2007-01-05 03:04:02 · 6 answers · asked by rdariomty 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
You can, but I wouldn't recommend it. Minimum RAm required to run XP is 128. This means it will use all of your RAM just for the Operating System and you will have very little to no resources to run any programs. Your prcessor is scraping the bottom of the barrell too. Upgrade to at least 256 RAM if you really want XP, but I would recommend waiting to upgrade operating systems until you get a new computer.
2007-01-05 03:08:20 · answer #1 · answered by PDH 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can do, but it will be slow. I've installed XP on a 200 Mhz computer with 160 MB RAM and on a 333 Mhz laptop with 128 MB RAM. It works fine for office and a little bit internet on both computers. Audio/Video/Games/Graphics are ranging between slow and impossible.
Though, I needed to deactivate ACPI otherwise XP didnt work on these old computers!
But XP has so many advantages compared with Windows 98 that I really recommend it. It's thousand times more stable than Windows 98. Huge difference.
2007-01-05 04:54:57 · answer #2 · answered by crystal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will work, just very, very slow. If you can upgrade the RAM to at least 768 you'd have a better shot.
I ran Windows XP on a Pentium II 333 with 768MB RAM and a 32MB Video Adapter and that was painful at times.
2007-01-05 03:07:46 · answer #3 · answered by Shawn H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've done it and very shortly afterwards went back to win2K (and even that struggles without a at least 384mb RAM.)
WinXP simply will not be usable on a P233 and only 128mb ram. If I'm not mistaken, there may have also been something in the setup that prevented me from doing the install on one of the T600 laptops (I have two) because it was too slow or not enough ram.
2007-01-05 03:59:03 · answer #4 · answered by BigRez 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be truthful with you, there's a domino bring about upgrading platforms. With a P3, working 128 mb of ram, you're taxing your equipment working XP. it incredibly is a pig and demands greater materials than you will possibly be able to desire to run effienctly. on the least, bump up your RAM. I in no way run something under a gb of DDR ram, yet even 512 mb might desire to suffice. with the aid of an identical token, lots of human beings use their platforms to browse the internet or regardless of. in the experience that your not doing any excessive multi-tasking, than i might warning against getting caught up interior the improve to the main up-tp-date and ideal CPU, memory, and so on...
2016-10-30 01:55:24 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can. However the speed of operating your 600 may be too slow, for what you want. Sacrifice the speed for a fancy new operating system? Your cpu is just not fast enough for XP. Your memory would be considered barely adequate. Your choice.
2007-01-05 03:11:07 · answer #6 · answered by John W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋