 for the minimum specs. I'd recommend Windows 98 though. The problem with XP is it's memory hungry. You'd also need to optimize it, so it'd probably not even look like XP if you were running it. Ubuntu, would probably run too. But it'd be mighty slow unless you knew how to optimize it. First choice OS: Windows 98. Second: Windows 2000. Third: XP. Never in a million years: ME. Notoriously Trollish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username388 Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Not Windows 98. Personally I'd go the Linux route, but that's just me. Windows 98 is unsupported and old. I'd use 2000 if you really want Windows. If he has another computer, you could turn this into a nice little firewall for him. Check out Smoothwall if you're interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Not Windows 98. Personally I'd go the Linux route, but that's just me. Windows 98 is unsupported and old. I'd use 2000 if you really want Windows. If he has another computer, you could turn this into a nice little firewall for him. Check out Smoothwall if you're interested. ... Yeah Windows 2000 although my second choice, wouldn't be as practical for home use. As it's a business operating system. Notoriously Trollish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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