re: What is Windows xp system requirements? Friday, November 4, 2005 at 2:46 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Ken (944 messages posted) Tiffany, 128 MB of RAM is really not sufficient for WinXP. The PC will take a long time to boot (esp. at 1.1 Ghz) , and then it will constantly have to be accessing the pagefile (swapfile, on the hard drive) to use memory because there isn't enough RAM. With only a modest few programs loading up with Windows (like Anti-virus, sound mixer, weather program, etc) I generally use about 280 MB of RAM by the time all the launch activity subsides. Then as soon as you do anything else (browser, email, music program etc.), Windows has to juggle all your needs with so little RAM. It won't be tolerable. If you have an old Win CD, Upgrade version is the way to go. If not, OEM is the cheapest way (it's cheap because it's intended to be shorter-lived). Written in response to: What is Windows xp system requirements? (Tiffany: Friday, November 4, 2005 at 2:20 pm) Responses to this message: re: What is Windows xp system requirements? (Falcon: Friday, November 4, 2005 at 3:26 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] What is Windows xp system requirements? (Tiffany: Fri, Nov 4, 2005, 2:20 pm) re: What is Windows xp system requirements? (jcw: Fri, Nov 4, 2005, 2:29 pm) re: What is Windows xp system requirements? (Jeff: Fri, Nov 4, 2005, 2:29 pm) re: What is Windows xp system requirements? (Tiffany: Fri, Nov 4, 2005, 2:35 pm) re: What is Windows xp system requirements? (Jeff: Fri, Nov 4, 2005, 2:39 pm) re: What is Windows xp system requirements? (Steve Dunn: Fri, Nov 4, 2005, 2:50 pm) re: What is Windows xp system requirements? (Ken: Fri, Nov 4, 2005, 2:46 pm) re: What is Windows xp system requirements? (Falcon: Fri, Nov 4, 2005, 3:26 pm) re: What is Windows xp system requirements? (Ken: Fri, Nov 4, 2005, 3:43 pm) What are Windows XP true system requirements? (Cam: Sat, Nov 5, 2005, 2:28 am) re: What are Windows XP true system requirements? (Tiffany: Sat, Nov 5, 2005, 10:25 am) re: What are Windows XP true system requirements? (Falcon: Sat, Nov 5, 2005, 10:59 am) re: What are Windows XP true system requirements? (Tiffany: Sat, Nov 5, 2005, 11:01 am) re: What are Windows XP true system requirements? (Cam: Sat, Nov 5, 2005, 11:15 am) What are Windows XP true system requirements? (Cam: Sat, Nov 5, 2005, 11:02 am) re: What are Windows XP true system requirements? (Tiffany: Sat, Nov 5, 2005, 11:26 am) What are Windows XP true system requirements? (Cam: Sat, Nov 5, 2005, 11:40 am) re: What are Windows XP true system requirements? (Tiffany: Sat, Nov 5, 2005, 4:30 pm) What are Windows XP true system requirements? (Cam: Sat, Nov 5, 2005, 11:43 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum