Q: I installed XP on a 5 years old Sony laptop
Here the specs: Pentium MMX
150mhz CPU
80 MB Ram
2GB Toshiba Hard drive
Neo Magic 2 MB Video Card
Onboard Sound (ESS)
IR Device
Boot time: ~ 35 seconds
Everything works and is detected in XP. It is not the fastest thing in the world but the biggest problem is the charging time, apps run fine but always to load. I might get faster / larger hard drive to see how this impacts performance.
What is the oldest / slowest hardware youre running on XP?
Best Answer: This is a very complicated question. Firstly, I don't recommend you continuing to use ME unless you absolutely have to because Microsoft is no longer going to be offering any kind of support for Millenium Edition after July 1st of 2006…that's this year! (See www.microsoft.com/WindowsMe to get the lowdown.) Also, I strongly recommend using Microsofts' website to get info on upgrading. Unless you already have a computer guru who will do all this work for nothing, this can be an expensive job to do. So, unless it is mandatory that you keep your ME, I would strongly recommend that you upgrade to Windows XP and preferably Pro since it is more flexible and has better security for networking purposes or using WiFi. It is not worth spending money on upgrading a very old computer….3 or more years is a bit too old to continue using as a primary computer. Keep it and use it as a "work station" type computer if you set up a network in your house! You can get new computers now for under $800-1000 that do much more than your current one, and operate much more quickly than if you upgraded your current computer to the max! So, bite the bullet and get a new computer. You can also try getting a used older laptop…these computers almost always have the latest technology because they have to comply with mobile requirements. If it is a graphics-enhanced computer, you can probably also use it as a "desktop" since it will be enhanced significantly. Dell is having a major sale right now…check them out and also try Gateway. Both have online websites. Good Luck!
Re:An old Tiny PC with PII 300mhz, 192MB PC100, 4GB Hard Drive, 4mb ATI Graphics….Detected and installed all hardware itself, which was sweet….since we had lost them anyway!
Tom's Hardware supposedly ran all of their recent massive CPU benchmark testing on XP, even the PC's running Pentium 100mhz….
Corm
Re:Originally posted by: guy
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Originally posted by: guy
(instaling xp on that type of machine is dumb, bye :/ )
Did I EVER say that installing XP on that machine was a SMART IDEA?
I did mention that it ran O.K., it wasn't like running netscape 7 on a 486.
guy
Re:[quote]
Originally posted by: guy
I installed XP on a 5 year old sony laptop
Here are the SPECS:
150mhz Pentium MMX CPU
80 MB Ram
2GB Toshiba Hard drive
Neo Magic 2 MB Video Card
Onboard Sound (ESS)
IR Device
(instaling xp on that type of machine is dumb, bye :/ )
Re:Damn guy, wasn't that really slow? With those system specs I would have thought you would have real trouble!!!!:D
P2 350mhz
Gigabyte GA 686BX
Voodoo2 12mb
Matrox G200 8mb
56Gay modem
128mb SDRam
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
2.5ghz p4
512mB some kind of ramYou're pretty brave to run XP on such minimal specs… I both respect and fear you now… 
You know how companies can be with old hardware and whatnot.
Re:Pentium 133. Micron machines. out of 4 it installed successfully on 3. never figured out why it wouldn't install on #4.
Re:Man….more power to you.
I ran it on a K62-300 w/ 128 Megs ram & a 20 Gig HD (multiple OSes –test box this one was)…..
And it was barely bearable.
Half that processor + a lappy—-screw dat.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
2.5ghz p4
512mB some kind of ramYou're pretty brave to run XP on such minimal specs… I both respect and fear you now…
Re:2.5ghz p4
512mB some kind of ram
Re:I have blown out XP in order to rekindel an old love…. for BeOS
I installed BeOS MAX (free download HERE (http://www.bebits.com/app/3173))
and it runs very smooth. BeOS should have had more effort put in it as it would have easily become a defacto standard
in the PC industry.
This runs much faster on my Sony Laptop (Pentium MMX 150mhz) than XP did..
Anyone BeOS fans here?
guy
Re:IBM Aptiva K6-233
128MB Ram
3Gig HD
Takes forever to boot up, but once it loads, it runs fine.
I have it running a data collection program with 16 remote barcode scanners.
I also have PCAnywhere 10.5 on it for remote admin.
Performace would prob be better if I stick another 128MB ram in it.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
You've got me beat. I ran XP on an IBM Aptiva for a few weeks.
K6-350
192 megs pc100
15gig 7200rpm
onboard video and sound.
No problems really once I turned off all the extras.
So it runs ok for ya Woodie? I an going to be doing an XP Pro install on an K6-2 500 sometime this week or the next on a machine at work. Did you load the chipset drivers for your mainboard, or did you use what XP installed?
Yes, it was a very good OS all things considered. I don't think I installed any MOBO drivers as XP had them all. I just played around with it for a few weeks to learn my way around until I got the rest of my parts for my main rig and moved XP to it. The Aptiva is back to 98SE.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
You've got me beat. I ran XP on an IBM Aptiva for a few weeks.
K6-350
192 megs pc100
15gig 7200rpm
onboard video and sound.
No problems really once I turned off all the extras.
So it runs ok for ya Woodie? I an going to be doing an XP Pro install on an K6-2 500 sometime this week or the next on a machine at work. Did you load the chipset drivers for your mainboard, or did you use what XP installed?
Re:Celeron366@550
512mb Kinston pc133 ram
3dfx v00d00 5 5500 agp
Finally i have the best system around. muahahahahahahaha
^^^^in for a harsh suprise in a few posts^^^^^^^
Re:PII300
soyo 6ba+III
196mb ram
4.3 WD
16mb TNT
Use this as a test bed, same here with killin the "extras", runs "OK" LOL!!!
Re:You've got me beat. I ran XP on an IBM Aptiva for a few weeks.
K6-350
192 megs pc100
15gig 7200rpm
onboard video and sound.
No problems really once I turned off all the extras.
Re:celly 400. or was it a PII 300. I forget, come to think of it..
Re:.Net Server IE: XP Server
PII 233
256 SDRAM
3 Gig HDD
Video onboard, old IBM Aptiva
Re:366mhz celeron
256mb ram
9gig ata66 hd
voodoo3 2000 graphics card.
with the eye candy off, it runs okay
Re:No contest with me, you win. Anyway, here's the specs:
500MHz Celeron
160MB RAM
4.3GB hard disk
SiS integrated video
other components not listed were at least as crappy as these
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