suba

got a PII366 laptop with 128mb RAM and a PIII500 laptop with 128mb RAM. what woud be the better OS? would w2k runs like a greyhound and XP runs like a common dog?

mark_h

With 128 MB of RAM, XP will crawl! I wouldn't even attempt to run XP with less than 256 MB - I'd stick with Win2000 if I were you.

ChrisB

2000 will chug in 128MB too. Maybe a bit quicker than XP but either would be painfull.

A visit to www.crucial.com/uk to pony up another 128MB of RAM would make a big difference to the P3 500.

Pete The Biker

These people look cheaper for memory:-

http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/cate...catname=Memory

Pete

suba

i was even considering windows 98se! dont really wanna spend any money on memory coz the lappies is just for surfing/word/testing/messing about...

mark_h

I ran a 233 MHz PII laptop for ages (until someone dropped it ) with just 128 MB RAM and W2K on. It wasn't fast, but it was usable if you didn't try and do too much at once. Basic surfing was fine, even AutoRoute ran OK on it.

cong

go for 98 se then! but definatly not xp

Chris L

Standard build at work for a laptop running W2K (or XP) is to put in 512Mb RAM - tells you all you need to know.

suba

w2k it is then. i am not gonna spend any money on extra memory coz it wont be my main laptop to use.

DazV

The more modern the operating system, the more memory it needs to run comfortably. I find the following comfortable...

Win9x = 64MB

Win2k = 256MB

WinXP = 512MB

suba

hey, you missed out on 128mb!!! maybe windows ME ?