 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Performance / June 2007Faster
I have a 98 computer and it is kind of slow. Will an upgrade to XP help? I know that XP CLAIMS to make a computer faster, but will it work? No, it will make it even slower! If the computer is of Windows 98 era it will probably run like a turtle if you try to run XP on it! John > I have a 98 computer and it is kind of slow. Will an upgrade to XP help? I > know that XP CLAIMS to make a computer faster, but will it work? Well, I had another computer that was 98 and I installed 2000, then XP and it seemed to be ok. >No, it will make it even slower! If the computer is of Windows 98 era >it will probably run like a turtle if you try to run XP on it! [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> I have a 98 computer and it is kind of slow. Will an upgrade to XP help? I >> know that XP CLAIMS to make a computer faster, but will it work? Every successive version of Windows needs a bigger, faster and better computer to run as quickly as it's predecessor. If your computer is sluggish and slow running Windows 98 it will not be faster running XP, it will be slower because the system requirements for XP are higher than for Windows 98. The difference might not be as pronounced between Windows 2000 and Windows 98 because those two operating systems were released relatively closely to each other date wise. John > Well, I had another computer that was 98 and I installed 2000, then XP and it > seemed to be ok. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >>>I have a 98 computer and it is kind of slow. Will an upgrade to XP help? I >>>know that XP CLAIMS to make a computer faster, but will it work? There's no decent way to answer that question without knowing how fast your system is and how much RAM it has. Should be able to find those figures in System Properties. (Right-click My Computer, then Properties.)  SignatureGary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com >I have a 98 computer and it is kind of slow. Will an upgrade to XP help? I > know that XP CLAIMS to make a computer faster, but will it work? Are you talking 98 or 98 SE Computer? In any case, you can't have more than 1 GB of memory total, including Graphics, if you need to access Safe Mode in the future. You can run Windows 98 SE with an Intel Pentium D Processor (Duo Processor), as long as the total memory does not exceed 1 GB of Phyiscal Ram installed. Signaturethecreator >I have a 98 computer and it is kind of slow. Will an upgrade to XP help? I > know that XP CLAIMS to make a computer faster, but will it work? |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2010 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.