I was perusing some used PC's on ebay and many sellers claimed to have
Windows XP installed on computers with only 128MB of RAM - is this possible
and if so what type of performance would I expect?
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Phillies fan

Phillies

It will run, but is slow and doesn't support multi-tasking too well.. XP eye
candy is out of the question..

I would also be wary of the legality of the OS on these computers..

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Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"Phillies" <Phillies@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I was perusing some used PC's on ebay and many sellers claimed to have
> Windows XP installed on computers with only 128MB of RAM - is this
> possible
> and if so what type of performance would I expect?
> --
> Phillies fan

Phillies wrote:

> I was perusing some used PC's on ebay and many sellers claimed to have
> Windows XP installed on computers with only 128MB of RAM - is this
> possible


Certainly. The official minimum is 64MB.


> ...and if so what type of performance would I expect?


Terrible. How much RAM you need depends on what apps you run, but almost
everyone needs at least 256MB to begin to approach decent performance.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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