>How does xp run on your 166 system? I have a 166 oc'd to 200, and 64 ram, currently 
>running 98 (first edition), and was thinking about upgrading...
>
>



>On Monday, November 19, 2001 at 8:42 pm, Ray Bacon wrote:
>For about a week now I've been reading of the various problems folks have been having 
>with XP.  While I won't minimize the seriousness of some of these problems, this 
>hasn't been my experience.
>
>I did an upgrade of XP-Pro over Millennium (AMD-500, ASUS MB) and all my stuff worked 
>after the upgrade (except I did uninstall Nortons and Roxio, then reinstalled them).
>
>I then did a reformat of a P-166 system (74 mb ram), and did a clean install of 
>XP 
>-- worked fine!
>
>I know that I probably have better patience than many, but the upgrade and clean 
>install were just really smooth for me.  
>
>Having used DOS, Win3.1, Win95, Win98, Mill, and MVC mainframe programming, I'm 
>predisposed 
>to expect wrinkles, but I find no particular annoyances with XP.
>
>I would be suspicious of new machines with XP preloaded, because I don't trust other 
>people's images, and there is an adjustment required when migrating legacy components 
>and apps, but these can be worked through.
>
>Anyway, those of you who are frustrated with XP in some way or another, HANG IN 
>THERE!

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