I have an old laptop running windows 95 (233Mhz and 96mb memory) and wanted to give it to my little bother as a first computer to run games on. And was wondering if updating it to 2000 would make any big diffence on how well it runs ? What are the pros or cons
Thanks
2007-02-10 23:00:46 · 4 answers · asked by sive81364 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
well, it runs best in current windows 95
& yes i am a big fan of win 95
only lacking is security & device support, especially usb devices
the higher up you go, the slower u'r pc gets
re: windows 2000, no way it's going to run smoothly
it will only cause u misery
windows 98 se is pretty cool & will run well too
as will windows me
windows 2000 > no way !
2007-02-11 00:24:11 · answer #1 · answered by sεαη 7 · 0⤊ 8⤋
You have only just managed to scrape in with that system as far as Windows 2000 minimum hardware requirements go:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/upgrading/sysreqs.mspx
Windows 2000 is fundamentally very similar to Windows XP so you will definitely have better hardware and software support than on Windows 95.
The downside is that the computer will probably run quite slowly. The decision is up to you I suppose, personally I would give it a try.
2007-02-10 23:08:12 · answer #2 · answered by James R 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Indeed it would. By upgrading to Windows 2000 based on the specs of your machine it would run so slow that you would have to turn it on before going to bed so that you can use it in the morning. (If it works at all.) Honestly people sell laptops like that at computer shows for $50.00. If your battery still holds a charge you truly do keep your stuff in awesome condition. You get a thumbs up from me.
2007-02-10 23:52:52 · answer #3 · answered by postmasterfsx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have an age old computer with a Pentium 1 processor running at 133MHz and 128MB ram. originally it ran with Windows 95 but due to instability of that operating system i decided to upgrade to Windows 2000. it works but it's pretty slow - startup time is about 4 minutes.
but your laptop has a 233MHz processor (Pentium 2 ?) and in case you're willing to spend some money for a memory upgrade to 256MB (2 x 128MB, i suppose that's technically possible) that laptop will run pretty smoothly with W2K. look on ebay for 128MB memory modules (i guess it's PC66 or PC100), there are always offers for really cheap (see the link below)
http://cgi.ebay.com/128MB-SODIMM-SDRAM-LAPTOP-MEMORY-PC100-PC66-Dell-HP-IBM_W0QQitemZ180082726995QQihZ008QQcategoryZ31574QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
2007-02-11 15:19:21 · answer #4 · answered by aeroman762002 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋